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Thanks everyone for you help! In the end, I wasn't super worried (this is my first brew so some worrying was justified!), and I in the end I RDWHAHB :)

I made a Fat Tire clone (http://www.midwestsupplies.com/flat-tire.html) unfortunently I didn't take an OG reading (Doh, didn't really learn how to use the hydrometer until after closing the bucket up). I used a bucket, and the deposit that I was talking about looks like the second picture you...

There's no layer of foam on the top of the liquid but there is a deposit about an inch thick above the liquid level. I pitched my yeast around 80 degrees, this was the wort temperature before I topped off with water (~3.5gal). Thanks for your help :)

It was nottingham dry yeast. I'm assume that it was normal airlock activity..It gave a nice big bubble about every 10-15 seconds. Nothing bubbled up or through it. I currently have a fan on it and A/C chilling the room down, will try to get a water bath on it tonight with a towel if I can...

I did my first brew on Sunday afternoon, and it's getting to be about 48hrs after pitching the yeast. It started bubbling (slowly) after around 12 hours and lasted for until about 30 hours. Now the bubbling has stopped. My fermenter's temperature was around 74-76 degrees through the process...

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