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Thanks for the insights, guys! Aryoung I had no idea the yeast went back to clean up its own mess so to speak when it runs out of sugar to eat. I only ever read the wait was to be sure fermentation had finished but I suppose the two are related. Humbolt that's exactly what I wanted to hear...

Hi All, I'm a total noob so bear with me here... so far I've done a 5-gallon ingredient kit extract brew which went well, and two days ago I did an all-grain one gallon attempt at an IPA, mashing with a paint strainer bag in a 5 gallon pot, then boiling in the same pot (i believe this is...