Newbie questions

[thunderbird13]

Hi everyone
I'm a newbie here and I'd be grateful if you could answer 2 questions for me

If I fit an air lock onto my FV will it reduce the smell by slow realeasing any gasses. I have to brew in a spare bedroom and the house can smells a bit during primary fermenting !

When it comes to bottling I've read that its better to transfer the brew to a secondary container and then leave it there to condition for a week of so before bottling and yet I've seen example of people bottling straight from the FV and them leaving the beer to secondary ferment in the bottle - which method is better ?

Thanks

[WishboneBrewery]

As for your second question, I just transfer to a Bottling bucket (FV with a Tap and bottling stick attached) so that I can prime the batch all at once and then bottle and let secondary fermentation happen

[OldSpeckledBadger]

If I fit an air lock onto my FV will it reduce the smell by slow realeasing any gasses. I have to brew in a spare bedroom and the house can smells a bit during primary fermenting !

It won't affect the speed of gas release. Bubbling the gas through water might slightly reduce any smell but I wouldn't bet on it.

[pauljmuk]

You dont like the smell of beer?? It's lovely to come home and get that aroma that tells you your kit is brewing well!

Re second question - I just leave to settle in main FV, and with the help of my wife and a steady hand, bottle straight from that using a bottling stick.

None of my bottles have a ridiculous amount of sediment in them (only a circle around the deeper edge of the glass bottles)