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Congrats, completegeek :) Glad your first batch went well! My first batch is in the bottles for about ten more days before I try the first one. Hopefully it'll be successful!

Ahh okay, yeah I have tried a sample of it. I love their Anniversary Ale and their Dark Bock. Some day maybe I can brew some clones :)

Thanks for the tips! Sounds like it won't really hurt anything giving them a few extra flips over time. So I guess if I want more beer-flavor, I just need more malt extract. I'll have to work on that.. we'll see how this batch turns out in a couple weeks though :mug:

Socorro, nice! I just moved to Las Cruces in the last year. I've been wanting to drive through there to see the VLA though.. haha. Glad to see a fellow statesman! MeatyPortion.. oh yes, I try to stop by High Desert Brewery every couple weeks, there are a couple beers that are to die for. How...

I just bottled my first brew using the Mr. Beer kit. It does taste slightly.. watery? It's a can of HME plus booster. I know it still needs conditioning but I have a feeling I'll be upgrading to extra malt extract instead of just one can. My question is.. do I use two cans of malt extract and...

Hey Claudius, good to see a nearby neighbor! :mug: I'll have to look into Las Cruces brewing clubs.. haven't heard of any. I wish this town was bigger..

Aye.. I have almost contemplated buying a 2nd Mr. Beer keg, so that when I decide to start doing 5-gallon batches, I could still use these convenient kegs for fermentation. I feel like the spigot is going to be very useful come bottling time. I haven't decided how great of an idea that is...

From everything I have read here, I think the cidery and flat taste is due to lack of enough time to properly carbonate and condition. Everyone said wait at least two weeks on these kits for that reason. I am sure if you give them another week to two weeks, they'll turn out much better.

Thanks for the responses Tombstone and callmetex. Good to know you have done this for 5 years with table sugar without noticing any cidery flavors. I did read a lot about doubling the suggested Mr. Beer times. I am almost at the 2-week mark on the fermentation. When I bottle I'll be sure...

I am just now picking up the home-brewing hobby as well, and decided to grab a Mr. Beer kit as an introduction to see if I like it, considering how affordable the kits were. I read a lot of things here but the thread has gotten so long, it's hard to find where I read it! I think I read...

I decided to join the dark side. I have always loved beer and thought, what better than to start trying to brew my own? I am a complete newbie to the practice, so I picked up a cheap Mr. Beer kit hoping it would provide a decent introduction to the art. I plan on moving up in equipment...