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 is with about 4 1/2 gallons wort), then transferred to carboy. Then I created some possible problems:
1. I added about 1/2 gallon of filtered tap water to top up to five gallons. Bacteria issue since I did not boil the top up water?
2. I did not mix the top up water after adding to carboy. I simply poured it in. The top 1 inch of wort in the carboy looks lighter color than the rest of the wort lower in the carboy. Major problem?
3. I then oxygenated the wort and poured in two packets of Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abby Ale yeast. One packet was fully swelled, the other barely swollen - if at all. Put on the blow off tube and have it waiting to ferment at 68 degrees.
It's been 14 hours without a hit of krausen or bubbling. Should I worry yet? Should I somehow mix the wort?
Thanks!
1. I added about 1/2 gallon of filtered tap water to top up to five gallons. Bacteria issue since I did not boil the top up water?
2. I did not mix the top up water after adding to carboy. I simply poured it in. The top 1 inch of wort in the carboy looks lighter color than the rest of the wort lower in the carboy. Major problem?
3. I then oxygenated the wort and poured in two packets of Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abby Ale yeast. One packet was fully swelled, the other barely swollen - if at all. Put on the blow off tube and have it waiting to ferment at 68 degrees.
It's been 14 hours without a hit of krausen or bubbling. Should I worry yet? Should I somehow mix the wort?
Thanks!