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I appreciate everyone's encouragement. Maybe the beer will taste better in a week or two. But I tasted it and it tasted a little sour, which I understand to mean that it's contaminated. It was also very, very cloudy. However, it'd been in the fermenter for two weeks. Well, I guess we'll...

So I just bottled my first batch. And by bottling, I mean I filled two with beer just for laughs. It tasted pretty bad uncarbonated. I was not expecting a GABF gold medalist, but I was expecting something drinkable. I think part of my problem was the Mr. Beer kit. I plan on buying a more...

I dont' have a hydrometer. The new yeast has been in for two days now and the old for eight. I tasted it last night and it no longer tasted sweet to me, at least not like last time, but tasted a little more sour, which was a bit concerning since I hear that one way to tell if your wort was...

Hi Denny's Brew - I don't think you can you can charge a Mr. Beer keg with CO2. It's got a one way vavle to vent off the fermentation gasses, so unless you plugged them, you wouldn't be able to hold any pressure in it. It's also made of pretty thin plastic so I don't know how sturdy it would...

I have a little thermometer that I've been keeping right next to the fermentor that reads between 70-75 degrees. How much yeast should I re-pitch with? The Mr. Beer things says it makes 2 gallons of beer if that helps. It's interesting that you mention cider. I was thinking about using the...

Hi All, I'm new to this whole home brewing thing, though not to drinking beer. My lovely wife was kind enough to buy me a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas. However, after starting up my first Mr. Beer brew (it's still fermenting which leads to question one) I have greater aspirations. Maybe...