So I tested the gravity of the Foreign Extra Stout on 10/23 to see how things were going. The kit's recipe said to test it after 7-10 days, which would have been when I transferred to secondary (but I didn't), but I took it a few days late and the gravity reading ended up being at the final gravity (1.014). So everything seems to be going swimmingly.
I also ended up moving the bucket from the basement barthroom to my bedroom since it's starting to get cold out here in Colorado. The ambient temperature was around 59 degrees for a few days, and the yeast was supposed to be fermenting between 62-72 degrees. If the temperatures are too cold for the type of yeast I am using, than they basically go to sleep and do not complete the primary fermentation stage. I'm sure fermenting at 59 degrees was probably still okay, since the temperatures within the fermenting wort are sometimes up to 10 degrees warmer than the ambient temperature because of more yeast activity, but it is only going to get colder out here so I decided just to move them. So now the Foreign Extra Stout and Red Ale are in my room sitting at about 65 degrees.
Only a few more days until bottling!
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