First off, let me thank the contributors to this forum. I have already learned much more than I thought I needed to know.
I have been brewing with Mr. Beer since last year after my father in law bought me a kit for my birthday. I thought it was decent beer, was kind of fun making it (although not much to it). I wanted to take it a step further, so I bought a fermenting bucket and an extract kit and followed the instructions. The beer has been in the bottle for over three weeks now. I put one in the fridge on Sunday and tried it tonight and was very disappointed. The beer was a beautiful color, had a great aroma, tasted nice, but had very little carbonation with no head at all. Not enjoyable at all. It seemed to lack body as it resembled iced tea in my glass. Kind of watery I guess.
I was planning on getting another batch started tomorrow. I found a recipe on the board that I want to try, but would like to know what could have went wrong with this one before I start another. I did some searching and found a few threads, but they were talking about all grain recipes. If anyone can point me in the right direction and help me to figure out what may have gone wrong, I would greatly appreciate it.
I have been brewing with Mr. Beer since last year after my father in law bought me a kit for my birthday. I thought it was decent beer, was kind of fun making it (although not much to it). I wanted to take it a step further, so I bought a fermenting bucket and an extract kit and followed the instructions. The beer has been in the bottle for over three weeks now. I put one in the fridge on Sunday and tried it tonight and was very disappointed. The beer was a beautiful color, had a great aroma, tasted nice, but had very little carbonation with no head at all. Not enjoyable at all. It seemed to lack body as it resembled iced tea in my glass. Kind of watery I guess.
I was planning on getting another batch started tomorrow. I found a recipe on the board that I want to try, but would like to know what could have went wrong with this one before I start another. I did some searching and found a few threads, but they were talking about all grain recipes. If anyone can point me in the right direction and help me to figure out what may have gone wrong, I would greatly appreciate it.