Wort contamination

Carpersbrewing · Apr 10, 2019

Evening, I’ve got a question that is bugging me and would be great if so one could clear it up it may sound stupid earlier today I took the air lock off my fermentor and a small amount of the sanitised solution fell into my wort. Will the affect my beer in the end in any way. The satanised solution was starsan and had been in there about three days now. If anyone could help it would be great.

Thanks

Harbey · Apr 11, 2019

No it won't. But don't mess with the airlock - just be patient and leave it to get on for a couple of weeks (even when it stops blowing).

foxy · Apr 11, 2019

I had a shirt fall into my fermenter once, beer still turned out OK.

Clint · Apr 11, 2019

I seem to remember Gunge having a cat in his....

Bigjas · Apr 11, 2019

Whilst pitching the yeast at the end of a brew day, I dropped the rusty shed keys in my fermenter, then plunged my unsanitised arm in to the wort to retrieve the keys. Beer was fine.

Leon103 · Apr 11, 2019

I bath my kids in my wort

peebee · Apr 11, 2019

Clint said:
I seem to remember Gunge having a cat in his....

@Gunge. Damn, I was forgetting about him when in another thread I was claiming to be the daftest on this forum.

Anyway: Star-San is mainly phosphoric acid, and some people add that acid to their brewing water to acidify it or reduce alkalinity. Star-San can't work as a sanitiser if well outside its dilution recommendations. Not for nothing is it termed "no rinse".

MickDundee · Apr 11, 2019

IIRC Starsan can also act a little bit like yeast nutrient so you might end up with a little extra attenuation. However, I believe I read that on here so it’s probably BS.

I spilt Starsan from my airlock in my Kolsch last month and my taster bottle was one of the best beers I’ve made. Unfortunately I made that batch for my mate’s stag do so I’m unable to touch the rest of the batch until the start of May and have to share it with 12 other people.

Chippy_Tea · Apr 11, 2019

Clint said:
I seem to remember Gunge having a cat in his....

Was he trying to drown or rescue it? :laugh8:

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