stuck my arm into the FV full of fresh wort.....

[Dan Pratt]

Had a leak on the SS brew bucket yesterday after transferring the chilled wort from the kettle ( through CFC )

The tap has an o'ring and nut on the inside on FV and it was dripping down the cone onto the floor.

In hindsight I should of put a medical glove on and wrapped my arm in gladwrap and proceeded to put my arm into the FV to tighten the nut, but In a moment of WTF.......I sprayed my hand/arm with starsan solution, weighted a minute and in it went.

Got it tightened up but was very very frustrated afterwards knowing full well that infected would be the likely outcome.

I got the fridge to cool from 30c to 19 in a couple of hours and pitched the yeast (wlp004), got up this morning and its fermenting.

Anyone else done something similar and what effect did it have?

 

[wide eyed and legless]

My experience was similar, only if your arm was in a shirt, I found a shirt in my fermenter in 2011, and the beer still turned out alright.

 

[mje1980]

Relax,it's wlp004. It'll chew the arse out of any infection and still be done in 3 days.

Probably be fine mate.

Give us an update in a few days.

 

[slcmorro]

weighted a minute

That's heavy dude.

 

[Camo6]

I chucked hop flowers in the kettle on my first AG batch with a SS scrubbie as a filter which blocked straight away. I did the same as you and sprayed my arm with starsan and plucked it out. It blocked even worse after that so I tipped the keggle through a strainer into the FV trub and all! No infection and was amazing after all my K&K brews.

On the issue of the leaking taps I think I've solved that issue yesterday. I bought some thicker silicone o rings from China and have found by swapping the external o ring with one of the new ones, which are also a lot softer, I could rotate the tap in both directions multiple times with no leaks. Pm me your address if you want me to send you a couple so you can partake in the trial process!

 

[droid]

"arms length ale"
or
"long arm lager"

good luck

 

[TheWiggman]

I've been known to spray my hand in Starsan and squeeze out the overflowing hop bag when tipping out a hopped cube. Hasn't ruined a brew on me yet.

 

[Bribie G]

Nowadays I check my Brew bucket with a few litres of water for an hour before I put wort in.

 

[Black Devil Dog]

If you weight a minute, does it become quicker or slower?

 

[slcmorro]

If you weight a minute, does it become quicker or slower?

Slower, because it gets heavier.

 

[krausenhaus]

http://aussiehomebrewer.com/topic/66262-ball-bag-bitter/

 

[Dan Pratt]

I will keep you all updated. The 004 is ripping through it as I type.

Thanks for the input.

 

[panzerd18]

Best to pitch the yeast as soon as possible so the yeast can gain a foothold so nothing else can.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

You need these

 

[Dan Pratt]

Best to pitch the yeast as soon as possible so the yeast can gain a foothold so nothing else can.

I pitched about 4 hours after this happened, usually it's not till the morning. Due to the circumstance I thought the best offence would be to pitch.

 

[barls]

i hope its not the new case swap beer

 

[paulyman]

i hope its not the new case swap beer

What did he do to the old one? :unsure:

 

[barls]

bloody auto correct. nsw

 

[jyo]

When I went through a phase as a filthy glad-wrapper (I was peer pressured to try it) one of my lovely children thought it would be a good idea to rip a hole in the gladwrap and drop a toy in the wort.

No infection, but I don't know how clean your arm is!

 

[Dan Pratt]

i hope its not the new case swap beer

Haha, I got out the wrong yeast for my case swap beer (Wlp023 burton for the case swap) and made my Westgate Exstoutaganza beer instead for the Melbourne comp.