kit disaster...

[Doughboy]

the perils of making up a new kit whilst "under the influence" of the last kit - last night became all to apparent...

Things were going great up until when i started adding the cold water and dropped the water filter into the Wort...im hoping that it wont be too detrimental and by luck, there wont be any infection occur...

Id even made up a yeast starter instead of sprinkling it directly onto the top - the yeast starter was looking good as well!.

The water filter was IMO clean, but not sanitized - the casing which holds it also took a dip in the brew.

Just glad it was only a geordie scotish heavy cheapo kit and not a brupacks or woodfordes 20 quider - then i would have been cheesed off!..

anyone else had any disasters like mine and got away with it?..

Doughboy

[fivetide]

Ah, bad luck, but the beer gods may pull you through! I've had to plunge my arm into a keg to retrieve broken bits of tap float and it turned out allright, so best of luck with it.

[gullarm]

I dropped a packet of yeast in my King Keg - fished it out with my hand after it sank to the bottom.

Made sure I washed my hand and arm before delving in.

The beer turned out fine.

Also had my pipe for my float in my KK come loose and fall off, so had to de-pressure and open it up and stick my hand in and reconnect it all together. Gassed it back up and all was fine.

[buzzrtbi]

i am sure you will be fine. I am sure the monks and brewers throughout the centuries never had anywhere near the level of cleanliness when brewing up that we do today. Sure, i never tasted their finished concoctions but i am sure they got away with it !

good luck anyway - can always use it on your chips if it fails

[chopperswookie]

dropped me brewing spoon once into my ferming bin but that was before i pitched the yeast.

[Buzz]

I've heard of people putting their arms in to tighten tap back nuts and getting away with it.

Aye, been there done that. The beer was fine, although I polished it off fairly quickly so as not to give any bugs to long to get hold.

[Jim]

I once dropped the o-ring of a pressure barrel inside the barrel while full of beer.

I straightened out and sterilised a wire coat hanger and fished around for ages, but in the end I had to drain the lot into a brewing bin.

[booldawg]

I've been in up past the elbow to tighten a nut. Unfortunately didnt have the luxury of sanitizing my arm beforehand as Chocolate Stout was p155ing out all over the bedroom floor. That was the same brew that the tin opener broke, so I used a variety of rusty, greasy looking tools from the shed to prize the lid open.

The brew turned out fine and I drank every last bottle! I doubt I'll get away with anything remotely close to that again.

[sparky Paul]

I once dropped the o-ring of a pressure barrel inside the barrel while full of beer.

...you or the barrel Jim?

[stevezx7r]

I once dropped the o-ring of a pressure barrel inside the barrel while full of beer.

...you or the barrel Jim?

LOL

Saturday, I was making my 2nd AG and the rubber washer on the tap of the boiler decided to split. Result - 90+C boiling wort begins to run from around the tap. Had to quickly drop it all into the FV while holding the tap on with one hand. Think it'll turn out ok though