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How dare I try to take brewing shortcuts! I must now prostrate myself before the Beer Gods and beg for forgiveness! *bow* *scrape* *grovel* *plead* *wail*

This forum certainly doesn't suffer from a shortage of anal retentives.:p

I'll keep an eye on it then. If things are still unfermented at the bottom after a month I'll let it go for longer.

No worries Evan. No hard feelings mate. Yes, I reckon the Poland Spring water should be pretty clean. It was from a previously unopened 5 gallon bottle. I'm going to let this one sit for a while...maybe 5 or 6 weeks. No more though, I don't want autolysis to set in.

I'm not too worried. As I said, the stout I made using the same method turned out fine. Still, I plan on doing at least a quick boil on everything from now on.

From a Poland Spring bottle.

It sounds like I have offended some people on here. Too bad for them.

I've made plenty of other brews that included a boil, and I wanted to experiment. So far everything has turned out well. If I thought making beer was too much trouble I wouldn't bother at all.

I did the same thing with a couple of cans of Coopers Stout and Coopers Dark malt, and the beer turned out fine. It did have a month in primary though. I'm hoping that means this batch will be fine after a month. The dark malt probably obscured the stuff at the bottom of the stout mix, so it...

Ok, so instead of boiling anything I just dumped my 2 cans of warmed extract in with some water, sloshed it about, pitched, and left it to sit. There is definitely some activity going on, but I've noticed that a lot of the extract is sitting at the bottom of the BB fermentor. Will the yeast...

I'll give Fermentis a go then.

Which yeast would you use out of Fermentis, Muntons, or Coopers?

I picked the AHS American IPA II. I have some of my own yeast packets that I need to use up, so I decided against the liquid yeast for now. I'll make a starter though.

Should I pay extra for shipping if I want some liquid yeast? I don't want it getting ruined on the way.

Sounds doable. I'm mulling over some kits right now.

Bobby M and Beerific - I'd love to delve into all grain brewing, but I just don't have the time right now. My life is so busy I have to stick with the quick and easy stuff. So far everything I've made has turned out well.

I've been making a lot of Cooper's kits...Stout, Real Ale, and Bitter so far. Can anyone recommend another brand of no-boil kits? The only other one I've tried is Brewferm's Christmas Ale, which is pretty decent after 5 months of aging.

No, the Gaslight Brewpub in South Orange. The owner has some supplies upstairs.

Does anyone have any recommendations? My local supplier's stuff is past its expiry date, and he doesn't have the kits I want to try. I've heard good things about Coopers Wheat, and I'd like to try experimenting with yeasts if anyone has any recommendations.

Great. Thanks for the responses guys.