What problems did you run into other than low volume of finished product? Lots of people here that can help you trouble shoot your day
Well they were mostly due to my poor planning. At the risk of this sounding like whining, I'll highlight a few things...
-The grain bag I bought was far too small to fit around the kettle
-squeezing the remaining wort from the grain bag took a long time and scorched my hands
-had a brain fart when it came to my hop schedule
-ended up with a ton of trub in my fermenters
I realize this sounds like not an enormous day, but I set out for a quick day with minimal cleanup and ended up working on this for 5 or so hours.
I gave this a try because I was never really jazzed about the taste of my extract beers. At the end of the day, I think my frustration stems from the fact that I want my home-brew to taste as good as my favorite commercial beers which they haven't so far.