FV mixture in layers - should I worry?

[surista]

I'm making a Golden Lager, recipe is:

55gm Northern Brewer hops (40gm for 60mn, 15gms last 2mn of boil)
2 x 1.5kg liquid light malt extract
Lager Yeast
175ml Corn sugar or 300ml Dried malt extract for bottling.

As I noted in a previous thread, after the mix had been in the FV for a couple of days I realized that I had forgotten to top up my batch to 5 gallons. On the advice I got here, i went ahead and topped up with boiled water. Things seem to go fine, I got about a week or so of bubbling goodness, things have settled down the last couple of days or so. Took a gravity reading yesterday, got 1012, starting gravity was around 1050 or so.

My question is, I think because I topped up after the batch had been fermenting a day or two, I have what looks to be two layers of liquid in the FV. I've tried to gently shake the FV a bit to see if it would mix it up, but it hasn't really helped.

If I moved to secondary and added the dried extract then, the mixture would probably get fully mixed. However, I was planning on going straight to glass bottles using Cooper's carbination drops. Do I have to worry about the mixture not being fully mixed? I'd have to have some bottles taste completely different because it was bottled earlier/later than other bottles....

[EoinMag]

Sanitise a brewing paddle or a long handled spoon from teh kitchen and get in there and mix the thing up. It's not fragile, just be sure to sanitise anything you put in it.

[surista]

Was more worried about getting oxygen in there...

If I mix it up, I suppose I should let it sit a day or so to settle?


S

[EoinMag]

Yep, a nice slow mix, nothing vigorous, don't whip it up like and get lots of air in, a gentle stir should do it.
Then let it rest as you say.

[surista]

Hello oracle of all beer wisdom.

1) My dishwasher does not really have a 'sanitize' cycle. The hottest cycle is a prewash at 45 C, wash at 70 C, 2 cold rinses, 1 rinse at 70 C, and dry. Is that hot enough to sanitize my glass beer bottles?

2) I opened up my FV briefly yesterday to give it a stir. This is what the beer looked like - does that look normal?!?

[EoinMag]

70C is right to sanitise.

[Jim]

Hello oracle of all beer wisdom.

1) My dishwasher does not really have a 'sanitize' cycle. The hottest cycle is a prewash at 45 C, wash at 70 C, 2 cold rinses, 1 rinse at 70 C, and dry. Is that hot enough to sanitize my glass beer bottles?

2) I opened up my FV briefly yesterday to give it a stir. This is what the beer looked like - does that look normal?!?

That looks absolutely fine.