ILMSTMF
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TL;DR - opened lid to add dry hops and accidentally dropped the lid with the dip tube and ball float on the floor. In my heist to get the hops added, and reseal the FV, I sprayed the lid, dip tube and float like a madman before returning it to the beer. What’s the worst that could happen ?
Longer version. Brewed 2 weeks ago. Majority of fermentation is complete. Time to add dry hops. Adding CO2 to Fermzilla, the lid refuses to pop off. Foolishly, I remove the threaded ring from the FV neck and pull on the lid. POW. Lid flies off, with the attached dip tube and ball float. Now the FV is exposed with, what I believe, is a quickly dissipating layer of CO2. In my haste to minimize O2 exposure, I sprayed the dip tube and ball float with StarSan. A lot of it. No wipe down as no cloth was nearby. Add dry hops, put ball float in the beer , seal up, add CO2, pray. Nothing to do now but wondering how bad this could be? Thanks in advance.
Longer version. Brewed 2 weeks ago. Majority of fermentation is complete. Time to add dry hops. Adding CO2 to Fermzilla, the lid refuses to pop off. Foolishly, I remove the threaded ring from the FV neck and pull on the lid. POW. Lid flies off, with the attached dip tube and ball float. Now the FV is exposed with, what I believe, is a quickly dissipating layer of CO2. In my haste to minimize O2 exposure, I sprayed the dip tube and ball float with StarSan. A lot of it. No wipe down as no cloth was nearby. Add dry hops, put ball float in the beer , seal up, add CO2, pray. Nothing to do now but wondering how bad this could be? Thanks in advance.