Home brewing

My future mother in law got me a mr beer for christmas as its something I have been thinking about doing for some time now.
Anyone else here tried home brewing before?

I know there are tons of forums but just curious if anyone here does it and if its something they liked doing.

My Dad used to make beer and wine, but I never got interested in it much until a few years ago. The kits were too pricey for my fancy, and I never got close enough to a brewing supply to shop around, but about 3 years back I scrubbed up one of Dad's old carboys(he had several of the big glass ones here) and with some reading on a brewing forum tried brewing some beer with some malted barley from a health food store and plain bakers yeast from the grocery. The barley was pricey too and I only used one bottle(it called for two). The stuff actually turned out pretty decent after awhile.
I tried two or three other times, using different variations of recipes but never got any more that was haha, even drinkable. I let it go for a long time, and just recently mixed up another batch, which is still in the bubbling stage. I'm going with the original formula I used with the first batch, and some added tips from a friend about the bottling process. We'll know in a couple of months if I'll ever make it as a brewer ; )
Good luck with yours man

Some of the kits like mr beer and ones on midwest brewer have come down alot in price I notice and if I do well enough may look into other ones.

You should update when its ready bear would be intetested in knowing how it turns out and ill do the same.

Fermenting like saurerkraut is another one im looking to try as well.

I might try a kit if I was near a brew store, but after adding shipping it just doesn't look so good.

I have some sweet mead in the racking stage now. First one I made the pro way (with a kit and brewers yeast I mean) hoping it turns out right. Tried beer one time, added 5x the amount of yeast I was supposed to (talk about some horrible stuff...lol. Good luck with your brew, look forward to hearing how it turns out.