I pitched my first wort last night at around 4am((it took forever to cool)I need to come up with a better cooling system)). This afternoon I looked over my brewing instructions and noticed that it said to put Vodka in the airlock. It's been sitting there for 12 hours with no liquid in the airlock. My questions are this.
Is it ok to use something other than Vodka? Rubbing alchohol ok?
Was 12 hours with nothing in the airlock a bad thing??
I pitched my yeast a little worm last night because I got impatient waiting for it to cool. I started off cooling the wort in the tub with Ice. I quickly burned through the ice in the tub and I moved it to the primary at 110F. It sat in the primary until it hit 80F and I pitched the yeast(it was 4am!). The yeast was still cool from being in the fridge 30 minutes earlier. I forgot to remove it when I started. I'm afraid that the early pitch with nothing in the airlock has doomed me. Anyone have any perspective on my situation? I'm afraid to disturb the primary now by taking the lid off to do another temp reading or look for activity.
My gravity was at 1.053 pre-pitch.
Did I make too many mistakes?? Am I being too paranoid??
Is it ok to use something other than Vodka? Rubbing alchohol ok?
Was 12 hours with nothing in the airlock a bad thing??
I pitched my yeast a little worm last night because I got impatient waiting for it to cool. I started off cooling the wort in the tub with Ice. I quickly burned through the ice in the tub and I moved it to the primary at 110F. It sat in the primary until it hit 80F and I pitched the yeast(it was 4am!). The yeast was still cool from being in the fridge 30 minutes earlier. I forgot to remove it when I started. I'm afraid that the early pitch with nothing in the airlock has doomed me. Anyone have any perspective on my situation? I'm afraid to disturb the primary now by taking the lid off to do another temp reading or look for activity.
My gravity was at 1.053 pre-pitch.
Did I make too many mistakes?? Am I being too paranoid??