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Just to bring closure to the thread, fermentation started at about 20 hours. At 36 hours, there is a nice layer of krausen and gurgling sound. Thanks all for the guidance.

Thanks for the replies. It makes me a bit more at ease. I guess it's just a waiting game now (for the fermentation to start). The 6 - 12 month thing is a bit discouraging though, but good excuse to get another batch going.

Brewed my first extract yesterday - a Williams Belgian Quad kit. I boiled a little over 5 1/2 gallons trying to hit the 5 gallon target after the one hour boil. After the boil, I cooled the wort with an immersion chiller to 80 degrees, took a hydrometer reading (1.122 at 77 degrees, but this...