Transfer Screw Up

[kevinrobinson]

I had just siphoned my beer from the primary bucket to the glass carboy after about five days of fermentation. Everything went well until inexplicably I shoved the rubber stopper through the opening and into the carboy-- kerrrrrplunk! I immediately cleaned and sanitized the bucket and siphoned the beer back into it from the carboy. The plug had been sanitized prior to its dive into my beer (first batch ever). Question is, have I screwed my maiden batch of brew either by exposing it to the rubber plug or by re-siphoning it? Not sure I'll be using a carboy again.

 

[Bensiff]

You will probably be fine. You want to minimize oxygen (one of the reasons I don't waste time on secondaries) so the double transfer wouldn't help you in that regard.

 

[beerman0001]

TOO bad you didnt have a second stoper As long as it was sanatized you are all good.

 

[SilverZero]

Why not just get a bigger stopper rather than giving up on carboys? #7 should be plenty big.

But yeah, you'll be fine.

 

[kevinrobinson]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll let it ride I guess. Any recommendations on how much longer it will need to sit before I bottle or keg it?

 

[unionrdr]

5 days isn't very long. Give it a couple weeks,then check for FG. Then about 5 days to clean up & settle out more.

 

[beerman0001]

What kind of beer was it?

 

[kevinrobinson]

It is an amber ale...I think. At least that's what the brewing store's expert said when he reviewed the ingredients that the store owner sold me.

 

[beerman0001]

As always ck the hydrometer to make sure it is done but two to three weeks you are good to go.

 

[Ramitt]

I greatly prefer carboy caps to stoppers