I sanitized my arm with the Star San / water mixture that I was using for all of my equipment. It's supposed to work in 60 seconds so I waited that long before putting my arm in the bucket.
Thanks all for the feedback. I'll ride it out and see how it turns out.
I just bought my first kit and started an ale recipe I got at my local home brew supply store. I boiled the wart according to the recipe, and when temperature stabilized in the specified range 68-73, I added the yeast and was sealing the plastic fermenting bucket with the air lock, when the...