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Hey all,
I've been cold crashing a DIPA in the fermenter, bringing it down 10F/day to 36F. Went to take a look and realized that I should have disconnected the blow-off tube, because the lowering temp caused suction (new lesson for me!), it sucked the StarSan that I had in a 1gal jug into the carboy... and was sucking air.
*sigh*
Live and learn.
So, for any of you other beginners (I've been at this for 8 months), take heed!
If any of you know, aside from air getting in there (not much I can do about that now... and the DIPA has 8.1% ABV, so hoping that might kill of any beasties that snuck in), do I need to worry about the .25 gal of StarSan that inserted itself to my 6gal of beer? I'd hate to poison folks/myself!
Thanks, and happy brewing.
I've been cold crashing a DIPA in the fermenter, bringing it down 10F/day to 36F. Went to take a look and realized that I should have disconnected the blow-off tube, because the lowering temp caused suction (new lesson for me!), it sucked the StarSan that I had in a 1gal jug into the carboy... and was sucking air.
*sigh*
Live and learn.
So, for any of you other beginners (I've been at this for 8 months), take heed!
If any of you know, aside from air getting in there (not much I can do about that now... and the DIPA has 8.1% ABV, so hoping that might kill of any beasties that snuck in), do I need to worry about the .25 gal of StarSan that inserted itself to my 6gal of beer? I'd hate to poison folks/myself!
Thanks, and happy brewing.