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This may have been covered plenty of times before, but my search-fu is failing me. :o I am new to brewing and wanted to step my game up from the Mr. Beer to working with Extract brewing. The only things I am not clear on is if I can boil a smaller amount of water, due to pot size...

Alright.. Maybe I will buy a normal brew bucket as my primary fermentor. I already converetd the Lowes bucket over to a bottleing bucket, that should work right? Maybe I should just start over with all my kits. I just like to build my own stuff, so when I had the idea of drilling I just wanted...

Thanks all! :D The reason I am sticking with the 5 gallon lowes buckets is because they tend to run cheaper (plus I already converted one into a bottleing bucket while using my Mr. Beer). The only reason I feel using the boxed kits will hinder me is because of my bucket choice, I would feel...

Well sorry for the late response to this. I left the bottle condition for a few extra weeks. Then I started to take one bottle a week to see how they carbed up. Needless to say the last bottle, that sat for about 2 months (before chilling), carbbed the best! I guess the lessons learned...

So after doing a few brews with my Mr. Beer I have decided that my taste for beer (Arrogant Bastard (oaked) and Rogue Dead Guy) has out grown the kits avaible with this "device." I found food grade buckets from Lowe's that are 5 gallons. The Question is can I put 5 gallon batches in this or...

Thanks for all the responses. I guess I should just move my whole set up to my basement being in the Mid-60s I guess is a good all around temp for every step. Fermentation, carbing and bottle conditioning.

Alright.. But how would I know when Carb is done? I thought it should be 3 weeks to carb beer? The Red Ale was only bottled for 3 days before all this.

Thanks! :mug: So would keeping everyting in the basement from now on, even it does get to the mid/low-60s ok?

I know the general rule is relax and have a homebrew, but I just want someone to hopefully put my mind to rest. I had bottled some beer about two weeks ago, now on week 3, and a few days ago it got really warm out. We had our windows open, but the thremostat said the house got up to 87!! I...

Thanks for clearing that up! I feel like I am back in my networking classes with all these abbreviations :confused: I noticed your in York, PA! And you are brewing Brewmutt's Irish Red. Did you do that in the Mr. Beer or get together a "big boy" kit?

Alright this sounds like what I am going to follow. Just how much DME should I use? 1Lbs? What about LME? I am not sure what UME is

So I am trying to figure out. I have done a search and I have lost all my notes from the first time I have read this entire forum. What can I do to make my next batch of whispering wheat better? Replace the Booster with DME? and not bottle with regular sugar, but corn sugar from the LHBS? None...

Has anyone been able to locate this in Central PA?

Sealed... I guess I really meant with the air lock. I am still learning all this. I guess I want to get a secondary with an airlock then. Eh I might just go and step up to the 5 gallon things soon. I almost feel if I am going to spend the money on smaller fermentors I might as well spend the...

Yes. That is what I was talking about. A second sealed container for a long fermentation process. None the less I guess the secondard would become primary for fermentation and then the MrB could be used for bottleing purposes. Such as adding the carb to the beer in the MrBeer and then...

Alright I got it. Well I wont be using those "kits" for long. I have found a few recipes on the site I am looking forward to trying. None the less it seems I can continue to use my MrB for none MrB recipes. (2.5 gallons seems to be enough for now. :D ) I just need to find a secondary for...

I think I get what is happening. So for the most part the "sweet" taste us because there is too much sugar in the brew for the yeast to break down. Also I tend to like "darker" style beers. (Guinesse, a local company that makes a Breakfast and PB choc stout, and Porters/Stouts). Maybe someone...

After the "kits" are gone, I no longer plan to follow the recipies I find on the MrBeer website. I plan to go to my LHBS and have them out me out there. I took a free learn to brew class through them, but was afriad to spend the money on a "big boy" kit up front to only dabble into the craft...

Wow so much information on this board. I have been working with the Mr Beer for a few months now. I got it from a cheap website and then my wife bought me some MrBeer kits for my birthday. I must say I have fun with this! The refill kit came with 3 different "packs" all of which I made...