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I received a Party Pig a few months ago as a gift and haven't used it yet. But I now see Quoin, who makes the pig, has stopped making them and is just selling out inventory. The only part you need to keep replacing is the pressure pouch, which maintains the pressure in the pig. But can you...

With the great posts on this site I harvested yeast for the first time on 1/23 and plan to use that yeast for a cream ale (OG 1.040) on Friday. There was a nice 1/4" of yeast in the mason jar that's been in the fridge since I harvested. I made my first starter today using around 650ml of...

Yesterday I brewed my third extract batch since returning to homebrewing. For the first two, I had to keep adding water to the airlock during the first few days of fermentation. To avoid that, I decided to use the blowoff tube and switch to an airlock after the heavy bubbling was over. All...

I just wanted to send out a big thanks to everyone for all of the info on this site. I started homebrewing when I was in school in the early 90s, in the pre-web era. I learned everything I could from the old USENET group rec.crafts.brewing before I picked up Charlie Papazian's book. After...

I started brewing when I was in college in the early 90s. I learned enough from the old USENET group rec.crafts.brewing (pre-web) to get a basic kit and make a few extract batches. I always wanted to get back into it, so my wife recently got me a kit for my birthday. I have one batch...