Hey guys, Brewed my first batch of beer this weekend, had a good recipe from a local brew store and it went smoothly. However until the end of the process as I was putting the wort into the fermenting bucket and closed the lid, I attempted to put the air lock into the small hole on the lid. Unfortunately the circular rubber piece of the airlock fell into the wort. I then sanitized a large spoon and tried to fish it out, without any luck. I know I can't do anything about it now, but did I ruin my batch?
It will be fine, relax, don't worry and have a soda. If you haven't yet, I would pick up another rubber seal at your local homebrew store, sanitize and put the airlock on at least once the initial vigorous fermentation has subsided.
