but man was it still good!It ended up not looking anything like the picture or the description but it was still awesome. This was my 4th Mr Beer brew so I feel like I'm getting better but still made a mistake somewhere that led me to end up with a different beer than shown.I think where I went wrong was having it ferment in the garage. While the temp swing wasn't that severe I think a more steady temp would have helped. Next time I'll probably put it in a cooler just to minimize temp swings.I then tasted after the minimum 2 weeks in bottle. It was not good.After 3 1/2 weeks in bottle it was amazing! It lacked any hops fragrance or flavor; it was very malty more like a brown ale. Although the lack of hops was disappointing it was probably the best brown ale I've had.It was heavy on the alcohol and that was amazing! It warmed me up from the inside out.Next time I brew this I'll add more hops to balance it out more.I'm glad I brewed this! 5 stars!

I'm not sure what happened but my rendition of Hop Head Red came out more like a brown ale both in looks and taste. It's very malty and somewhat sweet with a dark brown color as evidenced in the photo. Very like Newcastle Brown Ale. Very good but not the flavorful red IPA-like brew I was looking forward to.

This is by far my favorite Mr. Beer recipe I have brewed. I have to say that I made a few adjustments to the recipe that really ramped up this beer. I added Willamette hops along with the cascade hops. Used half of each during the boil and then dry hopped the other half after one week into fermentation. Did not use the proprietary yeast but instead used Safale S-04 Dry Ale Yeast. Beer aroma is citrus and pine. Beer has a IPA like flavor and bite to it. This is really a good beer! Will be making more of this. Fermented for 3 weeks 2 weeks for carbonation and conditioned for 3 weeks. I like the fact that this beer did not take forever to condition. Winner!!