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I never used to name my Mr. Beer brews, but the batch I have fermenting right now is Throggs Neck Brown Ale, because my fictional brewery is called the Throggs Neck Brewing Co. after the neighborhood where I grew up.

The only beer I've brewed that I didn't like was the first one, which was the result of following Mr. Beer instructions. Since then, it's been all good stuff, and other than the beer I currently have fermenting, I've only brewed with Mr. Beer to this point. My favorite was probably a blackberry...

I don't like bitterness or hoppiness, so given all this feedback, I'm definitely going to tweak the hop schedule. Maybe .75oz of hallertau at 45 minutes and nothing more. You mention 1oz of honey malt whereas others 6oz to a full pound. This seems like a pretty big discrepancy, so I'm...

Interesting. Good to know. I guess I got scared off a bit when I was searching the forum for posts on honey malts. Some people make it out to be this uber-potent grain that will radically alter your beer if you add just a little bit. Also relieved to hear that schedule is hoppy. I was basically...

I was kind of hoping someone would suggest upping the honey malt. How sweet did yours come out with 8 oz? ...and good idea re: adding flavoring at bottling. Sometimes I try to run before I can crawl :)

Greetings, folks! My first non-Mr. Beer batch is fermenting away nicely thanks in large part to the help of everyone here (thanks!), but now I can't help but start planning my next batch. I let my girlfriend have some input into my next batch, and she requested a wheat beer. I don't generally...

Hah. I just brewed my first non-Mr. Beer batch on Saturday and did the same thing. All Saturday night I checked every ten minutes in the hopes of seeing some action in the airlock. Then woke up yesterday morning and it was like Christmas morning (it actually was Easter, I know...but that's way...

Guys, thank you. Yesterday was brew day and it went great. I ended up downloading Beersmith last week, which I used to tweak my recipe to give me my target OG, SRM and IBU. Everything went smoothly, thanks to all the reading up I've done on here. I was a bit nervous about my yeast, because...

Of course this pops up a week after I ordered almost that exact setup (minus the capper and bottle brush, which I already had) from Midwest! Hah. Just my luck.

Yeesh. Thank god for this thread. Bought my first vial of liquid yeast and will be using it this week. Would have had a big mess on my hands if I hadn't read this.

@aufevermike Your airlock? ;)

...and I would prefer more of a Southern English Brown than a brown porter. I guess for that I should probably use less chocolate and slightly more of one of the other specialty grains? Or does there come a point where it doesn't even make sense to use the grain at all if I'm going to be using...

Thanks!! Glad to hear. And oh yeah, sorry. Forgot to mention the yeast. In my initial order (which had shipped before I was able to cancel it and is probably arriving today), I'd ordered the White Labs California Ale yeast. The description said it was versatile, and there were a ton of user...

Hi folks. I placed an order last night for ingredients and I think it's a much better recipe than I first proposed. But before I brew, would love some feedback, as I plan on bringing this batch to North Carolina over Memorial Day Weekend for a family reunion/birthday party/etc with my...

This was years ago, so I can't be sure, but I believe my Mr. Beer setup came with West Coast Pale Ale. Thought if it was anything else, it was the Canadian Draft. But yeah, that first batch was the only one I ever followed instructions for. Using just the HME and booster gave me a beer that...

I get it, and you're right. There is a difference between hoppy and well hopped. I recently tried Bronx Pale Ale by the new Bronx Brewery (I'm from the Bronx - had to support my local brewers), and while it was too hoppy for my liking, I could taste that there was good flavor there despite it...

Hahaha. Thanks. That was good :)

There are others here who are way more qualified than me, but yeah...time heals most wounds with beer. Let the yeast work its magic. Four days is nothing. ...and ditto to what Jrod said. Might want to safeguard against a big mess.

So I've been thinking about brewing in general, and what it takes to become a good brewer. Practice, etc. But in my thinking, something crossed my mind... I just don't like hoppy beer. I'm not even talking extreme IPAs. I like malty beers. And naturally, I want to brew beers that I'd want to...

What if I instead go with pale DME as a base and supplement with specialty grains. I've looked at recipes for brown ales and they generally call for around 6 lbs of liquid extract. I know that is equivalent to just under 5 lbs of DME (right?). So something like... 5 lbs pale DME .25 lb...