Ooops! Dropped the kit tin inside the fermenter..

[Rafael]

I was brewing a Coopers Wheat beer yesterday with some tweaks... After carefully sterilizing all equipment, boiling all ingredients to avoid contamination, I was pouring the contents from my coopers can and... boom! dropped the can inside the fermenter

Quickly grabbed it back, bare hands... the tin had been in hot (not boiling) water for around 10 minutes before that... big question is: what is the likelihood that my batch will be contaminated? I've managed to get the temperature within the correct range and pitched the yeast straight away, it was happily bubbling this morning...

Will I loose my batch?!

 

[Covrich]

Likelihood is it will be fine

 

[Rafael]

Thanks, I hope so! I'm only on my third batch, don't know how easy these things can be ruined.

 

[Dutto]

I find it particularly useful to remember that The Lord protects clumsy idiots like us ...

... so there's a 99% chance that it will be fine. :thumb: :thumb:

 

[Spoc]

I dropped the yeast pack in on my last brew didn't say anything on here didn't want to look like a TiT
It has fermented fine so got lucky

 

[Godsdog]

Thanks, I hope so! I'm only on my third batch, don't know how easy these things can be ruined.

take it from me its rather hard to ruin a brew unless you have a house like the Adams family:lol:chill itll be fine:wink:

 

[BeerCat]

Chances are it will be fine. I do tend to sterilise the tins first if i remember but i read here of someone dropping their yeast on the floor and the beer was still good.

 

[MickDundee]

My 2nd AG I had a tap blockage issue when my hop filer fell off the back of the tap. I had to stick my hands into the cooled wort to try and unblock it and ended up tipping the whole lot into my FV. The beer itself was a revelation and made en realise how good Homebrew can be!

Back in the 17 and 1800s they didn't have the sophisticated sanitising regimes we have now and they made drinkable beer. Sanitising is very important but tiny accidents like that are unlikely to make any difference!

 

[Covrich]

Yeah I think we have all had to rub sanitiser up our arms and take the plunge :lol:

 

[Rafael]

Good to hear I'm not the only one who did such a thing... seems to be more common that thought!

 

[Cqr]

I've dropped the tin in to :whistle:
But the beer turned out OK

 

[IainM]

Well, if you can accidentally drop a j-cloth in the fv and not realise until bottling, and still end up with good beer, then I'm sure you'll be fine.

 

[Rafael]

Well, if you can accidentally drop a j-cloth in the fv and not realise until bottling, and still end up with good beer, then I'm sure you'll be fine.

hahaha that's extreme!

 

[Spoc]

How us lot have made beer I'll never know:lol:

 

[Rafael]

How us lot have made beer I'll never know:lol:

And we're all still alive! :drink:

 

[jceg316]

I've dropped a rubber bung in a brew before. I just stood there for a while thinking "F***!" The brew came out really well though and I'm wondering if I make it again should I drop another rubber bung in?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I price tag once fell into my FV while i was pouring the sugar in, it swam round for quite a while before i realised it was in there, the glue had gone manky and i thought it was going to be a disaster, it wan't. :thumb:

 

[brumbrew]

A certain someone here 'dry hopped' with a Jay cloth. (Kitchen cloth for washing up)

As has been said 99.9% you will be ok.

 

[brumbrew]

A certain someone here 'dry hopped' with a Jay cloth. (Kitchen cloth for washing up)

As has been said 99.9% you will be ok.

Sorry just saw it was already highlighted :-)

 

[Ale]

As someone else said, I sterilise the cans. When I sterilise the FV I just chuck in everything I will use, except the packet of yeast. So FV, beer lit cans, tin opener, scissors etc all just gets steralised. Take it out with bare hands and theyre done too, , rinse everything off and make it straight away so when you make it the chance of contamination is small.