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Just an update that 24h after addition a krausen appeared and things look like they are underway just fine, krausen still here at 48h. Temperature increased from 64-68 on sticker thermometer in the time between 24 and 48h. :)

Yes, it did come with instruction but I wanted a more enchanced homebrew experience rather than adding HME to boiling water. I should clarify that I did not boil the grain, I misspoke in my initial post. I steeped the grains @170F prior to boil. Sounds like I should be able to salvage...

Thank you all for your input! I did not accurately describe my process, I did infact steep the grains at about 170 for 30 minutes before i brought the wort to a boil. The grains were out during the boil. Yes, Mr Beer came with instructions, but the HME it came with was the "Light American...

Brewing my first batch using a gifted Mr Beer Kit. I decided to supe things up a little bit by adding some grains to the boil (half pound 60L crystal, along with a 10 min cascade hop boil, and replaced the Mr Beer yeast with Safale US-05. I am about 32h in and see no visible signs of...