My first brew - Have I messed it up?

[thechevron]

Im supposed to dry hop this brew for three days, is there any point at this stage?

[Leann ull]

No
Carb it, Drink it, get back on the horse and do another

[LordEoin]

I would. Might aswell get those hops in there.
Taste it, smell it. If its not tasting rotten, THEN carb it, drink it, get back on the horse and do another.
There are very few first beers that go smoothly.
But it might end up being a great beer if all this poking and prodding hasn't introduced an infection along the way
If the yeast did shit itself, maybe contact HBW or whoever you bought it from and maybe they'll have some other resolution for you

[thechevron]

Here is a pic of the temperature. As you can see the 18 is green but the 16vis slightly blue. Is the temp too low?

[LordEoin]

that's 18 alright

[thechevron]

Ok, i opened it to dry hop and found stiff floating in the wort.  Here are 2 pics. I did move the fv a good bit when lifting it up onto the kitchen table.

[thechevron]

I boiled the muslin bah and threw in the hops as the Instructions said.

[Leann ull]

Did you sanitise the bucket before you used it?

[thechevron]

Yeah I used starsan. I sanitised everything. P

[Drum]

Have you tasted this at all? Simplest way to see if theres an infection.   If it tastes/smells of vinegar or anything other than close enough to beer then it might be an infection, you'll know if it tastes like crap.   

[thechevron]

Smells like beer. Tastes kinda  like flat beer.

[Drzava]

The 'floaty bits' just look like some of the dried Krausen from the side of the FV that fell into the bucket - normal.

Smells like beer. Tastes kinda  like flat beer.

Congratulations, you just made beer! Imperfect as it may be, it's still beer!

[Leann ull]

sweet tasting beer
time to batch prime and get into a bottle

[thechevron]

sweet tasting beer
time to batch prime and get into a bottle

Ok. So I've been using the tap on my FV to take samples for gravity readings. This is obviously not sterile now. How can I use this tap to get the beer it to my other bucket?

Is there some other process I will have to use?

[shweeney]

do you have a siphon?

CH - if the yeast has given up in the bucket, will it have enough life left to carbonate the beer; or do you think it's stopped at 1020 due to unfermentables?