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I've started using a hop spider during my boil. Sure is convenient and makes cleanup much easier. But I was wondering if having the hops confined in the relatively small bag affects the hop extraction of bittering or flavor during the boil?

So I've got a Belgian Dark Strong going in the primary fermentor. It's at about 10% abv, and refractometer readings have not changed in over a week. At about 1.010. Yeast is the Wyeast 3787 trappist high gravity. How much longer should I wait to bottle?

I'm planning on making a ESB and then repitching the yeast for an english-style porter. What would be a great liquid yeast for this?

Hi all, I'm going to brew the morebeer.com American IPA extract kit, which features 1.5 oz magnum @ 60 min, 2 oz cascade @ 10 min, and 2 oz cascade @ 1 min. The kit does not come with anything for dry hopping, but I'd like to add a couple ounces of dry hops after a week of fermentation. Any...

I'm currently fermenting my first belgian beer -- a dubbel. Thought it might be a good choice for mid-July since the Belgian yeasts tend to have a higher temperature range. I pitched a 1 liter starter of WLP540 last night at 74F and it took off in a few hours. Since then, the temperature has...