How's it going everyone? I'm Kyle, I introduced myself yesterday. I bought all of my HB equipment on Saturday and started my first batch of beer on Sunday. I used the Brewer's Best German Altbier Style kit (an extract kit with steeping grains). Everything went pretty well for my first time. I just took a SG reading and gave it a little taste. Right now it's reading 1.016; the OG was 1.044 (the recipe from the kit calls for a FG of 1.008 - 1.014). It seems as if the heavy fermentation is pretty much done, it should be more than ready by Sunday to rack into my secondary. I'm pretty excited about the whole process. I guess I'll have to make do with some commercial beer while I wait. Well, just wanted to share my first homebrewing experience. Now it's time to start thinking about what I want to brew next.