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My taste in IPAs is similar: lots of flavor but not too much bitterness. The basic template I use is a very small bittering addition of something that will ground the beer, like 0.5oz of Chinook or NB at the start. Then put in all the rest of the hops at the very end, either in the last minute...

I never said it would hurt your beer to leave it in primary, just that it wasn't necessary. I came to this thread looking for specific information on something else, and I saw a newbie being told only one side of the story. So I filled in the other side of it, because really on your first few...

This thread is a little old but I feel the need to comment here. There's a lot of mythology surrounding fermentation times, primary/secondary, bottle conditioning, etc. The reality is that it's not rocket science but it IS science. The yeast in a healthy ale fermentation finish primary in 7-10...