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Recipe Type: Extract Yeast: White Labs Irish Ale Yeast Starter: none Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: none Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.099 Final Gravity: 1.028 IBU: 25 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 42 SRM Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 8-10 days at 65-70...

Just made an Imperial stout. Calculated my OG and 1.078, but measured at 1.116. I used a 1 liter starter with white labs irish ale yeast. Should I just plan on doing another starter or just follow the fermentation and see where things go?

Thanks. Do you usually use a bag for the hops, or just add them directly?

Just brewing my second extract batch. I am doing a cascadian IPA. It's been in the primary for 8 days. OG was 1.080 and it has now been stable at 1.020 now for a few days. I am going to a secondary just for dry hopping. Is there any gain in waiting any more than 7 days before bottling?

Can you dry hop in the primary fermenter was you get close to your FG?

I am new to home brewing having just done my second batch. My primary fermenter is a plastic bucket and holds about 8 gallons and I do 5 gallon batches. I know from other threads that moving to a secondary isn't needed, but is there a problem leaving it in the primary fermenter with so much...