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Carbonation was very good, beer had a nice head to it, with decent retention, and the color was very good. It was the Irish Red Ale kit from Northern Brewers.

Just got my first batch bottled a few weeks ago. Tasted it for the first time yesterday, and boy was it good. I wanted to thank everyone for the advice here. It was really helpfull, and contributed to my first batches success. Thanks again to all. I really appreciate it. 2nd batch is in the...

Just wanted to thank those for the advice, the beer went to bottles a few weeks back and even though I had a small bottling issue, It all worked out good. The beer looks, smells and tastes great. Thanks again 1st batch was a sucess... Yeah... Rick B

Thanks for the advice so far. I feel a little better. I just took a peek under the box today, and it is definately quite. Temp of the carboy is about 67 F. We are on day 4. I did get a kit that had glass carboys. ( Just didn't care for the bucket idea.) I was wondering about how often you check...

I just recently got my first batch in the fermenter. I am new to this so please bear with me if this boring to some of you. But all seems to be going well. I am brewing a extract kit from Northern Brewer. It is the Irish Red Ale kit. I used Danstar Nottingham Ale yeast, which I rehydrated...