Bleach in the wort

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BrewHouse

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Ok guys, I have just made a really stupid schoolboy error.
I had a brew day last weekend. As the FVs were going into the brew fridge I realised that I was out of Starsan and so used a really weak solution of bleach to fill the bubblers. It was probably diluted to 1/500. I don't really know. Anyway, as I picked one of the FVs up, it back bubbled through the bubbler and some of this solution got into the wort.
The other FV went off like a rocket but this is a dead as the proverbial which I can only assume is down to the tiny amount of bleach in the wort.
If I put it back through the boiler and repitch, is this going to burn off any residual bleach in the wort so that I can repitch or is it fooked?
 
Hi!
Number 1: Don't be OCD - water is all you need in the bubbler.
Number 2: Cheap bleach is 0.99% chlorine, which is 9900 part per million. If you diluted it down 1 to 500, that's a concentration of about 20 ppm, which should be OK - I use an 80 ppm solution as a no-rinse sanitiser.
If only a small amount went into the wort it should still be OK.
Give it some more time before taking drastic action.
 
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