Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:55 am
+1 on the yeast cleaning up after themselves. If fermentation truly is 100% complete, that's all the yeast will be doing. Allowing it to batch age isn't a bad idea either, but that can also be accomplished in the package (bottle/keg).
Keep in mind those instructions aren't the best; they're written so someone with no skill or experience can make a drinkable product when all is said & done. There's a lot of things that you can do differently than the instructions state to make it into a better product but they're either more complicated, require more background knowledge, or more advanced techniques/tools. They'll get you there, but don't think they're the best or only way to get you there.
Lee
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