Thanks, that eases my mind a bit. I will keep checking on it to see if I can notice any activity, and as soon as I do, I will put the ice-bottles back in. Temps are below 70 in the house right now, so it will be slow to warm up, I imagine. FTR - I whisked up the wort like mad before pitching the yeast, made a good bit of foam just from the whisking action.
Next thing - I added the cooler water to the keg first, and I knew I had a good bit of wort to go in the LBK, so I only put about 2 quarts in there before topping off with the wort. Thing is, even with the 35-minute boil, once I added the three HMEs & the LME, I had too much for the LBK since it already had water in it. Of course, I didn't know this until I got near the end of pouring the wort in, so I am left with a solid quart of wort that didn't make it into the LBK, which is filled up to the bottom of the "Q" (almost exactly 2.4 gallons, I measured my LBK beforehand). I am planning on adding this wort, after boiling it again & cooling it off, after the high krausen is gone (if it shows up) or at least after primary fermentation, as I don't want to blow up my LBK. I imagine this will add some time to the fermentation, so I am planning on 4 weeks on the yeast.
Comments? Advice?
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