Rum fell in my secondary!?!?

[31FIFTY]

Another beginner mistake, I think....

I was racking to secondary and since I don't have vodka in the house, I use rum. Come to find out that when you at tightening the airlock and the bucket lid the negative pressure tends to suck back about .5 oz of whatever is in the airlock (maybe less).

Rum is only 21% vs vodka that is like 40%. Will this contaminate my beer?

 

[Revvy]

Yes it will contaminate your beer.....with RUMMY GOODNESS....

Relax.....

 

[31FIFTY]

Haha cool thanks ccocnut rummy goodness

 

[Curtis2010]

Should be no big deal. Such a small amount won't make any difference. I use rum in my air lock too.

 

[MyakkaRiver]

Sounds like a tasty mistake!

 

[CastleHollow]

Aye, appropriately for you, matey, it happened on the official Talk Like a Pirate Day.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Hmmm... Now I'm thinking about making some kind of spiced rum porter! That sounds delicious

 

[motobrewer]

what kind of rum do you have that's only 21%...?

 

[QuaffableQuips]

If you're still worried about it, add more rum.

 

[Matt3989]

For the future, to sterilize something the alcohol needs to be at least 81 proof, but still, it's just the air lock, so you can actually use whatever.

I was wondering why people trend to use vodka rather than starSan solution? I've got mine filled with vodka too, but i don't really know why...

Also, i could go for some rummy goodness beer right now though.

 

[mikemet]

Yes it will contaminate your beer.....with RUMMY GOODNESS....

Relax.....

yea man... gooood stuff.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Another beginner mistake, I think....

I was racking to secondary and since I don't have vodka in the house, I use rum. Come to find out that when you at tightening the airlock and the bucket lid the negative pressure tends to suck back about .5 oz of whatever is in the airlock (maybe less).

Rum is only 21% vs vodka that is like 40%. Will this contaminate my beer?

What a horrible way to contaminate your rum.

 

[31FIFTY]

I was mostly concerned because we've had this bottle of rum for years.

It's parrot bay coconut rum. Idk why we even have it but it's the only liquor in the house

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I was mostly concerned because we've had this bottle of rum for years.

It's parrot bay coconut rum. Idk why we even have it but it's the only liquor in the house

In that case, nevermind, the rum was already ruined.

 

[31FIFTY]

Rum lover huh?