Is my Wine ok?

[burningalive]

I racked my welchs niagra 2 nights ago and all went well. I only had one 5 gallon carboy though so I racked into the primary cleaned the carboy and racked back. My question is, I realized after the fact that I scrubbed my carboy with my bottle brush that is rusty! I did rinse it well but did not re sanitize it. Should I be worried about that at all?

 

[xanxer82]

Only time will tell. Did you sanitize it after the last time you used it?

 

[fivebk]

Your wine should be just fine. Did you add any K-Meta when you racked the wine? the alcohol in the wine will help sterlize things and K-Meta would too.

BOB

 

[grapeman]

You will be fine. As long as the brush wasn't dirty, it will be fine. The rust is just oxidation not a sign of bacteria (although if dirty, the bacteria could hide in the rust) Next time just put a bit of K-meta solution in the carboy, put the bung in and leave it for 5 minutes, swirl it around good and drain. Then rack into it.

 

[fivebk]

Rich, I started a thread late last night about cold stabilizing can you help??

BOB

 

[burningalive]

Thanks guys. Yes I did the 1/4 kmeta and added sorbate.