Hi everyone this is my first post and I'm a complete novice. I'm in college so obviously have a love for beer. I had a sears gift card that had been sitting in my wallet for a while and was having a hard time finding something I needed/wanted. Then I came across a mr. beer cheapo starter kit and a refill pack. So I bought it.
The refill kit came with 4 different HME extracts. I brewed one a few weeks ago and have it bottled currently. I made an additional fermentation container and have two more separate batches fermenting at the moment. I still have no idea how any of them are going to taste, I may wind up with 6 gallons of junk.
I picked up some malt extract at a nearby brew store (which everything seemed to be extremely pricey at) but they didn't have any HME. I'm wondering what my cheap options are for ordering some more supplies for upcoming batches? What about the "booster" junk that mr beer includes in their kits? I've read it's junk but without it I might as well be drinking 3.2 beer. But I like my beer strong! I added additional honey to one of my brews, brown sugar to another, and malt extract to the third.
As I'm shopping around for new supplies what would be an economical way to brew an extract beer in the 6-8% range that doesn't taste like complete crap. Grant it, it can probably still taste like partial crap as I'm just a college kid.
Thanks in advance
The refill kit came with 4 different HME extracts. I brewed one a few weeks ago and have it bottled currently. I made an additional fermentation container and have two more separate batches fermenting at the moment. I still have no idea how any of them are going to taste, I may wind up with 6 gallons of junk.
I picked up some malt extract at a nearby brew store (which everything seemed to be extremely pricey at) but they didn't have any HME. I'm wondering what my cheap options are for ordering some more supplies for upcoming batches? What about the "booster" junk that mr beer includes in their kits? I've read it's junk but without it I might as well be drinking 3.2 beer. But I like my beer strong! I added additional honey to one of my brews, brown sugar to another, and malt extract to the third.
As I'm shopping around for new supplies what would be an economical way to brew an extract beer in the 6-8% range that doesn't taste like complete crap. Grant it, it can probably still taste like partial crap as I'm just a college kid.
Thanks in advance