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Saturday I brewed a Wit with Safbrew T-58. Fermentation took off within a couple of hours after pitching the yeast, but at about the 48 hour mark, it seems to have completely stopped. Can anyone tell me if this type of fast fermentation is common with T-58? If you are wondering, I pitched...

My wife bought be a 5 gallon setup for Christmas, so I can finally step up from the Mr. Beer fermenter. The LHBS tossed in a Munton's Dockland Porter extract kit. I don't really want to do a straight HME kit, but I don't want it to go to waste either. I was thinking of steeping a couple...

After two weeks in primary, I hit my marks and bottled my Belgian IPA. The is my first time using plastic bottles, so I don't know if I should be concerned or not. I primed the bottles directly as per a thread on this site; 1 1/4 tsp cane sugar per 20oz bottle. The bottles are conditioning in...

I am looking for some advice on a 2 gallon mini-mash clone of Avery's New World Porter. Using the grains listed on their site, I came up with the following: (50% Efficiency) OG: 1.056 FG: 1.014 IBU: 42 SRM: 40 Boil Volume: 1.25 gallons Batch Size: 2.13 gallons Yeast: Nottingham...

I am about a week away from bottling my first batch of homebrew; a Belgian IPA. I am going to wash the yeast and use it to start my next beer. I want to do a Belgian Stout, something like Avery's Mephistopheles. They list the grain bill on their website, so I have something to work with...

I just brewed my first extract batch in my Mr. Beer kit this last weekend; a Belgian IPA. I used Wyeast's 1388 Belgian Strong Ale yeast. My first question is whether or not my yeast is behaving correctly. At the recommendation of the guy who runs the homebrew shop, I pitched the entire...