Mr. Beer on Clearance

I dedicate this post to one, Steven Kaleidoscope Perkins.

I’ve been doing quite a few photo posts lately without much commentary.  I’m going to continue that trend today as well.  I usually don’t have that much to actually “say” anyway.

Well, since the beginning of time, I’ve always had the urge to brew my own beer.  But alas, I neither have the room, nor the time, for a legitimate operation at this point of my life¹.  Enter Mr. Beer.

While at Bed Bath and Beyond with my fiancee², I came across what I thought was an mirage, a dessert oasis in a sea of girly pillowcases and shower curtains: a product to make my own 8 gallons of beer for under$20!  That’s right, the Mr. Beer kit and refill materials were on clearance at the store!

If you haven’t seen this product, I’ll just say that Mr. Beer is extremely easy to use.  While it didn’t really satisfy my dream of home brewing, for now it is an adequate substitute.  At the very least it should help me to decide whether or not this is a hobby I would like to pursue in the future.  And hell, I had a lot of fun brewing with the Mr. Beer.

If you have $20 to spare, and want to dip your toe in the waters that are brewing, run don’t walk to your nearest BBaB to get your own Mr. Beer. Seriously, 8 gallons for twenty dollars.  Doesn’t that sound fun?  With out further ado I present yickit brew:

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You’ll notice a couple of things in the pictures after the break, which I’ve bullet pointed to emphasis each:

• Mr. Beer seems to be a quality product;
• Mr. Beer might be the easiest way to brew your own adult beverage outside of trying to turn Welchs into wine. Actually that seems much more difficult;
• Brewing beer for a study break = one happy law student;
• You need empties to fill with your home brew, need I say more?

Alright I should be bottling this stuff, so I should go.  Anybody have good brewing tips?  More pictures after the break:

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