So do you think my beer will be OK?

[shallywag]

Funny thing happened while brewing yesterday. I was in the process of cooling off my wort and use a small pot holder to move the chiller up and down occassionally to speed up the process. I started doing some cleanup and kept wondering where it had gone. I blew it off thining i misplaced it somewhere. While pouring my wort into the fermenter guess what I found! Yep, potholder at the bottom of my wort.

So I am hoping that it was hot enough when I last moved the chiller that it was able to sanitize the pot holder?

Oh well, it's in the fermenter now and guess I will have to wait and see. Should I be overly concerned?

 

[mredge73]

If it fell in at 150+F then it is pasteurized and I wouldn't worry so much. If it was cooler then wait and see.
You will just have to hope that your yeast populates faster than whatever was living on that pot holder.

 

[Upthewazzu]

Only thing you can do is let it ride.