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I aerated the wort by shaking the carboy for 1 minute prior to pitching the starter. Is this not sufficient for w-34/70?

I fermented a German Pilsner a few months ago with WLP833 at about 60-65F. It threw some sulfur during fermentation, but this not uncommon for this yeast. The beer turned out great. Edit: I used WLP830, not WLP833.

I'm trying to figure out what I should do with this Dortmunder. Expected FG was 1.010, but it finished at 1.015. It tastes pretty good, but it's a touch sweet. Recipe is as follows: 88.6% Pilsner 11.4% Munich OG 1.055 Mashed at 152F Safale W-34/70. 2 packets into 3L starter Fermented in low...

Does taste a bit on the bright side, but I wouldn't call it tart. The beer is kegged, so no chance for bottle gushing.

Bumping, but also would like to ask a slightly different question. Is it possible that this beer reached 3.9 pH without an infection? Could it be the wheat? Or the fermentation wasn't ideal? or something else?

Most anecdotes I've seen here and elsewhere is that (dry) hop additions tend to raise pH.

Yes, I calibrate if it's been more than an hour or so since last calibration.

My most recent beer, a hoppy blonde, ended up a little on the tart side, so I measured the pH at 3.95 (Milwaukee meter). This explains the tartness, but it doesn't explain why I ended up at 3.95, and not something closer to 4.3-4.5. I believe that my brewing hygiene and sanitization...

I brewed a 5 gallon batch of oatmeal stout 16 days ago. Mashed at 155F. OG was 1.064. Fermented with US-05 at about 65-68F. It's been at 1.019 for at least 4 days. That's 70.3% attenuation, which is low for US-05. I'd expect closer to 80%. It tastes good, so I could just keg it as is. But...

Excellent. Thanks for the tips.

I bought this jumper hose to do keg-to-keg transfers. I have two kegs. One will be filled with beer for a cold crash. When it's time to transfer to my other (serving) keg, how do I sanitize this hose? These seem to be shut-off disconnects and I can't get sanitizer into the hose.

I'm doing my first beer in a new kit, and I discovered the lid on the plastic bucket I'm using as primary does not seal well. Because of this, and the fact that I want to free up this bucket, I'm going to rack to a glass carboy. However, I had originally planned to not use a secondary, and I...