Accidentally melted bucket lid, anything to worry about?

So, the reptile bulb I have warming my fermentation chamber fell onto my fermentor, resulting in this:





From what I can tell, little, if any, melted plastic actually contacted the beer. Do I have anything to worry about?

Why risk it? Buy a new lid, they are only a couple of bucks.

I think that's a no brainer, he's just worried about his brew.

You should be fine. Any plastic that was hot enough to melt & drip was likely pretty sterile from the heat alone.

There is nothing to worry about, until it's time to worry. It's not time to worry yet.

robertvrabel said:

Why risk it? Buy a new lid, they are only a couple of bucks.

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Yeah, I'll definitely buy a new lid, just wanted to make sure there weren't any potentially harmful chemicals that might've been released by the melting plastic that made their way into my beer.

That looks pretty cool. Reptile bulb, eh? neat.

Your beer should be fine. Is the cover melted through? Might want to cover any holes from the outside if they go all the way through. Other than that, you should be fine.

hope2perc said:

That looks pretty cool. Reptile bulb, eh? neat.

Your beer should be fine. Is the cover melted through? Might want to cover any holes from the outside if they go all the way through. Other than that, you should be fine.

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Yup, that's just from a 60W reptile bulb pretty much directly on it. Not sure how long it was like that (and it wasn't necessarily on the entire time it was touching, since it's connected to a temp controller).

It doesn't look like it's melted all the way through, but I'll be replacing the cover when I get a chance tonight, just in case.

Taste the beer.
Melting plastic can give it a nasty flavor. I left a plastic spoon in the oven and started roasting a chicken. It was only there for a couple of minutes and just started to melt before I realized it was in the oven and it made the chicken taste like plastic.

spaceweaseal said:

Taste the beer.
Melting plastic can give it a nasty flavor. I left a plastic spoon in the oven and started roasting a chicken. It was only there for a couple of minutes and just started to melt before I realized it was in the oven and it made the chicken taste like plastic.

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Yeah, I'm hoping that's not the case here . I'll give it a try tonight.