I have a friend 2 miles away with an artesian well.

of course

i must say, that when using the premium ingredients with the mr beer that i had some great results, however, it always had a slight chalkiness to the beer, and i could only drink maybe 3 or 4 before it became too much....

What were you using for water and priming sugar?

Did you try liquid yeast, or dry brewer'* yeast?

Edit:
I've always wanted to try this:
http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kun...t_alcohol.html

They're the first civilization known to have brewed beer.

i was using bottled water, normal granulated sugar, and dry brewers yeast

edit:
i also tried allowing extra time for fermenting and bottle conditioning, and i still had the chalkiness

That'* what the granulated sugar did to me, too. I stopped using it back in early 2005 for that reason.

The Cooper'* carbonation drops from www.williamsbrewing.com have much better results in my beer.

I'm stepping in here a little late but Will'* beer at WCBF, well if I wasn't driving... I like a good, solid, aroma-filled beer. The Bud Light cow **** is good for putting out camp fires

Here'* an artocle y'all might like....

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