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+1 on How To Brew. It's sort of written so you can go at your own pace, and includes some plain english explanations, as well as more technical stuff, which is perfect.

I just started (I'm posting on my 2nd batch on another thread) but I received a Midwest Supply Beginner Kit as a gift, which was purchased through Groupon, and I think it ended up costing $65 for fermenting bucket, bottling bucket w/ spigot, airlock, hydrometer,capper, caps, tubing, racking...

Still getting the hang of this whole "reading a hydrometer" thing. So what I was actually reading was 1.001 and 1.002, so it's a little ways off from 1.012-1.014, though I'm not sure I'm terribly worried. If I understand what I've been reading, that just means more alcohol, which, for the kind...

Just took the reading. Looks like it was right around 1.0 and 1.02 (closer to 1.0), and it has an estimated FG of 1.012-1.014 so that sounds about right. I'll take another reading later this week and hopefully bottle this weekend. It tastes like an IPA, so that's a start. Thanks gentlemen!

So I'm on my second ever home-brew (using Midwest Supply beginners kit and recipes). I was crazy prepped and ready and have everything down pretty tight. But after hours of cleaning, prepping, brewing and waiting, I pitched my yeast and forgot to take an OG. I'm saw a lot of activity in the...