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I haven't brewed in a while, but his past weekend I brewed a NEIPA. I wanted to try the magnetic drop method so I had 6 ounces of hops in a mesh filter that I was going to hold with a magnetic and drop after day 7. I mistakenly dropped the filter into my wort and it didn't sink but went under and popped back up. I could see wort coming out of the small mesh holes when I lifted it out so I am sure the hops got somewhat wet. I resuspended the filter and added yeast and closed the lid thinking it should be ok. I decided to read up on wet hops and it was mentioned, the hops may go bad in a few days because they got wet. Should I open the lid and throw away the hops, fermentation is slowing as of today. My intent was to not open the lid after fermentation to not risk oxygen. A couple things I read were puzzling, one person said this happened to them and they took the hops and refroze them and added them later??? Another person said you shouldn't use the magnet drop because your hops are suspended in a fermenter for 7 days and not refrigerated? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks