MattC
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Just came home today from a weekend away to find my european lager, which I brewed last Sunday and cubed using the no chill method, infected. The cube had swollen and had an ugly krausen on the top. Needless to say I was heartbroken and persisted to let rip with a barrage of foul language.
I whirlpooled the boiling wort after flameout and let it sit for 20 min with the pot lid on. I then transfered the wort into what I thought was a thoroughly sanitised brand new cube from Big W. I had filled it with a water/starsan solution for 24 hours and ensured the handle was sanitised by laying the cube on its side. After transferring the wort I then put the lid on the cube and screwed it on and laid the cube on its side. I observed wort leaking from the lid so I unscrewed the lid and screwed it on again. The next day I saw some wort around the floor of the cube and realised that lid must not be on tight so I lossened it again and sprayed some starsan around the lid area and screwed it on again, this time I was convinced it was on tight. I realised the risks of loosening the lid however I wanted to make sure it was airtight.
Is this the most likely source of my infection? Im guessing that it would be unlikely that there was already an infection in the wort coming from the boiler because even after 20 min after flameout the temp of the wort being transferred was close to boiling.
What do people think? has anyone experienced this extremely frustrating occurrence before?
I whirlpooled the boiling wort after flameout and let it sit for 20 min with the pot lid on. I then transfered the wort into what I thought was a thoroughly sanitised brand new cube from Big W. I had filled it with a water/starsan solution for 24 hours and ensured the handle was sanitised by laying the cube on its side. After transferring the wort I then put the lid on the cube and screwed it on and laid the cube on its side. I observed wort leaking from the lid so I unscrewed the lid and screwed it on again. The next day I saw some wort around the floor of the cube and realised that lid must not be on tight so I lossened it again and sprayed some starsan around the lid area and screwed it on again, this time I was convinced it was on tight. I realised the risks of loosening the lid however I wanted to make sure it was airtight.
Is this the most likely source of my infection? Im guessing that it would be unlikely that there was already an infection in the wort coming from the boiler because even after 20 min after flameout the temp of the wort being transferred was close to boiling.
What do people think? has anyone experienced this extremely frustrating occurrence before?