ekymetal13 Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Hope everyone has had a great start to the new year. Well I’ve had a brew going for 6 days now. I dry hopped today, and thought I’d take hydrometer reading. Poured enough for a reading and sitting on top was some some pieces of green mould. My reaction was ffs what have I done ? The only thing different I did was put a small black rubber cap over the tap on the fermenter. I thought this would keep nastiness out. Im a dumb ass ! Mould formed from heat and a small amount of beer left in the tap from my OG reading. ive removed the cap now and sprayed no rinse steriliser up the tap and around it. im fairly sure I’ll be ok I might just chuck a 100 ml first before I bottle. Just can not believe how dumb I was ! Cheers Ek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I always spray out the tap with starsan or even just water straight after taking SG samples. Gets rid of the little bit of beer in it to prevent this sort of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekymetal13 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Thanks mate I usually do that, just though the black cap might prevent it lol Never do that again ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekymetal13 Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 16 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said: I always spray out the tap with starsan or even just water straight after taking SG samples. Gets rid of the little bit of beer in it to prevent this sort of You think the brew will be ok mate ? im fairly confident it will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 Probably. I think I've had the tap get a bit manky once which led me to start spraying it out, but the brew was fine. Maybe get a bottle brush and clean it out and spray it out after. The black cap would actually increase the problem because it would prevent the tap from drying out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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