WaynesWorld
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I mixed up my first ever batch of brew (Mr. Beer) on 01/01/2009. I think I may have done something extremely wrong. I mixed up a gallon of water with the booster and brought to a boil. I then added the West Coast Pale Ale plus a can of Alexanders Pale Extract Kicker and some Czech Saaz hops in a cheesecloth sack. the cheesecloth was sanitized as well as the string to tie it with in the "one step sanitizer. I did not place a sanitized marble in with the hops in order to get the hop sack to sink to the bottom. It is floating on top. Therein lies my problem. NOTHING ELSE IS FLOATING on top except for the cheesecloth hop sack. I see no yeast activity at all on top and this is Janurary 5th. Is my yeast bad? How would I know? I have some Nottingham beer yeast from an old one gallon kit from Barnes & Noble but would it still be good enough to add to this mixture? Should I add it to this mixture? There is a ring around the keg about 1/8 inch above the liquid level and it appears that there was some type of activity in the keg as there is some condensate up around the lid area. Have I ruined the contents? Should I leave it alone? PLEASE HELP WITH YOUR COMMENTS as I feel like I did 35 years ago when my first child was being born!!