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If no takers I would be interested around $110 shipped.

No fermentation happens in the secondary unless you transfer too early. Best to wait until ferment is done. I would say a month on a big beer is sufficient before transferring, but best to take a hydrometer reading. If you get a consistent hydrometer reading over the course of 3-5 days then it...

1. Yes. Be sure to thoroughly clean and sanitize it. 2. The sticky type work well, but the wort inside is typically a couple degrees higher. 3. A hydrometer is a great investment, especially for your first brew. This will take the guess work out and ensure you leave it long enough for the...

In fairness he said "beer" not "great beer". I have made some crappy batches but at the end of the day it's still beer. I think some of the more veteran brewers have found the harmonic balance between lazy and crazy when it comes to sanitization and other techniques with brewing.

Final gravity is an estimate. Also, taking it off the yeast cake may not have been the best idea considering it may have still been fermenting. Hopefully you have enough yeast in suspension to finish the process, otherwise 1.022 might be the final gravity for this batch. Was there still krausen...

What is the exact wording they use? Is it secondary fermentation?

I would be interested in a few items if you would be willing to ship.

Doesn't seem like nearly enough to cause any off flavors. The boil should have sufficiently killed anything bothersome.

Yeah, was considering doing an all simcoe pale ale....

I recently obtained a free extract recipe kit. The recipe is pretty basic and I was curious as to what I could change to make it better. ( yeast, hops etc )The reviews I have read say it's a solid pale ale but nothing great. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Here is a link for the...

I added both.

I would recommend one thing. Soak your vanilla beans in some vodka for the duration of your primary fermentation. You only need a few ounces. This will extract all the vanilla flavors. Then add it to your secondary when you rack over. I did this on an oatmeal stout and it worked out really well...

Single THIN layer on the bottom.

I will try and take some when I get home. I didn't use anything metal to scrub it, so I am not sure how it got there.

I really don't see how anything I posted could be considered OCD. I could certainly care less about the aesthetic aspect of spots on the inside of my brew kettle. My issue more lies with the brew kettle changing colors, when I used a stainless steel safe cleaner on it. The pot was really cheap...

It is a little strange.... Either way, with gravity that low and considering the other things you mentioned it sounds like an infection. No good.

It was a cheapy $40 SS kettle. I am sure that factors in at some point. It seemed to work really well on the burnt sugar, but left a bunch of odd spots.

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Well, I tried oven cleaner. Pretty much ruined the pot. It left numerous discolored spots once I cleaned it. I followed the directions for SS on the can too. Not worth saving at this point. I had bar keepers friend too. Should have just used that.

Consider the multiple factors that can effect OG. With the multiple boil overs, and issues with boil time and hop additions your reading could be off by a decent amount. It also could be dead on, which means your mistakes helped you. Either way, you made beer and I am sure it will be just fine.