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It should be fine. I guess I should have warned you about that. When I shook my Imperial IPA, I took the airlock off and used my thumb to cover the rubber grommet. Needless to say when I removed my thumb after shaking, it exploded like a volcano through the airlock. Luckily I took it outisde...

Try giving it a good shake first. I've had stalled fermentations in the past which fired right up after a good shake. I'm assuming you are using a clear carboy so you'd be able to physically see the action if you were fermenting. I was using plastic so it was hard for me to tell whether I...

It was 1:15 am and at that point I did what I thought I had to do. If it's skunked, it will be a first for me and a lesson. Who knows, it could be fine but either way I really won't know for a while at this point. Oh well, my punishment will be for me to do it all over again. Darn! :D

Well, after a couple more hours I just checked on it and it's bubbling away. I was going to leave it alone anyway but it still feels good to see it working. I was also worried because right after I stirred the yeast, I snapped the lid on and while fitting the airlock onto the lid, the...

It's been 13 hours since I closed the lid on my fermenting bucket. This is my fourth batch but I'm surprised to not see any bubbling yet. All of my others bubbled by now. Although it must be doing something because the airlock is pushed all the way to the top and there is condensation...