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hot water loosens the tubes up quite a bit. Run it under the faucet for a minute with the heat on high and try pulling and twisting it off. If that doesn't work you can try soaking it in oxy clean/ hot water bath for a couple hrs and it should slide right off.

I actually brewed up 2 batches on the first day. I took the gravity reading of the first IIPA and it's at 1.012. So the yeast seemed to do good. The second batch I am going to rack into the secondary fermenter in 2 days, so I am going to wait and check the gravity then. How do I figure out the...

So I made up my first batch a week ago. A double IPA with an og of 1.084. I pitched the 05 yeast and the airlock was bubbling decently for a few days then slowed to a complete stop. I've been reading on the site that it could be normal and that isn't my question. My question is, in 3 days...

Sometimes it can take longer. If you add ice water to the wort after it is done boiling, it will cool a lot faster in your ice bath.

I am currently on my first brew, however I have been reading that "after hydrometer readings have stabilized it is time to bottle". Pros can correct me if I am wrong, but thats what I've been reading

Let's say I did boil it for an hour. Is this going to have any negatives effects?

Gotcha. Much thanks for the information. Hopefully it still turns out ok..

Yes, it started bubbling 4-5 hrs after I pitched it

Half of it. I was making a double IPA

I was brewing my first batch yesterday. I messed up and forgot to add the liquid malt. It's been fermenting about 16 hrs, can I boil the malt for an hour, cool it down, and add it in now?

Actually it turns out that the people working at the bar can get me the LME. I just boil it in some water for how long? 30 minutes? then add it in and seal it back up and let it ferment for a week or should I just do 6 days?

It's been bubbling for about 18 hrs now. The homebrew shop is closed for tonight so I'd have to wait until around noon tomorrow before I could get more LME and add it in. Will that have been too late or would it be worth a try?

Bad news in this thread. Turns out I did ruin the batch, but not in the way I thought. The recipe kit came with DME and LME, well I thought the LME was corn syrup, so I didn't add it in. Anyway the guy at the brew store told me I'm going to have an extremely hoppy 3.5% IPA because I messed it...

Not sure what these terms mean, could someone explain? Thanks for all the quick advice, everybody. I'm gonna get another brew going within a week. I'll be much more confident on this next one, too. I think hop sacks will be the way to go. Can I just sanitize the sack and tie it up with a...

So I went out and bought a equipment kit and a recipe kit from the local home brew store. Decided it's time that I pick up home-brewing my own beers and eventually kombucha. I have a couple questions for anyone willing to help out a noob. Are the sterile procedures as important as in mushroom...