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mr beer update started out with a 1-2 yr old mr beer kit from my basement that i got forchristmas I used the booster and the extract with the 1-2 yr old yeast packet that came with it followed the directions spent 14 days in the mr beer keg (not much fermentation happening) used skitter...

bottled my first beer today it was a mr beer recipe from a kit that was in my basement for at least a yr I let it ferment for 2 weeks . it did not foam much but it looked like smelled like beer and tasted like flat beer I will let it sit for 3-4 weeks in the mr beer 1 liter bottles before i try...

2 weeks in the mr beer keg i will be bottling saturday using the Skitt walmart method. I think after a yr in the basement my yeast was dead cause it didn't really foam up much but i am gonna give it a try

I did i just bought the walmart container:D

I am guessing that these fizz tablets are just sugar compressed into small tabs for a perfect measurement

anyone use those fizz tabs that come with the kits or should i just try to do sugar

just found out i can buy a whole kit from northern brewer with everything i need. since i dont have sanitizer a capper or caps it will all come with a kit for the same price as a recipe kit, caps sanitzer, and capper so i answered my own question. I could do a double batch and use the mr beer...

I am looking at buying a kit from northern brewer Northern Brewer's White House Honey Porter 1 Gallon Recipe Kit all i have is the mr beer fermenter do you thing it wise to ferment it in here or should i look at other avenues. I wanna do a better brew than the mr beer ones but without spending a...

is this recipe for a 5 gal brew?

I just drank a coffee porter made from the berkley brewing company in berkley mass he lives a few towns over from me. its made by a guy in his garage and man its one of the best beers i ever had I compare it to a Guinness stout not quite as dark but a bit more crisp a hint of chocolate and...

what r your thoughts on recapping empty sam adams bottles I have lots of them :D

thanks I will give that bottling method a try read the blog and i might try that next

I will be useing the bottling method as in the mr beer instructions which calls for 2 1/2 tsp per bottle

I am guessing the new instructions will come with the new order? should i order up some corn sugar for bottling or is table sugar just fine for the first batch

sorry 1 more question if this batch works then i am thinking of try a deluxe Mr beer stout it comes with a hopped and unhopped extract when would you add the unhopped extract i assume you add it with the HME and do you still use the booster pack I am a big stout fan by the way this message board...