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If the bucket is reasonably well cared for and sanitary I see no reason to change it. As for routine retirement of primary buckets, can't say I have ever done that. I occasionally still use my original bucket that I acquired in 2012 from my father that we gave him in the early 80s. He quit...

The OP is intending to use an auto siphon in order to avoid constant clogging. Switching to the shorter tube might allow for a closed transfer. The original post indicated that they wanted to avoid use of the out post to avoid clogging instead using an auto siphon from the open top of the...

Sounds like it would work to me except I would expect more foam than you might like to be produced during the transfer. I would go with the de-carbed suggestion and otherwise proceed as planned. A shorter dip tube would likely produce a similar issue since it sounds like you will be...

Just spitballing here... A loose connection in your kegs dip tube?

Cold crashing will remove a significant amount of solids (including yeast) from the beer before bottling. There is no need to warm before bottling. You will then be adding sugar for priming when bottling. The remaining yeast (yes there are still enough to carb the bottle) will produce...

I was thrown by the terms as apparently others were with the comments about not using a secondary Back on topic. No rinse Don't fear the foam You can leave the foam or drain as much as you can Transfer while the surface is wet Once dried the surface is susceptible to invasion by unwanted agents

Are you sure you are in the right part of the forum? This is beer brewing. Lees and back sweetening are typical in wine and cider not beer. We would be using terms like trub and dryhop. Sanitation works for both I suppose so yes, you are in the right area. I was just thrown by the terms.

Secondary is generally no longer used for routine fermentation. Choice is of course yours to make. Oxy is not considered a sanitizer. It is a cleanser. Can't comment on one step. Cleaners are not sanitizers but then cleaner is closer to sanitized than nothing

Could be similar to some of the mrbeer kits that have slots in the threaded portion to allow air to escape.

Well that may be... Someone needs to tell mine that. Every self started and otherwise ignored since they are doing it themselves are growing counter clockwise unless my digital clock is in the wrong hemisphere. Ok. The direction is as viewed from above looking down the twine. Not from my...

Drainage and water. They take a lot of water but you don't want them in a constant swamp. Ground is good. Be sure they are where you want them, they do spread. The roots radiate outward and shoots can appear some distance away. I haven't had much of that growth appearing but the rizomes can be...

Sure it can. I assume your grain is already crushed, or you have a mill to crush it yourself right? Maybe share your hop schedule (amounts of which added when) for more specific advice on your brew.

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Of course you are aware that going into the fermenter, the wort had plenty of sugar to counter the bitterness. Then after fermenting, much of the sugar was removed being consumed to produce alcohol. Your projected IBU should not produce such an extreme bitterness but I am also unaware of any...

Simply... Don't stress over the numbers. First, those are all estimated goals based on many variables then you took readings with additional variables that calculators attempt to adjust for. None of this is perfect. If you take multiple readings at the same stage I suspect they too will differ.

Mine get good morning sun. After 5 or so there is a bit of shade cast by a neighbor's tree. The older row with the most growth faces mostly East, North East. The younger row is on the Western side.

Breaking the tip stops further growth. Side growth will continue. Plan your brew for late July- Aug. When they should ripe. Unless you have a lot on the bines, expect to use store bought hops with yours as a bonus. It takes a LOT of wet hops to make a difference

Yeh. Maybe little more than a handful. Expect a lot more growth next year.

Looking good. They don't much like to go horizontal without help. Once on the rope they will generally stay but new growth may just shoot out and if left alone will double back and twist in on itself. While they are really growing just wrap them around the rope counterclockwise. They do...

Latest pictures. First photo looks much the same but there are several more side arms crossing that fill in between the vertical growth. Better view of the newer row with generally the youngest plants. Most are first or second year A little hard to see them in the photos. They get lost in the...