I've now decided that the second batch is the better one... And (this is interesting), it's really good when I let it go flat. It took me a week to work through a liter bottle because I don't actually drink as much as the Nacho persona claims. So the bottle started to go just slightly flat instead of the usual super carbonated (three bottles have now exploded). Slightly flat on batch 2 is delicious. And clear. It's almost dead-on Sam Adams in color and taste.
This, then, means I fucked up something with the yeast or something...
I have now cleared enough bottles to start on batch three... Though a friend demands that I come brew with him. So...I might do that, then try a third batch.
Once I master these kits (i.e. other people can drink the results and not hit me with the bottles), I really want to move on to the hardcore crazy brewing stuff where I roast and toast and knead and filter and spend, you know, eight hours in alchemy labs.
And then I'm gonna drink myself to death.
