I made a raspberry/honey beer using the wheat extract you can get for the Mr. Beer kit - I just kind of winged it - boiled a can of raspberries and a 1/2 cup of honey along with the booster into the wort. I had no idea what I was going to end up with, but I got a fruity tasting beer - not too sweet and not too dry. So all in all, it worked out quite well. It's been my wife's favorite thus far, so I'll be making more. I highly suggest racking off to a secondary from the mr. beer keg and let sit for another week or so before bottling.
I was told by one of the home brewing stores online that their ingredient kits will work with the Mr. Beer program - most are setup for five gallon batches, the Mr. Beer is designed for half that, so just use half the ingredients - they said the remaining ingredients will in fact keep fine for awhile if sealed properly. So one can expand beyond what is available for the kit. I can see where a second Mr. Beer keg would come in handy - could do a full ingredient kit then rack both kegs off to my secondary which has a six gallon capacity.
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