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Good advice about the water but I wouldn't jump into all that until you have the basics down. One thing you need to understand is your OG gravity is pre fermentation and your FG is post fermentation. A good rule of thumb is, if your OG is 1.050 and your FG is 1.010(most ale yeast will get you...

Enjoy the beer, drink it fast and move to make improvements in your process next time. Dissolved oxygen is enemy #1 to beer, do everything you can to reduce it.

As long as the wife is happy that's all that matters :) Glad to hear everything went so smoothly. I close transfer 90% of all my beers and every time you do it you will become more comfortable with the process. One thing I might recommend is cutting some slits or drilling some holes in to the...

as mentioned above, if you bucket is airtight enough for your airlock to work and you cold crash it, it will work in reverse and suck liquid and then oxy. have you cold crashed it already?

You don't really need to "pressurize" it. Hook up a carb cap like I mentioned and set your regulator very low and all it will do is draw in c02 instead of oxygen.

You will suck all the airlock liquid into the beer every time, the suck back from the temperature change is quite substantial.

It will develop a wet cardboard taste very quickly. This is one reason to invest in a proper carboy that is air tight

With all due respect you are completely wrong on this one. Gasses mix

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Nope. You need to hook up c02 source during crash. Try using a carb cap with a small section of tubing attached and then connect a tank and set regulator to 2-3 psi. Not sure if your bucket is air tight but give it a shot.

I have a pouch of the Sour Batch Kidz in the fridge, gonna pitch it into something here soon and play the waiting game

For my taste buds, slight hop bite/burn in a young neipa isn't always a bad thing. My comment was a bit tongue and cheek, but in regards to FG, yes this will affect your overall balance. All things being equal, it is best to let the beer condition a bit. I find that most of my IPAs hit their...

Break out the bottle of soapy water and hit all the hose clamps etc, I guarantee you find it that way

Looks good! I usually finish 1.011-1.013 as I mash slightly higher and prefer a bit of residual sugar to balance out any hop burn :) (drink em young!) Sorry I didn't get back to you regarding your water volumes but it looks like you had some good help on your brew day. For future reference, when...

Yeah a lot of us in socal have called them "banger hops" or "banger beers" for ever now. We also use the term "loud" to describe the aromas of said beers as well as cannabis. :)

10-15psi would do the trick. If suppressing esters is the goal you could always ferment as normal at a lower temp. What is your goal?

Inkbird rocks!

Got mine and LOVE it. Thanks!

Same as the beers that I buy commercially, I would much prefer a manufactured/canned on date.

If your goal is simply low abv start with a low og and focus on adding body and mouthfeel. Think oats, wheat, carafoam.