Tree55Topz
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Okay, so I bought a Midwest supplies beer bucket. The spigot attached to it was kind of a PITA to install, but i finally got it. Sanitized it, brewed my beer, poured it in, and boom had 5 gallons of delicious IPA fermenting. Day 5 rolls along, time to dry hop. I slowly open the lid and notice out of the corner of my eye a puddle appearing near the spigot. Upon further inspection I realize that it is not stopping the flow of wort. Luckily this had just started. I immediately push it in further and the flow stops a little bit. I hurriedly sanitized some pots and pour my beer into the pot. The spigot was floating on top of the beer so I sanitized it and my fingers and screwed it on tight. I poured the beer back into the bucket and closed the lid. But now I am worried about a number of things.
1) Alot of air was put into the beer while pouring it into pots. I do not own a siphon so that was out of the question. So now my beer is bubbly.
2) What are the chances of contamination. The whole process took about 8 mins.
3) How will this roughly pouring of beer from and back into the fermenter effect my beer?
4) Will the yeast still be effective?
I am very very concerned
1) Alot of air was put into the beer while pouring it into pots. I do not own a siphon so that was out of the question. So now my beer is bubbly.
2) What are the chances of contamination. The whole process took about 8 mins.
3) How will this roughly pouring of beer from and back into the fermenter effect my beer?
4) Will the yeast still be effective?
I am very very concerned