Well, Friday I brewed up a Scotch Ale. While the boil was going, I drained the conical of my Spiced Winter Lager into kegs. During the cleaning of the conical, I found one of my hose clamps at the bottom of the dump valve under the yeast bed--it was there for a month. Doh! Must've fallen in during cleaning.
It's one of the Ideal brand worm-drive clamps. I thought it was all stainless steel. But it appears only the band was stainless. However, the worm-gear screw blackened. According to their web site, the worm-gear screw is zinc-plated carbon steel.
Any thoughts from the collective on keeping or pitching this batch? My first thought is to not worry--the clamp wouldn't have been in contact with the actual beer very long. It had more contact time with the yeast bed at the bottom of the conical once they started flocculating and filling the cone. By the way, that WL830 German Lager yeast makes a firm sediment!
v/r
Bill
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time will tell
If you are tight for equipment or space, I would abort, otherwise time will tell. Let us know.
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I hate to admit it but...
On occasion I have dropped objects into the fermenter without knowing if they were sanitary. Everything turned out okay. I would recommend to wait and see how the beer turns out. Unless you need the space or equipment, why throw something away if you aren't positive if its ruined? Good luck.
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KEEP IT ...
Billy,
I have said it here before, during the prohibition my best friends grandmother brewed in a loosely covered open crock on the back screened-in porch and people say it was the best beer around LOL ... you can image what found it's way into the fermenter, my motto never throw out beer unless YOU KNOW 100% that it is bad, chances are it could be the best batch you ever made and will rack your brain trying to figure out what you did to get it that way...
SAPPY FEW Year
I have said it here before, during the prohibition my best friends grandmother brewed in a loosely covered open crock on the back screened-in porch and people say it was the best beer around LOL ... you can image what found it's way into the fermenter, my motto never throw out beer unless YOU KNOW 100% that it is bad, chances are it could be the best batch you ever made and will rack your brain trying to figure out what you did to get it that way...
SAPPY FEW Year