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o I was cooling an Ahtanum/Centennial Pale Ale today, just getting ready to pitch a big starter of 1272. It was about 10 degrees from target and my wife, to whom I have evidently not explained enough about the brewing process, came up and stuck her finger in it. 
If I’d had an extra 2 hours, I might have brought it back up to a boil and cooled it again, but Mother’s Day dinner at her parents’ house was fast approaching so I just pitched my yeast and hoped for the best.
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At first I thought it was in a bottle. But after reading your story I think I would have rather had a pinky-nub in an empty bottle.
I have to admit I yelled out loud while reading. Please keep us updated with the final results.
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Do you know where that finger has been???
we need more info, before making any kind of rational suggestion....
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Was she cleaning raw chicken right before and forgot to wash her hands? It’ll be fine. I’m sure her finger was fairly clean and the yeast will probably overtake anything bad that was riding on her finger. When I first read the title, I thought you found a finger in your beer and I was thinking about Strange Brew when they go to the brewery and say they found a mouse in their beer.
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"Yeah. OK, well, uh, we found, uh, this finger in a bottle of YOUR BEER, eh. Like, we was at a party and, uh, a friend of ours - a COP - had some, and HE PUKED. And he said, uh, come here and get free beer or, uh, he’ll press charges." 
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Next time she bakes a cake just shove your face into it.
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what was her reasoning for putting her finger in the beer.. to taste it?
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I want to know what you said/did in response. Depending on the day it happened, I might laugh or punt a puppy across the room.
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Or next time she paints her nails, touch them before they dry. But if your wife is like my wife, she won’t like to be "taught" a lesson - no matter how much you think she needs it.
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I was pretty much speechless. My buddy was there, and he was really calm though. We had the wort chiller down in it, and she stuck her finger in it and said, "It’s not hot."
Before that she’d been playing with our puppy.
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It’ll probably be fine... most skin bacteria are not very alcohol tolerant.
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