PVH

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Racking is siphoning the beer (or wine, or whatever) off of the sediment at the bottom of whatever vessel it is in and into another vessel.

Do you have a basic brewing book? They tend to have a glossary that can be really helpful at first.

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Kegged: Ginger Steam, IPA, Robust Porter, Herbitude 3, Berliner Weisse, Hefe
Bottled: RIS II
Primary: IIPA, 80/-, Tripel

D0ug

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Racking is the act of transferring beer/wine/mead/etc. from one vessel to another, such as a bright tank or bottling bucket.

ps I was taught the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask

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Bottled/Conditioning Botched Flat Belgian Tripple
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Crashmorgan

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I began my first adventure in home brewing last night with Brewer's Best amber ale. I truly appreciate this thread and this forum. It's been approximately 12 hours and no bubbles in my air lock either. If it weren't for this thread, I would be freaking out too; that I did something wrong, or my beer was not fermenting.

There were several things that I did last night that I considered "mistakes." But after reading this forum (until midnight!), I now concider them items that I will do differently instead.

The point of this reply is that since reading the numerous threads on this forum, I have more confidence about my first home brew being successful.

Thank you to all the experienced home brewing hobbiests for tearing yourselves away from your hydrometers, brew pots, and grain mills to answer the same question over and over again. If the questions weren't asked, I would not have learned.

william_shakes_beer

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But the bubbles still are fun to watch.