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I just finished my third Mr. Beer batch, yet, while in the process, one of my buddies bought a setup with two 5 gal carboys and all the other goodies. I like where my beer is going, yet, I think that I need to step up to the carboys as I basically had to "help" him with his first batch. As I am...

Yeah guy! Brewing is awesome! Great info on this site as well...good luck!

2 to the 3 son!

I just drank my first bottle after two weeks of conditioning and it tasted better than the first bottle yet it still had subtle overtones of the original harsh flavor that the first bottle had. I think that I need to let the beer condition for another week or two.

+1 I'm in the same boat

That's no good.

At least you didn't get any of the broken hydrometer in the wort...that would have sucked.

I just bottled my first batch of beer ever and started a new one.

It's been about two and a half weeks since I started my Mr. Beer batch. I bottled one bottle after the minimum of 7 days and let it carbonate for the minimum of 7 days. Then I put it in the fridge for about 3 days. The result was a very carbonated beer with a harsh taste (although it did taste...

That's some funny shizz.

I just finished my first batch in Mr.Beer and all I can say is that it works. I think that Mr.Beer is a good kit for a small and/or experimental brew.

That's pretty cool... smoked stout with german yeast

I guess I never really thought of using the spigot (duh). I'll have to go pick up a hydrometer from my local brew store.

I am finishing my degree this year at EWU

Yeah, that was me last night.