Wow, didn't consider myself as as "ignorant brewer." That's pretty strong stuff. Well, I will resolve to working to perfect my craft and just lurking on the boards instead of wasting bandwidth with my ignorant questions.

Thanks for your responses and allow me to clarify: -- The bottles that are in the fridge were left out in room temperature for at least 2 weeks before going into the fridge. They "should" be ready by 1/1/14 but I intend to keep them in there for at least a week longer. -- I did watch the h...

I've gone from an occasional brewer to one that has two LBKs fermenting and a batch lagering in the fridge. However, I still feel as if I'm doing this as a "hit and miss" operation and I really want to be able to master brewing (with the MB kit). I know there are other ways to brew but thi...

Like a lot of folks here, I wondered why activity dropped so much on the MN boards so here I am. I've stepped up my game and I've got two LBKs going and started using a hydrometer. Also have a batch lagering which should be ready by 1/1/2014. Hope to find more good advice and information going forwa...