[SoothingDave]

Thanks, i do suspect i jist didn’t tighten them well. I measured the sugar pretty carefully.

It is convenient to squeeze them to test how the carbonation is going.

[WXRGina]

Dave, your first comment about getting the Mr. Beer kit for Christmas reminded me of a video we watched in which the "Basic Home Brewing" guys doctored a Mr. Beer kit to make the beer better. It was cool to watch them.

If you get bored sometime, these guys are good instructors: Basic Brewing Video--Doctoring Mr. Beer--January 7, 2012

Here's the follow-up of how it turned out: Part 2