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If there is no tested visual change in gravity then the beer is stable enough to bottle. But from experience 1016 is about where a dark beer with that high of an OG should finish at.

Agreed, also monitor (check gravity in the next 3-5 days) to make sure there is no further gravity change. If no change you could bottle or try adding a lil fresh'n'healthy yeast. (champagne yeast does a good job at drying things up, but take that advice with a bit of salt because it also tends...

I would just let it dangle without being in contact with anything. When the probe is in liquid the temperature transfer of the liquid is delayed (well insulated) so the fridge/freezer will run until the liquid changes temp which by that time the ambient temp is far below your desired temp and...

Yes, depends on the cocoa powder though. I've had great results with 4 oz of Hershey's cocoa powder.

I would worry about the spices and cocoa powder being added in the boil. After being boiled and then going through a vigorous fermentation the majority of what your looking for in those powders is going to be scrubbed/boiled out and the beer will likely miss what you were aiming for. I would...

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I'd say no, Not for the temp controller probe. Thermowell's are for monitoring the beers temp, you can plug your thermometer and see what temp the beer is but the probe for the controller should be unaffected by anything but the ambient air that the fermenter sets in.

Those probes work by expansion/contraction of the inert gas inside the probe. When the probe is in contact with anything other than air, it will create larger swings in the temperature that the beer is exposed to. The whole idea of a fermentation chamber is to control/eliminate those swings...

agreed... sorta. I would just let it dangle without being in contact with anything. when the probe is in liquid the temperature transfer of the liquid is very delayed so the fridge/freezer will run until the liquid changes temp which is far below your desired temp, and when it warms up it goes...

Depends on the wheat beer your going for. My preferred wheat is an American wheat and Willamette and Cascade fit that bill. go for 25-30 ibu's Id probably do .5oz cascade for 60 min, .5oz Willamette for 60min, and .5oz Willamette for 10min.

yea, I have no experience with k-97 but I do know that an American Wheat takes a pacman. I calc'd bitterness at 25 the way you have it. My earlier suggestion would probably hit too low at 16 ibu. Although I still think that might be a bit too much with the lighter grain bill of 1046 I'd...