mouldy caps

[randomiser]

Hi all,
I bottled my stout about 5 days ago and went to check on it today. This was the first time I sterilised the caps but I didn't let them dry before I used them. The caps had mold on them when I checked today. I opened one of them to check if the mould was on the underside and it wasn't. Good news I guess. Any opinions?

[gregb]

Mould only on the outside: wipe it off before opening and relax, don't worry, have a homebrew.

Cheers,
Greg

[ryan]

Ditto Greg`s reply and as an afterthought. you shouldn`t need to sanitise your caps- I`ve bottled thousands {yes, thousands } without doing so and it`s never presented a prob.

[Kevnlis]

Never sanitised a cap, done thousands myself, never had mould either...

[Trough Lolly]

...same here - the caps have been used straight out of the bag...not a prob.

Cheers,
TL

[randomiser]

Cheers guys. I hope the beer will be alright. I'm sure theres nothing to worry about.

[501]

Hey,
That's weird with the caps i always soak em in that peroxide stuff,
and have never had mold?

Cheers

[Iron-Haggis]

I think it's seems strange that you got mold on the outside of the caps. I would have thought they dry out before mold had a chance to grow. I also have never sanitised a cap and ever had a problem.

[rwh]

I always sanitise mine in iodophor and never have a prob.

[randomiser]

Yeah I sanitised with iodophor. I store my beers in styrofoam boxes from the local fruit store. They have a lid and seal pretty well also it rained for a couple of days after bottling so that may have something to do with it.