I also started with Mr Beer, over 1 yr ago. I made my 2nd All Grain 4 gal batch last week. Mr Beer makes ok beer if you add steeping grains; or better yet, use DME & add whatever hops & yeast you like.
That is my plan at the moment, although like I said, I'd like to eventually get into all grain brewing. I think the possibilities would be endless if I could really tweak the recipe myself.
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Mr. Beer, that's my name. That name again is Mr. Beer.
And I thought I was the only guy dumb enough to try a Mr. Beer! I've never brewed before, and they had them on sale at Bed, Bath and Beyond for $15 a piece. Figured worst case scenario, it'd cost me $15 to make my first mistake in brewing. I've got 8 1L bottles of pale ale carbonating at the moment, and so excited for my first batch! I spent a while yesterday chatting up the guy at the local home brew store about what my next step in brewing would be. I'd eventually like to be able to make my own all grain mash, but for the time being, I'm cool with the extract. I live in an apartment, so cooking the mash over a flame is out of the question :-)
Anyway, I'm new here so I'm excited to learn about home brewing and hopefully pickup some tips for better beer.
Thanks!
I wouldn't say trying Mr. Beer is dumb. For $15 you get to test out home brewing and have the confidence to fork over the money for your first real kit. That said, paying for 4 additional recipe kits may have been a dumb move for me since I upgraded after making my second one. At least the Mr. Beer has given me something to drink while letting my real home brew age. (I also bought two sets of bottles, but that doesn't bother me since I'll end up using them for soda eventually.)
I have a left over Mr. Beer Oktoberfest kit laying around from my Mr Beer days. Just wondering what everyone thinks of just throwing the prehopped malt, booster pack and yeast into my next batch and seeing what happens? I'm the adventurous type, so I figure why not? I was planning on doing the standard IPA extract kit from morebeer.com.
I have a left over Mr. Beer Oktoberfest kit laying around from my Mr Beer days. Just wondering what everyone thinks of just throwing the prehopped malt, booster pack and yeast into my next batch and seeing what happens? I'm the adventurous type, so I figure why not? I was planning on doing the standard IPA extract kit from morebeer.com.
Why not, if you are the adventurous type. You got to try new things, even if the sound a little crazy.
Ok right now in my fermenter I have a recipe that I am trying to bring together. It consists of 2 cans of the Pale Ale, 1 can of golden wheat, centinnial hops that were boiled for 10 minutes and then colombus hops added to the wort just before the cold water and then a the mr. beer draft liquid yeast, all that has been in the fermenter for 2 weeks. I am hoping that it comes out kind of citrusy and so far from tasting it it does have a citrusy flavor to it. My question is would I be safe in popping the lid off long enough to add some lemon peel to kick that flavor up just a little more? I was thinking of that or bottling about half the batch with lemon peel in the bottle, and using the bottles as a sort of secondary, just to see how it comes out. Just looking for a little guidance on this. Thanks
At this point I wouldn't add lemon peel. You run the risk of infection, as citrus peel carries wild yeast. Pasteurizing the lemon peel would help, but I would add lemon extract at bottling instead.
You could also dry hop with Cascade for a citrusy flavor.
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Soak the lemon peel in vodka for a day or two. The vodka will become a lemon essence and the peels are safe to put in at this point too.
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hey, i just got a five gallon setup! (still brewing in the mr beer as well) i was getting ready for my first 5 gallon boil tomorrow (british IPA), i realised i forgot to order muslim hop bags, can i just dump the pellet hops as is at the according times, leave them in and filter at bottling? or B buy pantihoes for makeshift hop bag? thanks
I like to experiment.
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