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If anybody is brewing beer to save money they are probably driving a pedal driven car as well. There are far too many inexpensive and good tasting beers out there to be driven to home brewing by cost savings. Home brewing is a lot of work; even if you don't use pressurized kegs, etc., even...

This will be my last post on this subject. 1. I'm assuming that those involved with this thread have seen the photo showing the color of the sample draw from the fermenter and agree that it does appear darker than expected for a pale ale. 2. The fermenter (25 gal double wall stainless steel...

Yep, my mistake. It was LME, not DME.

Well, I finally found the box (see attached image), but I have no idea what I did with the instructions and I'm quite sure I did not throw them out. I'm sure most will agree that a kit like this is really sort of child's play to make successfully. I can read, and I'm not stupid or senile...

Sorry guys. somehow I have misplaced my brewing instructions. I am usually very careful about keeping things together. Sometimes I can't remember what I did 4 hours ago. Anyhow the kit ingredients were all in a single box with proper ingredient amounts for 5 gallons of brew. It was...

It didn't come out yet. It is still in the fermenter, and I haven't jumped to anything. I won't have a conclusion until it's done. BUT, you've got it right; the result will tell the story. Nobody knows that yet. I will continue to sample the wort and once equilibrium is reached, and that...

The boil volume was 5 gals.

Hahaha... well I am just thankful I'm still able to enjoy family and friends. This brewing hobby helps to provide a little entertainment and something to do, so I'll keep chugging along. Thanks for the spiritual advise.

It was amber in color. Now, it's a somewhat darker shade of brown.

O2 will only diffuse into the solution if there is increased pressure in the vessel, but the airlock is releasing internal gases and the internal pressure remains the same; atmospheric. Still the vessel volume plays no role in O2 absorption in the solution.

Nothing changed. I am fermenting 5 gallons of beer in a 25 gallon fermenter. After having thought about this discussion last night I decided to go back and rationalize the situation and lean on my education and experience with regard to the question: Does the unused volume of the vessel...

No change. You got it correctly.

Yes, I guess that must be it. Thanks!

I hate to blame on anything, but if there is anything I guess I could say it's due to my absent mindedness at age 68.

Yes, that was totally misleading. I sincerely apologize for the error.

Yes, I did write that, but not sure why. I put it in the fermenter 8/10/2022, so I don't know why I said 5 weeks. Sorry for the error.

I don't know why you think it's been 5 weeks, when it's only been 10 days.

ANYTHING organic will be affected one way or another by O2 in the atmosphere. Whether or not it is ADVERSELY affected is the question. It's going to be a while before the wort is removed from the fermenter and another long while until the first bottle is opened. I have high hopes and I think...

You say oxygenating is unnecessary, but is it helpful?

The air we breathe is 19.5% - 23.5% O2 enriched, so I don't think that the volume of air in the fermenter will be a problem, but we'll see.