i used to do the same, i have since bought a growler and im in love. put the growler in the freezer, fill with keg beer head to the party and enjoy. i cant explain what kegging and a good growler will do for your brewing:ban:
i used to think budweiser was the only beer made. my wife bought me a Mr. Beer kit for christmas. my first home brew tasted way better than any bmc i had ever drank. then i moved on to 5 gal batches and brewed a brewers best american amber i believe. the american amber completley change my beer...
i tried beersmith free down load and it done something weird to my adobe reader program that made it want to install a adobe update every time i got on the internet, im not very computer savoy so i am afraid to order the full version,
i have brewed with their brewers best kits and had very good beer, i have not put a beer togather using their lme, or dme, just yet but soon as i find a good hefe recipe i like i will be using there grains.
i have the same one i think i got it from basspro, i also bought a 8 gallon stainless brew pot, i have no problems with the timer, but the burner sucks when i turn it down to keep a maintainable boil i cant adjust the burner to keep it from getting soot all over my pot the burner sucks!!!
a guy from www.thesmokering.com, im big into bbq and he was talking about home brew and i told him i was very interested in this hobby and he referred me to this site