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I have a S shaped airlock on a glass caboy, do I put the cap on the airlock?

My bad, i thought it read satans dilema, it doesnt sound as intimidating.

Mutilated whats your Santa's Dilema your brewing, it sounds intriging? I want to make something next that will knock me on my ass after having a couple.

Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried anything from the brew house brand kits? What were you experiences with them? Do they usally turn out good?

Begineer question...How do you tell when the fermentation is done using a hydrometer. I have a reading at the original gravity and after the primary was done. Thanks.

Hey, I'm brewing my first batch of homemade beer, I choice to use a Mexican Cerveza premade kit from the brew house. I started secondary fermentation in a glass carboy after 5 days in the primary. At first the airlock seemed to be bubbling every 2 minutes but after only 3 days it seems to of...

The bucket does not have a hole of an airlock. Is there an advantage of getting one that does rather then not having it snap on? Or even better getting a second carboy to do the primary fermenting in?

Hey, I just picked up a home brew kit which consist of a plastic pail used for the primary fermentor and a glass carboy for secondary fermentor. The instruction state in capitol letters DO NOT SNAP THE LID ON THE PAIL. Does this seem right, whats the point of super sterlizing it when its not...