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Curious if this will work as a gelatin additive?

That was really interesting and kind of hard to get myself to believe!

Should I put it in the garage where it'll be around 45 F? It is already pretty much done actively fermenting, as far as the air lock shows. Currently it is 68 F in my basement.

I just brewed an Oktoberfest/Märzen that I created as an ale, not a lager. I used Safale K-97, as it was described as a German ale yeast. It then is described as good to use for wheat beers. I'm a little confused here... should I not have used this yeast for my brew? Also, I don't have equipment...

When you say pitched directly, do you mean without hydrating?

Also, can I over pitch? Like if I have an OG of 1.070 or so and I use two packs when 1.5 is called for, will that create a problem?

I always do dry yeast and I always pitch it right in. I have a friend who hydrates it for 10-15 minutes prior to pitching. Does that in effect act as a starter at all? It seems to get the yeast to "foam up" a little.

I understand the purpose for using a yeast starter but have never used one myself and don't feel that I ever noticed a difference. My beers always have hit the expected FG within a point or so, so I am curious if there really is any reason I should use a yeast starter?

I know the rule of thumb is when the gravity reading is the same for three days, but how long does everyone usually wait before bottling? For the purpose of clarity, I'm thinking of bottling about 2-2.5 weeks after brew day.

After completing the mash or specialty grains, is it a no-no to squeeze the grain bag a little to get the fluids out? Should I just let gravity do its thing and drain it, then leave it be?

I did get that information from a kit… That makes sense. Thank you for your help everybody.

Does the secondary fermentation not increase clarity? Do you need to do secondary to dry hop or can you do that in primary?

Can I do secondary fermentation in a 6 gallon carboy or is that too much headspace?

What type of effect?

Good point. Thank you.

My Extra Pale Ale kit from Northern Brewer says to add 3lb of the LME at 60 and 3lb at 15.... What difference does that make?

Turned out to be just a bit flat but still pretty darn good. Now I'm all the more excited for the rest of them!

What will happen if I only have about 6 ounces left at the end of bottling and I bottle it? Will is not carbonate very well?

I am doing my primary in a glass carboy as well, for what that's worth.

So, put the coffee beans into the carboy and rack right into them... Do I need to do anything to the beans for the sake of sanitation, or are they ok to just put right into the beer? I've been told the latter is ok.