A couple of minutes above 162 degrees should kill most organisms. OTOH, if you put the water right to it, the surface of your copper might not have been hot long enough to do the trick.
Suggestion: Go buy an orange 5 gallon bucket at Home Depot for $5 and mix up a batch of Star San before brewing. I keep all my brewing crap (wort chiller, wine thief, hydrometer, stirring spoon, yeast, funnel, airlock and stopper) soaking in that until they are needed.
I thought Star Sans strips the copper off the wort chiller over time? I was always told not to use star san on my copper wort chiller.
EricF said:Thanks everyone! If my beer is infected, will I have to wait until bottling to figure it out? Will I be able to tell when moving it from the Primary --> Secondary?
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