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^^This. Also, no need to mash out with BIAB. Pulling the bag is your mash out.

I always clean up from the previous step, and get ready for the next step. As the mash is going, I'll sanitize everything for fermentation, measure hops, etc. Once the boil starts I clean the grain bag and start putting away anything that's not needed anymore. That way once the yeast is...

Once you get your system dialed in there should be no reason to make any adjustments after the boil. Use a good calculator like Beer Smith or Brewers Friend, have the correct numbers for your system, and you'll hit your numbers every time.

I've never done a secondary, and don't plan on starting anytime in the future.

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You will probably want to drink it pretty quick, as using a wire strainer going into the bottling bucket probably introduced a lot of oxygen into the beer.

Keep in mind that filling a 20lb tank is only about 2x as much as filling a 5lb tank, but you get 4x more. You can get at least 4-5 kegs out of a 5lb tank, probably more. I have both, started with the 5 lb on my single tap system, then went to a 20 lb for my 4 tap keezer. Now I use the 5 lb...

Your freezer shouldn't be kicking on that often, especially with a 5 degree differential. Mine kicks on every few hours, set at 37, with a 2 degree diff. Get as much liquid in there as possible, fill water jugs if needed. Liquid is a MUCH greater thermal mass and is going to hold the temp...

+ 5 gal 2 Hearted Ale Clone = 2796

I agree with thehaze, don't waste the 2oz of Mosaic at 60 min. Use a good bittering hop for your 60 min addition.

I brew on the back porch, which none of the neighbors can see. Even if they could, we all pretty much mind our own business.

A 10 gallon kettle is perfect for 5-5.5 gallon full volume batches. General rule of thumb with BIAB is to go double your batch size.

Cereal Killer has been working for me.

Not true at all. I rarely use over 7.5 gallon, do no sparge, full volume mashes and always get 5.5 gallon in the fermenter.

All kinds of choices out there. Citra, Mosaic, Amarillo, Cascade, the list could go on and on. Pick a few and get brewing, see what you like.

CC after the 5th day. Once you drop to low temps, the oils come out of the hops much slower. I often dry hop in the keg, letting them sit for a week at room temp in the keg. Then I chill the keg and leave the hops till the keg is kicked.

I've never used El Dorado hops, but from how they are described, I'd say no. Chinook has that unique piney, classic C hop flavor, and El Dorado seems to be more the newer fruity hops. Why not do two brews, one with just Chinook, and another just with El Dorado?

I have never have done a secondary.

Back to the OPs question, the only way to tell how much CO2 left in your tank is by weight. That gauge with the green and red is pretty much worthless.