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Hi CBS. Just wondering if you have ever tried some of the recipes from other distributers (Northern Brewer, Midwest Supplies, etc)? Mr. Beer is like a gateway beer. I was getting pretty disgusted b/c my 1st 5-8 Mr. B recipes sucked, so I decided to try other brands and they were MUCH better. You can even do a five gallon batch and split it into 2 LBK's. After you try those you can go back and tweak the Mr. B. recipes (grains, dme, lme) and they come out much better. Some of their recipes flat out suck and taste the same as 75% of their other stuff, but others are good when altered (whispering wheat, Belgian blanc). Let me know and I'll send you a list of the other distributers beers that I've tried and we're great! Good luck to you!
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As long as you followed the 3-4-3 method, it sounds like you're doing everything perfectly. Honestly I think that it's just Mr.Beer stuff. Unfortunately I have not brewed any Pilsners or Kolsch. The only 2 recipes from Mr. Beer that I can say that I REALLY liked were the Whispering Wheat and the Belgian Blanc. Both were modified a bit, but I think what made them good was the recycled Northern Brewer Abbey Dubbel recipes recycled yeast that I used.
I would say to give a 5g NB or MWB recipe a shot before quitting. If I didn't switch to those brands (and others), I probably would've quit too. I verify that these recipes are excellent:
NB's Phat Tyre, Abbey Dubbel, Dunkelweizen, and Block Party Amber Ale. All of their IPA's have been excellent with the exception Grapefruit Pulpin'.
Good luck!
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OK cool, thanks. Yeah I followed the 3-4-3 method. I'll give them a try. Actually, when I was browsing NB's website I came across a 1 gal. Honey Country Pilsner recipe that I thought about trying. I figured on brewing a 1 gal. batch and if I liked it, I'd brew a 5 gal. batch. Or do you recommend a 5 gal. batch?
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