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Haha! We'll see in a few weeks!

Thanks for the info. I'll do another hyrdrometer reading and tasting in a another week or two. Gonna give this some time now and forget about the batch.

Yes, I got around 1040

Thanks for the advice, you've changed my mind, I think the Big Mouth Bubbler is the way to go.

Thanks for the optimism. I guess because I've never tasted after 4 days I have no clue what its supposed to taste like but it seems like it has no body and more sour than what I think I Hef is supposed to be at this stage. I'm actually cool about it all, I just think its funny. Yeah, I knew...

Yeah thanks for the optimism, I think I'm going to buy a couple of Carboys. I realized that I like to actually see the wort turn into beer and frankly, I don't like the idea of not getting a perfect seal. It will also allow me mentally to not bother the beer while its fermenting.

I moved the water into the Mash Tub that came with the kit, I didn't preheat. Next time I'm going to preheat. I guess, I don't know what to look for in a beer 4 days into fermentation so I couldn't tell if the beer will be good or not but it had no body and tasted more sour than I expected a...

Hey guys, total noob here. Just thought that I would tell the tale of a noob's first brew so that other noobs might get an idea or two of what NOT to do. The beer is sitting the basement and we'll know if its drinkable in 2/3 weeks. At any rate, here we go... Excited, perhaps a bit cocky...

Hey guys, total noob here. Fermenting my first beer ever, a Hefeweizen, think I totally screwed it up but we'll see in another couple of weeks!