HoppyHoppyJoyJoy
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Ok, I know this sounds like obvious advice, but I learned something tonight.
Don't spit into your beer.
I'm a sanitation freak. I must use 50 gallons of water, and a half gallon of bleach, along with a healthy dose of no-rinse stuff, before I'm ready to bottle.
Tonight was no exception. My bottles came out of the dishwasher, got a dipping in no-rinse for good measure, and were standing by. After washing my hands with an anti-bacterial soap, I was ready to siphon my Sierra Nevada Clone from the secondary, to the dispensing bucket with the tap on the bottom.
Priming sugar already in place, I washed my lips with some Isopropyl Alchohol to kill any lip borne germs that might infect my siphon hose, (note to self- I'm out of Scotch again).
I'll admit that I'm new to home brewing, and that most of my siphoning experience involves gasoline. Suffice to say, that when I siphon something, my gut reaction is to spit it out as soon as possible.
So I did. Right into my bottling bucket.
"Whew", I thought at first. That was close, I almost spit it all on the floor.
Then it dawned on me.
Back to square one...
Hoppy
Don't spit into your beer.
I'm a sanitation freak. I must use 50 gallons of water, and a half gallon of bleach, along with a healthy dose of no-rinse stuff, before I'm ready to bottle.
Tonight was no exception. My bottles came out of the dishwasher, got a dipping in no-rinse for good measure, and were standing by. After washing my hands with an anti-bacterial soap, I was ready to siphon my Sierra Nevada Clone from the secondary, to the dispensing bucket with the tap on the bottom.
Priming sugar already in place, I washed my lips with some Isopropyl Alchohol to kill any lip borne germs that might infect my siphon hose, (note to self- I'm out of Scotch again).
I'll admit that I'm new to home brewing, and that most of my siphoning experience involves gasoline. Suffice to say, that when I siphon something, my gut reaction is to spit it out as soon as possible.
So I did. Right into my bottling bucket.
"Whew", I thought at first. That was close, I almost spit it all on the floor.
Then it dawned on me.
Back to square one...
Hoppy