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I'm sure it was a few minutes away. The lid was heaving outward. My first thought was "Sweet, it's doing what it's supposed to do!", then my next thought was, "or is it...."

Everything on here seems like sound advice! I'm sure the people at the store make good beer kits, but everything they told me was from the instructions. That being said, it's primarily a wine store so I doubt that they are avid beer brewers. I appreciate the advice that can ultimately make a...

As I said, I'm completely green so just going off of what the guys at the store told (Not that they necessarily know what they're talking about). What's the difference between a wand and a wine thief? The thing they gave me has a little valve that when pressed, allows the liquid out.

No bucket with spigot! I'll look into investing in one. I think I will go with the consensus here and keep the beer in the primary. I have a wine thief for bottling when the time comes. So with this method, will I have to be more careful about sediment and stuff in the bottles? Will the beer...

The only reason I'm antsy is because it is the first time I've ever brewed anything, so I'm a slave to instructions! I wanted to make sure I could handle something like a wort kit before I start changing things around! Will take advice under advisement though. So my question would be, would I...

Will the beer not continue to ferment in the secondary? Or should the Gravity reading be fairly close to FG before I consider moving it to the secondary?

No Airlock. I bought a kit from the local store and they gave me a fermenting pail with just a lid. They neglected to tell me not to put the lid on tight. Also, there is no airlock on the lid. They said they just put the lid on loosely and don't worry about an airlock. The secondary they gave me...

Just in the middle of brewing my very first Festa brew kit. I'm just waiting for something to go wrong, but I've been following the instructions carefully. My foam collapsed the other day, but there are still some bubbles on top of the beer. I was curious as to what was going on so I took a...