Phil wrote:[color=blue]
> I finally got to try my first batch of home brew. It is a west coast
> pale ale with the Mr. Beer kit. After cracking open the first bottle i
> noticed that it had little too no head after pouring into a glass, and a
> seltzer water taste to it. I let it ferment for 2 weeks at around 66°
> F. and primed the bottles with the specified amount of regular table
> sugar and let them sit for 1 week at around 66° as well. And then cold
> conditioned the beer in a mini frig for two weeks. At the bottom of the
> empty bottle was a deposit of sugar. Does the sugar normally settle out
> during carbonation in the bottles or should it be fully dissolved?[/color]


It should dissolve.
Most people find that adding priming sugar directly to the bottle is
fraught with hazard. A better method is to rack to a 'bottling bucket',
stir in the priming sugar thoroughly (but without splashing) then bottle
from there.

Your next will be better.

Sam.