Oxidation question

[Grog]

This afternoon I was transferring from primary to secondary using my auto-siphon. So the auto-siphon kept stopping (no explanation) so I had to restart it several times. Towards the end of the racking, the siphon slipped and I pumped some air into the secondary, not a bunch, but enough to make it gurgle. So my question is...How long do I have before the beer suffers significant flavor damage. I had intended to let this thing sit for about a month. Any thoughts?

Not that it makes any diff, but here are some specifics:

OG: 1.090
Current Gravity: 1.022.
Age: 5 days.

8oz of hops in 6 gallons of wort.

[toneyc]

I sincerely believe that you have done it no harm at all.

:)
Toney.

[Blkandrust]

I'm with toney on this one.Last month when i moved i put my carboy full of pale ale in the front seat of my truck and drove 25 miles with it sloshing around.This included going down a 2/3 mile freshly stoned,ungraded gravel road,with no ill effects.I must say that i was surprised how good that beer was.




P.S.The road was freshly stoned not I:D

[Grog]

That's what I was hoping to see. I am usually pretty careful, but I wasn't sure how deep that yeast cake was. Can't wait to bottle this one, it's my first IPA.

-G-

[grizzlymike]

Originally posted by Grog


Not that it makes any diff, but here are some specifics:

OG: 1.090
Current Gravity: 1.022.
Age: 5 days.

8oz of hops in 6 gallons of wort.

that's some ipa!

[Grog]

YEAH! ain't it cool!

I used EKG for all the hops. It almost knocked me on my butt when I stuck my head into the fermenter for a sniff. Tastes pretty good though for as young as it was. I originally intended to dilitue it down to 1.072-ish, but the fermentation took hold so fast I didn't want to risk, oddly, oxidation.

-G-