My first brew!!

So here is my first attempt at brewing...

I start with the basics, a Mr. Beer kit, the standard pale ale, and no idea what I was doing.  Lucky for me, I have friends that are a few brews ahead of me and good instructions.  Followed the directions to the tee so no deviation on this one.

I let it ferment for 15 days and bottled the beer.  We collected glass bottles (pry off) to use for the beer.  Ran them through the dishwasher and started bottling.  A little sugar in each bottle for carbonation and let it sit AGAIN.

I tried my first beer 5 days after bottling, mostly because I couldn't wait any longer.  My first impression was, Holy shit I didn't completely mess this up!  It needed a bit more carbonation, a few more days to sit, but overall it was good.  A very crisp taste, some people said a slight sweet taste, but very drinkable.  It tastes much better if you use a glass and leave the butt of the beer in the bottle, there is a lot of sediment that settles at the bottom.  If you try to pour it more than once you will get that in your glass giving it a yeasty, "homebrew" taste.  Overall, very simple, but a good introduction to the process.