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I finaly got it bottled, I used 2 ltr coke bottles for it, I topped it off to make 2 gallons. It has a slight bitter tea taste, I let the tea steep to long before topping it off, but the taste is ok with me, I don't know how my wife is going to like it though. My recipe was 32 tea bags 4 1/3...

Cool. It's a hard ice tea. When I'm done its going to make about 3 gallons, it's just under 2 gallons now. There's not much of a tea taste, I haven't back sweetened it yet. I'm going to boil more tea and add it in with some art. sweetener. I'm working on bottling it now, half in 2 ltr bottles...

I finaly made my first batch of wine and have a final reading of .996. I wasn't able to get a starting gravity cause of not having a hydrometer. Is the .996 good?

When I started this brew I wasn't able to get a starting gravity. I finally got a hydrometer and the reading is .998. Should I let it go a little longer? I tasted it and theres not much tea taste. When I back sweeten it I'm going to top it off with more tea. What's the best sweetener to use to...

I've been eyeing this for a while now. I finally got it brewing last weekend, it's only a 2.5 gallon batch. I'm using a mr beer keg. I used 32 Lipton tea bags 4 cups sugar I packet lalvin k1-v1116 yeast I'm now sitting here waiting impatiently for it. I haven't desided yet whether to carb...

I desided to pop a top on one of the bottles last night and its carbed a little. The bottles have some pressure in them and they've stayed like that. Do I need to add a little bit of yeast and sugar to restart the carbing.

Awesome! That's all I can say. It doesn't have a lot of carbonation but it taste great. It's going to drive me nuts now waiting on the rest to condition, knowing how good it tastes.

The 3 that's hard is like squeezing an unopened 20 oz coke bottle that's at room temp. The other 5 is like squeezing a coke bottle that had been opened and closed.

Ok I said that wrong. They have a lot of pressure in them.

Thanks acoldone, I've been watching the bottles and I have 3 that is doing great on carbing but the other 5 ain't doing much.

I got my first brew bottled. Here's the 1st 5th And last The 2nd bottle looks just like the 5th bottle. I really can't wait for these to carb. I thought about going ahead and drinking one but I'm going to make myself wait.

Ok thanks. I was just wondering about harvesting the yeast. I think I'll just get new yeast for the next brew ad make a starter for it. As far as maintaining a certain temp. I have an ice chest I can use. I'll just need to find a way to keep it warm inside it. Thanks for the info.

After you bottle your brew can you reuse the yeast. I'm just wondering, that's all.

When brewing what is a good way to keep the temp of your brew at a steady temp. The temp in my trailer varies big time. The temp of my brew got cool but I don't know how cool.

Well today there was nothing floating in it. The other day I tasted it and I was worried about it but today I tasted it again and it tastes good. I'll be bottling it tomorrow. The next week to 2 weeks will drive me nuts waiting for it to carb and condition more.

Ok thanks. Can you post the recipe for it.

Thanks guys. I heard that you can taste it as you go, if it has a sweet taste then it's still fermenting and if it tastes like flat beer then it's ready or very close to being ready. I'm assuming the fermentation is taking its time cause of the slow activity, but I'm sure the temp in my house is...

Will do. Thanks. I was thinking about tasting it just to see if it is ready or not, but I'm going to let it sit.

I as well got a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas. I waited till Jan 1st to start so I could kick off the new year with my 1st brew. I noticed a few days ago there was some stuff suspended in the middle, today I noticed it was rising. Is this normal? I've also noticed its clear on the ends and cloudy...

Cool I can't wait. Coors lite is what I drink unless someone else is buying.