Normally I'm the 1 hour range. 3 reasons mostly. 1) Isomerization of the hops 2) getting there gravity where I want it . (Mostly I start out with less water than I need, so this one is rare) 3) Malliard reaction takes time

It's a dunkle, you want a sweet finish, I think 1.018 would be perfect

You can do that, I never have. Time is your friend. There is nothing wrong with sampling while in the fermenter too. If it tastes like it isn't finished, give it a few more days

Just about any yeast can, will produce more if fermented too cold. This is why you let your beer ride for a week after it is done with active fermentation. Yeast will clean that up.

That's not diacytl, that's most likely hydrogen sulphide

Throw in some potatoes and crawdads too.

So what you are saying.......I need to add a nut to my balls? :oops:

It's usually pretty clear I guess, it goes into a dirty cleaning bucket, so I don't really know, lol

I fill a 5 gallon bucket and then some, so it works well to cip the boil kettle after

I collect mine in a bucket for clean up

Yup, called two repairmen. Both said it's junk. No way to fix where I killed it. Guess it's an insulated box for my fermenter now

So, went about drilling my new fridge for co2 lines today. Carefully, cut the plastic, removed the insulation to see that there was no coolant lines in the side of the unit. Yay! There isn't. Proceeded to drill through and hit a coolant line! Fuck my life! :mad:

No amount of oxygenation is gonna cause diacytl. I use us05 allot. 20C for 2 weeks and never had diacytl. That yeast just really doesn't produce it

Second this, great read for new brewer. Just be aware there is allot of chemistry in the that book. Read what you can and gloss over the stuff you don't understand. In a year, it will make sense :D

It will kill krausen if enough is used. Don't think 2 drops in 5 gallons will do anything, honestly

Not once the beer starts to disappear, you have extra line. Just drove me insane. I took a tube bender and made a u-turn in the dip tube, cut it and reattached internally. It leaves behind the last inch of beer and glorky goo

Yes if you are using for fermentation. For dispenser from a keg, no. Had nothing but problems. Tubing get tangled and holds the float out and nothing but foam. Sometimes shaking the keg would fix it, sometimes not

I would leave it alone. I had s04 take a week once. Sometimes things just don't go the way you think.

If you think the tube is clogged, put the gas line on the liquid post. Purge and regas it. It will clear it without opening it

Pale ale is a style of finished beer Pale ale is also a type of grain, a low color base malt. One doesn't have to do with the other. Although pale ale can be used to make "pale ale"