Quinn Knight wrote:[color=blue]
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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 doubt it was your arm. What temp are you fermenting it at?

------------>Denny
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