At the time I thought I was sanitizing everything. I used B-Brite to wash
everything. I have done some more reading since then and found that B-Brite
takes 30 minutes to actually sanitize anything. So, basically, none of my
stuff was actually sanitized. After reading some of the threads here it
sounds to me Iodophor is the way to go. I will try this next time.
"Phil Miller" <philmil@REMOVEoptusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:g5igp2ppg96k6hidtjsfj6prhhee2q1kfl@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 17:29:26 -0600, "Quinn Knight" <acjones@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
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>>When brewing my first batch of beer I used a plastic bucket to ferment.
>>After I put the lid on the bucket I pushed the airlock into the hole in
>>the
>>lid. When I did this the rubber grommet/gasket got pushed through the hole
>>and fell into my beer. I washed my hand and arm well, but had to go in up
>>to
>>my elbow to find it. After 10 days this stuff smelled and tasted more like
>>something you would clean a carburetor in than beer. Is the sticking in of
>>my arm likely the problem or something else?[/color]
>
> I'd say that's one possibility. There are many others. You don't say
> whether you
> sanitised anything. More than washing is required. Everything needs to be
> sterile.
>
> On the subject of airlocks I suggest throwing it away. They are more
> trouble
> than they are worth. Just cover the fermenter with some plastic wrap.
> Works
> perfectly. I've been doing it for years without a single failure.
>
> Have a look at these;
>
> [url]http://www.geocities.com/spinning_wings/beer1.jpg[/url]
> [url]http://www.geocities.com/spinning_wings/beer2.jpg[/url]
> [url]http://www.geocities.com/spinning_wings/beer3.jpg[/url]
> [url]http://www.geocities.com/spinning_wings/beer4.jpg[/url]
> [url]http://www.geocities.com/spinning_wings/beer5.jpg[/url]
> [url]http://www.geocities.com/spinning_wings/beer6.jpg[/url]
> [url]http://www.geocities.com/spinning_wings/beer8.jpg[/url]
> [url]http://www.geocities.com/spinning_wings/beer14.jpg[/url]
> [url]http://www.geocities.com/spinning_wings/beer15.jpg[/url]
>
> Shill #312
> --
> Homer no function beer well without.
> Homer J. Simpson[/color]