You will fined that after you get into home brewing some you will not be
going by the Mr Beer instruction that much. I think they just like to keep
it simple.
But do look at the Yahoo home brewing groups.

<bonner@who.net> wrote in message
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>I am trying to brew my first batch of beer using the Mr Beer kit. The
> instructions told me to let the beer sit for 1 week to allow the yeast
> to work. After a week it said that there should be no yeast colonies
> still floating on top. It has been two weeks and there are still some
> yeast colonies floating on top. Is this normal after two weeks and can
> I move to the bottling step, or should I continue to wait. Help!
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