I received as a Christmas present last year one of those Mr. Beer kits. I put it away in a closet and forgot I had it. About a Month ago I remembered I had it so I fired it up. It came with two cans of Malt Extract, So I gave it a shot. The first one was a "Bohemian Lager" which sat in the little fermenter for 2 weeks, and has been in the bottles for 2 weeks. After that, the second one was a "Mexican Cervesa" which just went into the bottles. I haven't tried any of the Bohemian yet, and i'm not optimistic it's going to be any good, but who knows.
It looks like the Mr. Beer kit is basically a gateway kit into the hobby though. Since then, i've upgraded to a 5 gallon fermenter, a glass carboy, a bottling container, and a slew of the tools of the trade. I've got 5 gallons of a Boston Lager going now, and the possibilities for crafting your own beers with this setup is much more enticing. Learning about bittering hops, finishing hops, and the combinations you can go with, the different sugars, it looks like it can be fairly addicting.
Anyone else here into doing homebrewing?