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This is my third batch and my airlock didn't show any signs of fermentation. After a week the krausen was great along with the smell and the gravity was right where i wanted it. My question is why didnt it bubble this time though? The stuff is all pretty new (only 3 brews) but do you think...

I have a Amber Ale going and i have seen some people talking about cold crashing. I live in Chicago so the weather would help with letting me try to cold crash it. Are the benefits noticeable? Or should i just primary for 3-4 weeks and then bottle?

I was battling boil overs like never before yesterday. I was spraying the foam with mist from my water bottle. Turns out that i grabbed my star san diluted bottle. I probably misted it with a good 5 oz of my mixture. What do you think this will do to the beer?

My first two batches i did primary in the bucket and moved over to the carboy for secondary. Most of my reading on this forum says the secondary maybe introducing more risk than reward. When you are not using a secondary do you use the bucket or carboy for fermentation?

Is it better to start off with less water and add at the end or start off with a full boil? My pot is 7.5 gallons so it can handle the full boil and i have a wart chiller to drop temps quickly. What is best, the instructions on this kit are pretty bad.

I messed up my first batch using hose water. This is a Belgian Dark Strong that I started on oct 16th (6 days ago) i just moved it to the secondary and i am not sure what it is supposed to look like. How does it look?