How f***ed am I?

[fury_tea]

Did my first brew in ages recently, using my home grown hops.

There's a tap in the lid of my fermenter, basically using it to plug a hole in the fermenter that I used to put my temp probe in.

Well I've just gone to transfer the batch and realised the tap has been open for the past 3 weeks.

Is there any chance at all that it's not ruined the whole batch?

 

[Cwrw666]

Any reason you didn't taste it while transferring? That would have answered your question.

 

[dad_of_jon]

there should still be a bit of co2 on top to protect unless something has crawled into the open tap to have a swim in your beer it may not be vinegar.

 

[jof]

Plenty of us have fermented beer with just the open hole.in the FV lid rather than an airlock. But not for more than about 10 days.

You might get unlucky if it's one of these newfangled hop juice, closed transfer, oxygen free environment brews though.

 

[MashBag]

Probably be fine. I don't use an airlock anymore.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Probably be fine. I don't use an airlock anymore.

I agree.
It'll be fine.

 

[Nicks90]

Beers in many breweries in Yorkshire are fermented in open squares.
They're alright.
A small opening in the top of your fv will be fine