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Sounds good, Ill have to try a few. Any popular ones you can recommend?

What constitutes a farmhouse ale (saison)?

Great, thanks guys for all the help. I appreciate the great advice!

Okay guys one last question on fermenting i promise. Im planning on leaving my batch in the primary for at least 2 weeks. When is the first time i should take a reading? I dont want to expose the batch to oxygen. Whats the best way and most sanitary way to take a reading from a plastic...

Do you guys have a few general bottling techniques or tips? Attempting to do my first bottling in less than a week. So far Ive read that racking from top down is important as well as calculating the correct amount of priming sugar. What is the typical storage time for the bottles once theyre...

Are the Brew Master kits technically a partial grain brewing kit, since some one them involve steeping the grains in a grain bag. Or would that then be considered a BIAB brew? :confused:

Cheers puddle. That's what I figured just wanted to make sure. So far so good. Thanks for the help all. Never had such a warm welcome for a newbie on a forum haha Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Is my three piece lock supposed to click up and down when it releases the air build up? Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Thanks for the input BigFloyd. Is it safe to say that waiting longer can not hurt the batch? I know the instructions from the kit IPA says 5-7 days but I'd rather wait longer and not rush the batch. Is it standard to wait that long (2 weeks) or is the constant gravity reading (over a few...

Thanks Puddle, appreciate the help. When taking OG readings at the end of the 7 days, is it best to take a small sample to get my reading (and then discard that sample)? Would you recommend not even taking a reading until a week has passed? I understand that once I get a constant reading...

Thanks guys. I definitely don't have the ability to cold crash currently but hopefully I'll be able to down the road. Will let you know how my first brew turns out. Thanks for all the advice. Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Thanks for the info all. What positives come from letting the batch ferment 14 days as opposed to a shorter period of time like 10 days. What exactly is cold crashing? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Thanks for the help guys I appreciate the input. I think I'm just going to stick with the single fermentation for now. Cheers all Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Brand new brewers here. Just did our first kit last night (standard IPA) and followed all of the directions exactly. We hit our OG right in the range and now the wort has been fermenting for just under 24 hours. The directions say that they recommend secondary fermenting but don't elaborate...