Oxygen in transfer

Okay so I had a little mishap in transferring into my secondary. I have a

6.5% stout that I transferred, but in the middle of transfering I ran into a pressure problem. The problem wa basically that I did not notice that there was no air passage into the primary. So when all of the air was "sucked" out of the primary it looked for more air and decided that sucking that air through the racking cane from the secondary and back into the primary was a good idea. Needless to say it sucked back enough air to cause an eruption of air bubbles in the primary fermenter. What effect does the oxygen have on the beer at that point? What off flavors (if not contaminated) is this likely to produce? Thanks in advance.
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Introducing oxygen into a fermented batch causes oxidation. It creates an off-flavor similar to wet cardboard, or sometimes sherry. Fortunately, a couple of air bubbles won't affect your batch. Infection is also unlikely.

Phil

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Thanks Phil. I was thinking that that was what it caused, but I was not exactly sure.

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no big deal, it will probably be fine. A little oxy won't hurt, just dont stir it vigorously.

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