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i plan on keeping my first ever batch in the bottle for 3 weeks. should i do any longer, or will nothing be gained by my extra patience?

i'm doing an oatmeal stout. its already in the primary. i want to add chochlate to it, but im passed boiling. im thinking about adding 4.0 ounces of cacao nips when i move to secondary.

how much cacao nibs for a 5 gallon batch? is there a high risk of contaminating the beer by adding them? this is only my second brew and rushed into it before thinking about if i wanted to add something

im doing an oatmeal stout, i wanted to add chocolate to it, would that even be a good idea?

could i add a chocolate flavoring spice to my fermenter, or did i miss the boat on this one?

i wanna make a great pumpkin beer for the start of fall (september) whats a great ingredient kit, and when should i start brewing it?

its not a big deal, the co2 is going so hard no bacteria can get in.

your fine man, i burnt some of my last batch and it came out fine. anytime you boil for 60 minutes something is bound to burn eventually. beer is very hard to ruin, it'll be beer i gaurantee it.

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after shaking it, its started back up again, bubbling alot slower then before. but i wanted to slow it down in the first place. thanks for the help

so after 30 minutes in the ice bath, its stopped bubbling... did i **** up?

just put it in an ice bath. is there any chance that that could harm the beer?

do u guys think i should try to lower my temp? its at 70, and fermentation is going fast, its an oatmeal stout.

will there be any difference in flavoring, coloring, clearness, or anything whether your beer ferments fast at a high temp, or slow at a colder temp? if so, is either better? or are they just different and neither is better.

is it a big deal that my air lock has blown off? im pretty sure it isnt because the co2 would keep any bacteria out. yeast is going crazy, its bubbling like 10 times every few seconds

took a hydrometer reading last night, exact OG as the ingredient kit said, and when i woke up the airlock was bubbling well. another case of premature panicking.

my bucket was really hard to seal so i didnt take an og reading.. should i do one now? i thought the og wast really important, and only the fg matterd?

thanks man... still a noob and micro manage/panic over my brew. first batch was a 2 gallon one and this was 5 gallons with the same amount of yeast.. this is a stout vs a wheat ale maybe those also factor?

i havent seen bubbles yet in my airlock. and while i know bubbles dont indicate fermentation, it would be great to see some. its only been 6 hours since i put it in the fermenter, but my first bath started bubbling in 2 hours. what is a normal timeframe for bubbling to start, and when should i...

your a lucky man....keep brewin brotha