Hey as the title says I brewed my first batch last night. I got a kit from midwest supplies This bud's for you. I thought that would be a good start. Anyways I had a couple of screwups I know about which is expected first brew. First I found out that my KM14 thermometer was broken after I started my brew. It went from 80 to 30 to -56 then to 140 then back to -13 so on so forth. I used another one which let me ballpark it but its not perfect I'm sure. Anyways next up I couldn't get the hop bags to sink not sure if thats a problem. After I finished brewing I threw it in my 6 gallon plastic carboy and threw on the blow off tube which I forgot to get a sample from. Next mistake is I couldn't get the temperature down from 72 so I blasted the ac and let it go for the night. When I woke up it was at 70 which still isnt good from what I read. So I did some research found that wine coolers work pretty good so I went out and bought one and going to get 2 stc-1000's for better temp control. Got it down to 68 and still going lower. Will that 12 hours ruin the batch? Also any pointers or tips would be great.