removing barb from beer line

heat it up (the beer line) with some hot water or a hair drier

 

or just cut the beer line.

 

I use a razor blade, carefully.

 

ditto on cutting the line

 

How'd Barb get in there?

 

cut it.

 

Pull harder, girly man.

 

Yes, cutting it to get it off (vice, putting it ON) is probably the fastest...but as I can attest from rerouting my CO2 today from I/S to O/S my kegerator... either will work depending on the location. Cheers

 

Cut it off, then cut the 1/2" or so piece that remains lengthwise. Easy-peasy! 1/2" every now and then shouldn't cause a problem. You'll likely replace the tubing before those half inches add up to a significant loss of length.

The problem is that vinyl tubing on a barbed fitting is kind of like Chinese handcuffs. When you pull, the tubing stretches length-wise, causing it to contract width-wise, tightening its grip on the barb.