Recent content by faustie

unbelievably, I did not manage to screw it up my first time through! :D I cracked open a few over the weekend and was pretty surprised how normal the beer tasted ^_^; I'm bringing a few into work on monday, just in time for yearly performance evaluations (mwa ha ha) So yeah! I shall take the...

so far so good! i took everyone's advice and let the beer sit for 3 weeks. I've since opened up the fermenter with great trepidation only to find...beer! tada! I added in the sugar that came with my kit and have since bottled it up, with 1 week to go until it is hopefully carbonated. I ended...

those are all awesome points as well :D I'll be delighted if the beer turns out beer-y. if it doesn't taste vile, I'll be even more elated ^_^ I'll be sure to post how it turns out tho, if anyone is still interested in a week or so!

thanks for the advice! I'll just let it sit here then and stare impatiently at the fermenter. That should make it go faster...

Hi guys and gals! I'm brewing my first ever batch of beer in a fancy brewer's best kit. So far, everything seems to be going alright. I got a little nervous when my airlock stopped giving me bubbles, but some sleuthing around on here has proven that apparently I have nothing to worry about...