I'm pretty new to home brewing. I made a 1 gallon Belgian Ale kit which came out pretty good and then did a 5-gallon Strong Belgian Ale recipe I found on the internet which also came out pretty well. There were a few funny flavors in it but overall it was pretty decent considering my lack of experience. So I'm trying to make that same beer again but there were some mistakes made. I also need to verify some information I got from my local brew store **Mistake #1:** I screwed up when I was making my wert. I'm using LME for my wert and the way I believe it should be done is you boil the water, stir in the LME and then bring back to a boil before adding your hops. I accidentally added the hops *before* it was brought back to a boil. I don't know if it is a deal breaker or not hence my asking. **Mistake #2:** I'm using a Wyeast smackpack and there are two pockets of nutrients in it. Only one broke. Not sure if this matters? **Information verification:** My recipe calls for 2 packages of yeast. I'm using "Wyeast 1388 Belgian strong ale" smack packs but when I went to my local brew store the guy insisted I only needed one. He seemed really knowledgeable and figuring he had more experience than me I went with it. As of last night I'm in the secondary fermentation but after adding racking to the carboy and adding the honey to the wert but there is no airlock/bubbler activity at all like there was in the first batch I made. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but since I only used one pack of yeast I concerned that there may not be enough yeast left to bring this home. Sorry for the long first post.