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Brewing my fisrt batch today. When I put the air stop in the rubber grommet feel into the wort. I panacked and stuck my arm into the wort and got it out..Guessing it will contaminated Correct???? Should I dump it or see what happens?? Pitched the yeast about 2 hours ago..
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just see what happens, it'll probably be fine. a friend of mine did that and it had no ill effect on the beer. we called it hairy hands hefeweizen.

buy a spare grommet and next time just leave the other one in there.
 
Well, that brings back memories for me! I believe my first post here was the same issue- except I left the grommet in there, and duct taped the airlock on! To this day I mutter to myself "airlock on the lid, THEN the lid on the bucket" each brewday. I also bought another grommet, and it never happened again!

Now, I'm no beer professional, but trust me when I say the beer will be fine!
 
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Next time leave it in...I have submerged my arm into fermenters before, but it is really risky...it's oft better to just leave anything in there.

Edit I wasn't going to name names about a certain moderator who's first thread was similar to yours.

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tobrew said:
Brewing my fisrt batch today. When I put the air stop in the rubber grommet feel into the wort. I panacked and stuck my arm into the wort and got it out..Guessing it will contaminated Correct???? Should I dump it or see what happens?? Pitched the yeast about 2 hours ago..
thanks
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I did the same thing 3 weeks ago
so far so good, no infections that i can see
just bottled it on t-day, never dump it!
Hang in there and see what happens:mug:
 
Did the same thing on my first batch of Brown Ale. At the time, I thought I had to retrieve the little sucker or the beer wouldn't turn out. I've made a couple of pretty "off" beers in my brief brewing career, but even the worst of those beers made a great marinade or brat jacuzzi.
 
I also did the same thing! I panicked, then thought to myself..."Everything that is used around beer making needs to be sanitized." So I got my sanitizer, and soaked some long rubber gloves for about 20 min, then went fishing. It was my first batch, and it turned out great.
 

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