CraftABrew tubing immersion exposed to air overnight

Question

I’m trying craftabrew home brewing kit(West Coast IPA). There was a lot of yeast activity on Day 1 after putting it in the container. Day 2 I removed the tubing from the steel vessel, cleaned the pile by just adding water into the tube and put it back into the vessel. But looks like the tube fell out of the vessel in the morning and I don’t know how long it’s been exposed to outside air.

Is my brew spoilt? If so how do I check? Is there a way to save it still if it’s spoilt. It’s turned into a nice orange on top and not brown. I’m not sure if it’s still good

I can see some bubbles but not a lot coming out of the tube. On day 1 it was frothy and messy everywhere. It was completely green froth.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

You likely won't be sure if something infected it until at least the bottling stage.

However, the beer is probably fine. During that stage of fermentation, a healthy krousen and layer of CO2 is protecting your beer. Unless a bunch of bugs managed to fall into it, you are likely fine- and in any case it cannot harm you.

As an aside based on your picture, make sure your fermenter isn't getting sunlight on it. A brown paper bag or t-shirt over the fermenter will usually do the trick (perhaps it is here for the sake of this picture- and in that case ignore me).