Did my first brew yesterday from an Amber Ale kit, but in my enthusiasm to be prepared I took my recipe out early to study and lost it. I ended up having to go from memory and some other resources to get started. After adding the yeast I expected to see some action. It's been 24 hours and there appears to be nothing happening. Here's roughly what I did:
steeped grains for 60 minutes ~155 degrees then removed grains. Stirred in malt extract as I was bringing to boil for the hops. Once it was to a boil added first pelet hops continually stirring, at 30 minutes added second batch and third batch at 40 minutes and quit the boil at 50. Removed from heat to cool the wort to take gravity reading, did that at 60 degrees. Pretty much followed the instructions on the dry yeast. Added it to warm water and let it set, slowly added wort to the yeast to get it up to same temp as the wort. The yeast seemed to be working because it got foamy in the water. Then I dropped the yeast into the pail with the wort and nothing. I have a feeling I missed a crucial step. Any ideas and can it be saved? Thanks
steeped grains for 60 minutes ~155 degrees then removed grains. Stirred in malt extract as I was bringing to boil for the hops. Once it was to a boil added first pelet hops continually stirring, at 30 minutes added second batch and third batch at 40 minutes and quit the boil at 50. Removed from heat to cool the wort to take gravity reading, did that at 60 degrees. Pretty much followed the instructions on the dry yeast. Added it to warm water and let it set, slowly added wort to the yeast to get it up to same temp as the wort. The yeast seemed to be working because it got foamy in the water. Then I dropped the yeast into the pail with the wort and nothing. I have a feeling I missed a crucial step. Any ideas and can it be saved? Thanks