trigger_andy
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Hello all,
Ive been a bot of a lurker whilst Ive been trying to get my head around the ins and outs of Brewing and Ive just committed a cardinal sin. Well a few actually.
I made an all grain Single Hop IPA. The recipe called for a 14 day fermentation period with a dry hopping after 5 days. I did the hopping at day 5 but for one reason or another I have not bottled the IPA at the required time. So instead of 14 days its been over 31 now. . I emailed the awesome store I get my kits from and he said it might taste like plants or worse Vegetables. As I intend to bottle tomorrow I had to have a taste now to see if it was worth saving or throwing away.
This is where the second cardinal sin comes in. I serialised a small jug to dip into the FV to take a sample carried it to the FV then proceed to place the still wet/damp jug on the carpet. with out thinking I dipped the whole jug into the FV and took my sample.
1, To me the IPA tastes really good so thats great.
2, I feel sick to my stomach thinking that I have contaminated the IPA with whatever the jug may have collected off of the carpet and now is deposited in my FV.
Any advice is warmly encouraged and welcome. :rockin:
Andy
(Norway)
Ive been a bot of a lurker whilst Ive been trying to get my head around the ins and outs of Brewing and Ive just committed a cardinal sin. Well a few actually.
I made an all grain Single Hop IPA. The recipe called for a 14 day fermentation period with a dry hopping after 5 days. I did the hopping at day 5 but for one reason or another I have not bottled the IPA at the required time. So instead of 14 days its been over 31 now. . I emailed the awesome store I get my kits from and he said it might taste like plants or worse Vegetables. As I intend to bottle tomorrow I had to have a taste now to see if it was worth saving or throwing away.
This is where the second cardinal sin comes in. I serialised a small jug to dip into the FV to take a sample carried it to the FV then proceed to place the still wet/damp jug on the carpet. with out thinking I dipped the whole jug into the FV and took my sample.
1, To me the IPA tastes really good so thats great.
2, I feel sick to my stomach thinking that I have contaminated the IPA with whatever the jug may have collected off of the carpet and now is deposited in my FV.
Any advice is warmly encouraged and welcome. :rockin:
Andy
(Norway)