Trying out an Oatmeal Stout. 5.80 kg / 4.37 € 3.60 kg The Swaen - Swaen Ale 1.00 € / kg 3.60 € 38 3.5 62.1% 1 kg Flaked Oats 33 2.2 17.2% 0.60 kg The Swaen - PlatinumSwaen Brown Porter 0.00 € / kg 0.00 € 35 150.45 10.3% 0.30 kg Bestmalz - BEST Chocolate 2.55 € / kg 0.77 € 34.5...

I have yet to try whirlpooling, so far all i've done was 0 minute additions and dry hopping.

Hm, I've been leaving them while cooling, and I guess they contribute to "some" aroma and AA?

I'm going to hijack this thread, and ask a similar question; -If you're using the hop spider, do you remove it (hops included) at 0 before the cooling, or do you leave it in (regardless if you have any hops additions)

So I cracked the bottle, after 14 days of carbonization. The foam was there, co2 was present, lacing was ok There were no off-smells, just the caramel-y aroma of the cara dark munich and roasted barley. The 32 IBU was still present, and there was still some hints of the Northern Brewers...

Unpluging your recirculation arm on a single vessel system, without turning off the pump 1st. Hot wort to the ceiling!

The sanitary procedures while bottling were all taken care of. There was little to no chance of "oxidation" (it's an Alt, not a neipa) 0$ in caps, I'm a prominent user of those flip-top bottles, while changing the gaskets every 6 months on them. I understand your concern, but I also don't...

Exactly. I figured if it waited for 5 months it can wait 14 days more.

Took a tasting sample, it wasn't bad. Just... kinda unimpressive, it felt like it was "watered down". But the sample was uncarbed. So I just attached the bottling wand to the spigot of the fermentor, bottled one, added 2 carb drops (3g of sugar), and I'll try it when it carbs up in a week or two.

Well if a "minimal amount" is needed, I'm thinking if my carrying the fermenter from point A to B to bottle it, wont disturb the yeast cake, and put some yeast in suspension then?

I don't think the reproductive cycle of the stainless steel fermenters work that way. I ain't a rocket surgeon tho, so what do I know.

It was hiding behind the empty cardboard boxes of the baby stroller and the baby car seat. I'm honestly surprised there wasn't two of them.

Hm, so bottling with carbon. pills is out of the question then? It's better to dissolve the sugar in the water, chill it, add yeast and then add to the bottling bucket?

So, while cleaning out my cellar, I found my missing fermentor, filled with, (according to my note), an Altbier made back in september 2022, made of pilsner, munich dark, cara munich dark and roasted barley malt, with 70g Northern Brewer hops. OG was supposed to be 1.049. When i peeked inside...

M54 for a pils? Huh, I've only ever used it for a California Common, but i've read a comment that M54 is just repackaged US05?