Hello from NH

[emccarthy25]

Hey all, I recieved a Mr. Beer kit for christmas from my wife, as she knew I had been wanting to brew my own for a few years. I tried the kit that came with the setup(Mr. Beer West Coast Pale Ale thats bottled now, but will be carb/conditioning until Feb). A small taste test before bottling told me those basic kits aren't going to make the beer I want. I had also recieved a Mr. Beer Irish Stout kit, which I couldn't help but tinker with. Hopefully that one comes out good - according to hopville, I should end up with more of an amber ale than a stout, and could hit 5.3% ABV, which is promising(even though it's no longer a stout).

My next project is attempting to clone the Red Hook Summer Wheat beer they had a couple of years ago, my first attempt will be with a base of the MR. Beer Whispering Wheat kit. After that kit is used, I plan to move on to steeping specialty grains and using extracts.

Cheers!

 

[KevinW]

Welcome!

You are off to the right start at least, you want to move on to a more comprehensive system than Mr Beer! (I am not bashing Mr Beer just stating it is limited)

Good luck and keep on reading and asking questions!

 

[emccarthy25]

Yeah, my plan is to use up the extract kits I have then go to specialty grains with extracts and a hop schedule. For now, I'm going to continue to use the Mr. Beer fermenter as I don't have space for doing 5 gal brews yet. Once I have a spot set up I'll probably still use the LBK from mr. beer for experiments.

Thanks for the welcome

 

[zeekage]

Some light/quick reading for you: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/mr-beer-read-all-about-ask-questions-46360/

Welcome aboard!