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drunkinThailand

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I was doing a whirlpool and some hops got stuck on the immersion chiller so without thinking I used my big spoon to stir a little and get them unstuck without first sanitising the spoon. Temp was 160-170 and I left it there for 30 minutes hoping this would be hot enough to avoid an infection.

Do you think this will cause an infection?
 
You're fine. That's high enough and long enough to kill any potential invaders. Unless you have some crazy underwater volcano adapted bacteria. Which would be cool.
 
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