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Today I bottled my first batch of beer. I transferred from my carboy to a bottling bucket without a problem. While trying to figure out how to get a siphon going to transfer to the bottles my wife suggested use the 5 gallon lemonade jar we had that has a spigot. It sounded good to me so I...

Last night I brewed my first batch of beer. While cooling the wort and measuring the temperature, the tip of the floating thermometer hit my spoon and snapped off. The wort had almost reached the temperature I wanted to pitch my yeast into so I went ahead and carefully poured the wort into the...

Last year I brewed a couple of batches in a Mr. Beer kit and really enjoyed the experience. I wanted to go beyond this and move up to the full blown brew experience. This weekend I went to my local home brew supplier and bought what I need to get started. I bought a 6 gallon glass carboy and the...

Boy did I screw up. I was all excited to make my second batch in the MRB kit. I had scrapped the booster and was going to make an Irish Red Ale. Here are the ingredients: 1 Can Englishman's Nut-Brown Ale 1 Can Pale Export UME 1 Packet Dry Brewing Yeast (under lid of beer mix) 1 Packet U.S...

I am very new at this brewing hobby and I have what is probably a simple question. I recently received a Mr. Beer kit and am currently in the process of brewing their WCPA. In my early excitement I ordered 3 more brew kits from MRB before finding this forum. I am now considering upgrading my...