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How did I miss that? Answer - I didn't. It must be a short term memory thing. Which is not exactly cool TBH.

I've never used an all-in-one, but I wonder if you might squeeze (no pun intended) a bit of extra efficiency out of it by dunk sparging in a bucket instead and stirring the grains in the sparge water. This would kind of defeat one purpose of an AIO, since you'd have another vessel to clean.

Yeah, an alternative to buying something they disagreed with and didn't realize that they were giving their money to the same multinational corporation anyway. Also, it's almost always on sale somewhere for about a buck a can if you buy it by the case. Anyway, the answer to the original...

Who said to open the PRV? Connect the gas post to the fermenter. Closed loop. No oxygen exposure.

OTOH, it really is just stupid easy to do a closed transfer.

I don't much care how long it takes since I usually don't stand around watching it.

Tipping has gotten completely out of control in this country... Now get off my lawn dammit!

I do closed gravity transfers into purged kegs through the liquid out post all the time, so I'm really not understanding why folks are saying that you're better off opening the keg and using a hose. The key of course is that the keg has to be purged with CO2 and the CO2 from the keg has to be...

The amount of headspace you'll have left after removing a bottling wand is very close to what you will find in bottled commercial beers, which I guess is why lots of people consider it the correct amount. It's also easy, since you don't have to tilt the bottle and press the wand against the side...

It will take longer if it stays cooler, but 7 weeks isn't exactly rushing to try it. How much priming sugar did you use? IOW, how much carbonation were you shooting for? Lots of carbonation and a big head are not things that I usually look for in an imperial stout, but YMMV of course.

Yes. I meant Lalbrew Farmhouse specifically.

Get yourself a pack of Farmhouse and leave the Belle Saison in your fridge until you want to brew a Saison. It will keep basically forever.

Also should have mentioned that you can get mylar vacuum seal bags if you don't trust the regular ones.

Apples and oranges OTOH...

Well yes and no... :) You see the sun. You see light on surfaces that the sun shines onto and reflects off of. What you don't see is a lit up sky, because, well, there's no sky.

I believe there are calculators for that, but I tend to either not worry about it or guesstimate because I haven't stored any for a very long time yet. I know there are members who buy hops in much larger quantities than you're talking about and store them this way. Maybe some will chime in...

Get a vacuum sealer, make 1/4 oz packs, and store them in the freezer.