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another question for you...i used the hydrometer and got a reading which i converted with john palmer's conversation table...my gravity reading was ~1.019...what do you think?

okay...that makes sense...thank you for your expertise

yeah...i have those instruments...i guess i was more concerned with the floating particles on top...hmmm...i'll try the hydrometer and see what happens...

i recently received one of the mr beer recipe kits as a gift so i decided to make it...the classic american light i believe...i decided to be experimental and add a cup of clover honey and two cups of regular table sugar (just being experimental i guess)...it has now been in my mr beer keg for...

what steps actually go into "mashing"? can someone explain to me what it really "is"?

kayos...i was told by a member here not to use table sugar as the priming agent (even though that's what mr. beer's recipe calls for)...the member told me i would get a cidery taste...well, i got antsy and opened up a bottle of my mr. beer west coast pale ale (came in the box) and tested...

mckbrew..do you know if you can use two mr. beer kegs, split a 5 gallon recipe in half, and fill the mr. beer keg past the line mr. beer recipe line....if it holds 2.5 gallons will that work....or could you just fill as high as you could get it and just lose the small amount of excess you'd have??

while steeping and sparging, how do you ensure you end up with the correct amount of liquid in the end...if you steep and then pour more water into the kettle through sparging...how do you make sure you have the right amount of water...i hope this question makes sense...its 3:20 in the morning...

hey i was curious how using granulated sugar would be different...very naive question i know...but how does it affect the outcome of the brew...thanks

that helped quite a bit...thanks

you could always prime in the bottle as well...and you can use granulated sugar...not sure how it affects the taste since i'm new to it, but i used it for my first batch and it carbonated perfectly...

you can buy regular bottles, one liter plastic bottles, swing tops, growlers, etc from mrbeer.com...i have the basic one liter plastic ones and they work great so i imagine the others would be good as well...idkid

I have a couple of new questions, thanks to all who answered my last two. 1) what is the best way store a sealed bag of hops? 2) if a recipe calls for a smaller amount of hops than the whole bag, are the excess hops storable, and if so how do i store them? 3) how important is the specific...

Wow. I'm highly impressed with the speed and helpfulness of both answers. Thank you so very much. idkid

As some of you may have also began your brewing endeavors, I received a Mr. Beer brew kit for Christmas. I'm totally immersed in the culture now, and I'm eaten up with all the new information. I was wondering if anyone has tried to convert the typical 5 gallon recipes on the internet to the 2...