Tiny amount of oxiclean in fermenter

[josephort]

I'm not a new brewer- just new to this site- but this section seems most appropriate for "help I messed up" type posts.

I believe I have added a very small quantity of oxiclean to the saison I just brewed. After transferring the wort from my kettle to my carboy I went to take a sample as usual. In addition to my bucket of starsan, I had a bucket of oxiclean solution I was using to clean some equipment that had been sitting in the basement, and I'm pretty certain I sanitized my thief in the wrong bucket. My only defense is that a friend had come by to help and we had sampled a couple of my other recent beers over the course of the brewday.

Because I thought I had used starsan I didn't rinse the thief, though I did try to shake off as much of the foam as possible. I quickly stuck it into the carboy, withdrew it, took a hydrometer reading, and poured the sample out, so there wasn't much contact. I would guess that only a very small amount of oxiclean made it into the carboy- possibly a couple of drops in ~4.5 gallons. I've already pitched yeast and am just going to see what happens. Is there anything in particular I should watch for or worry about? Is there anything I can do to minimize my chances of off flavors or fermentation problems?

Thanks, and cheers!

 

[canehdianman]

Rdwhahb

 

[Bilsch]

If it was just a small amount the yeast should scavenge up the oxygen from the peroxide and more then likely there is enough buffering by the wort so the carbonate won't effect the pH.

 

[josephort]

Good to know. Head retention is one thing I'm curious about- I've heard that even minuscule amounts of dish soap left on a glass can kill head, possibly a similar effect here? But I suppose it's too late to do anything but wait and see.

I've got vigorous bubbling and a good Krausen now, so no adverse effects on fermentation.