KidDynamite
Active Member
Hey folks - I'm embarrassed that this is my virgin thread after lurking for a while.
here's the issue:
I brewed this today:
http://hopville.com/recipe/1148717/...s/brooklyn-brew-bbq-beer-partial-mash-version
but the recipe shouldn't really be important. The problem is that after all my hard work, as I put the brand new lid on my brand new fermenting bucket (this is my 6th batch, but new Tru Brew 6.5 gallon bucket with grommeted lid), I pushed the airlock through the grommet.
the friggin' grommet popped out and down into my wort!
Now, I didn't want to try to fish it out - I thought that might make things worse. I grabbed another grommet off of an old lid, and remedied the airlock issue, but now I have a little rubber grommet in my wort.
so, the question is this: do I:
1) leave it in there or
2) fish it out?
I'm not going to rack into another container, remove it, and rack back... If I fish it out, it's basically "Sanitize my arm and reach in"...
will the grommet in the fermenter give me a funky flavor?
thanks in advance...
here's the issue:
I brewed this today:
http://hopville.com/recipe/1148717/...s/brooklyn-brew-bbq-beer-partial-mash-version
but the recipe shouldn't really be important. The problem is that after all my hard work, as I put the brand new lid on my brand new fermenting bucket (this is my 6th batch, but new Tru Brew 6.5 gallon bucket with grommeted lid), I pushed the airlock through the grommet.
the friggin' grommet popped out and down into my wort!
Now, I didn't want to try to fish it out - I thought that might make things worse. I grabbed another grommet off of an old lid, and remedied the airlock issue, but now I have a little rubber grommet in my wort.
so, the question is this: do I:
1) leave it in there or
2) fish it out?
I'm not going to rack into another container, remove it, and rack back... If I fish it out, it's basically "Sanitize my arm and reach in"...
will the grommet in the fermenter give me a funky flavor?
thanks in advance...