I have never used Chocolaca but I have used cocao nibs. I just recently brewed a chocolate stout. On brew day I soaked 2 oz of nibs in 8oz of vodka. After ferment I strained the vodka and added it to my beer. It was really easy. Doing this won't make a beer a chocolate bomb and won't add...
I have a batch of mead that I have fermented with D-47 and it is now getting close to it's final gravity. My plan is to rack this to a carboy and age it for a year before I bottle it. I have added no sulfates to this mead so far.
I have no SO2 or PH meters currently and wondered if I need...
If you keg just put the boiling wort into a keg and seal it up. Them wait a day and ferment. I have been doing this for over a year and it works just fine.
I've had beers in secondary for a year if they are large beers. I make a quad every year that agrees in a secondary for a full year. It should be fine.
I primary for 4 to 6 weeks for almost every beer. You don't need to secondary for clearer beer. The beer doesn't know...or care what is in the bottom of the bucket. I'd leave it in the bucket for a month then bottle. Just my 2 cents.
I always rack a 12 pack worth of bottles into my bottling bucket at kegging time. Then I bottle with coopers carb drops. I have been doing this for years and it works great. I always need a few bottles on hand to give away!