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I'm fermenting a west coast IPA kit that came with one ounce each of the following hops: Columbus, Chinook, Centennial, Cascade, Ahtanum. Following the instructions, I mixed all the hop pellets together and used 1 oz of mixture for bittering, 2 oz flavoring, 1 oz aroma and saved 1 oz for dry...

Thanks everyone. This brewing thing is fun as hell but so many variables

How cold for how long

Thanks. I obviously will just start there in the future. So once bubbling slows, should I bring it back up to finish it off or just leave it?

Yes, it started bubbling within 12 hours. My basement air temp is 66 degrees but the fermentation bucket temperature is 68 so it looks like I finally achieved target. I just hope the 48 or so hours at higher temp didnt affect flavor too much. For secondary fermentation, should I return to the...

From Saturday evening until this evening. Roughly 48 hours. I thought I would be able to keep the room cooler with ac but was not able so I moved it

I'm currently fermenting my very first beer and I'm struggling maintaining ideal fermentation temperature. I used a kit with 1 packet of Safale US-05 yeast which recommends fermenting at 68 degrees. While fermenting in my spare bedroom, the temp was reading 73 degrees. I transferred the batch to...