diff --git a/lib/poseidon.rb b/lib/poseidon.rb
index 276209c..2ddd3b7 100644
--- a/lib/poseidon.rb
+++ b/lib/poseidon.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class ProducerShutdownError < StandardError; end
 require "poseidon/producer"
 require "poseidon/fetched_message"
 require "poseidon/partition_consumer"
+require "poseidon/produce_result"
 
 # Poseidon!
 require "poseidon/message"
diff --git a/lib/poseidon/messages_for_broker.rb b/lib/poseidon/messages_for_broker.rb
index e2ba079..a3c8435 100644
--- a/lib/poseidon/messages_for_broker.rb
+++ b/lib/poseidon/messages_for_broker.rb
@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ def build_protocol_objects(compression_config)
     # We can always retry these errors because they mean none of the kafka brokers persisted the message
     ALWAYS_RETRYABLE = [Poseidon::Errors::LeaderNotAvailable, Poseidon::Errors::NotLeaderForPartition]
 
-    def successfully_sent(producer_response)
+    def successfully_sent(producer_response, callback)
       failed = []
       producer_response.topic_response.each do |topic_response|
         topic_response.partitions.each do |partition|
           if ALWAYS_RETRYABLE.include?(partition.error_class)
             failed.push(*@topics[topic_response.topic][partition.partition])
+          else
+            if callback
+              callback.call(ProduceResult.new(topic_response, partition, @topics[topic_response.topic][partition.partition]))
+            end
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/poseidon/produce_result.rb b/lib/poseidon/produce_result.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..557cf60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/poseidon/produce_result.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+module Poseidon
+  # Represents the result of a produce attempt against a kafka topic.
+  class ProduceResult
+    def initialize(produce_topic_response, produce_partition_response, messages)
+      @produce_topic_response = produce_topic_response
+      @produce_partition_response = produce_partition_response
+      @messages = messages
+    end
+
+    # Was the produce request successful?
+    #
+    # NOTE: This will return false if required_acks is > 1 and the leader
+    # timedout waiting for a response from the replicas. In this case
+    # trying to resend the messages will likely lead to duplicate messages
+    # because the leader will have succesfully persisted the message.
+    #
+    # You can use the `timeout?` method to differentiate between this case
+    # and other failures.
+    #
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    def success?
+      @produce_partition_response.error == Poseidon::Errors::NO_ERROR_CODE
+    end
+
+    # Did we fail to receive the required number of acks?
+    #
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    def timeout?
+      @produce_partition_response.error_class == Poseidon::Errors::RequestTimedOut
+    end
+
+    # Return an error if we recieved one.
+    #
+    # @return [Poseidon::Errors::ProtocolError,Nil]
+    def error
+      if !success?
+        @produce_partition_response.error_class
+      else
+        nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    # The messages we the produce request sent.
+    #
+    # @return [Array<MessageToSend>]
+    def messages
+      @messages
+    end
+
+    # The topic we sent the messages to.
+    #
+    # @return [String]
+    def topic
+      @produce_topic_response.topic
+    end
+
+    # The partition we sent the message to.
+    #
+    # @return [Fixnum]
+    def partition
+      @produce_partition_response.partition
+    end
+
+    # The offset of the first message the broker persisted from this batch.
+    #
+    # @return [Fixnum]
+    def offset
+      @produce_partition_response.offset
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/poseidon/producer.rb b/lib/poseidon/producer.rb
index 8241c02..3bfd89c 100644
--- a/lib/poseidon/producer.rb
+++ b/lib/poseidon/producer.rb
@@ -147,16 +147,22 @@ def initialize(brokers, client_id, options = {})
     # @param [Enumerable<MessageToSend>] messages
     #   Messages must have a +topic+ set and may have a +key+ set.
     #
+    # @yieldparam [ProduceResult] callback
+    #   Optional callback which will be triggered _at least once_ for each
+    #   (topic,partition) pair we attempt to send messages to.
+    #
+    #   Will never be called if required_acks is 0.
+    #
     # @return [Boolean]
     #
     # @api public
-    def send_messages(messages)
+    def send_messages(messages, &callback)
       raise Errors::ProducerShutdownError if @shutdown
       if !messages.respond_to?(:each)
         raise ArgumentError, "messages must respond to #each"
       end
 
-      @producer.send_messages(convert_to_messages_objects(messages))
+      @producer.send_messages(convert_to_messages_objects(messages), &callback)
     end
 
     # Closes all open connections to brokers
diff --git a/lib/poseidon/sync_producer.rb b/lib/poseidon/sync_producer.rb
index e6ac006..c80bfb3 100644
--- a/lib/poseidon/sync_producer.rb
+++ b/lib/poseidon/sync_producer.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def initialize(client_id, seed_brokers, options = {})
       @broker_pool        = BrokerPool.new(client_id, seed_brokers)
     end
 
-    def send_messages(messages)
+    def send_messages(messages, &callback)
       return if messages.empty?
 
       messages_to_send = MessagesToSend.new(messages, @cluster_metadata)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def send_messages(messages)
         end
 
         messages_to_send.messages_for_brokers(@message_conductor).each do |messages_for_broker|
-          if sent = send_to_broker(messages_for_broker)
+          if sent = send_to_broker(messages_for_broker, callback)
             messages_to_send.successfully_sent(sent)
           end
         end
@@ -106,13 +106,18 @@ def refresh_metadata(topics)
       false
     end
 
-    def send_to_broker(messages_for_broker)
+    def send_to_broker(messages_for_broker, callback)
       return false if messages_for_broker.broker_id == -1
       to_send = messages_for_broker.build_protocol_objects(@compression_config)
       response = @broker_pool.execute_api_call(messages_for_broker.broker_id, :produce,
                                               required_acks, ack_timeout_ms,
                                               to_send)
-      return messages_for_broker.successfully_sent(response)
+      if required_acks != 0
+        messages_for_broker.successfully_sent(response, callback)
+      else
+        # Client requested 0 acks, assume all were successful
+        messages_for_broker.messages
+      end
     rescue Connection::ConnectionFailedError
       false
     end
diff --git a/spec/integration/multiple_brokers/spec_helper.rb b/spec/integration/multiple_brokers/spec_helper.rb
index b4c1116..1431a7f 100644
--- a/spec/integration/multiple_brokers/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/multiple_brokers/spec_helper.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ def start_first_broker
   end
 
   config.after(:suite) do
-    $tc.stop
+    $tc.stop if $tc
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/integration/simple/spec_helper.rb b/spec/integration/simple/spec_helper.rb
index bda8ccf..b9dc997 100644
--- a/spec/integration/simple/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/simple/spec_helper.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
   end
 
   config.after(:suite) do
-    $tc.stop
+    $tc.stop if $tc
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/produce_result_spec.rb b/spec/unit/produce_result_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e613afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/produce_result_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+include Poseidon::Protocol
+
+describe ProduceResult do
+  context "successful result" do
+    before(:each) do
+      @messages = [mock('message')]
+      partition_response = ProducePartitionResponse.new(1, 0, 10)
+      topic_response = ProduceTopicResponse.new("topic", [partition_response])
+      @pr = ProduceResult.new(
+        topic_response,
+        partition_response,
+        @messages
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "is success?" do
+      expect(@pr.success?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it "has no error" do
+      expect(@pr.error).to eq(nil)
+    end
+
+    it "did not timeout" do
+      expect(@pr.timeout?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it "provides topic" do
+      expect(@pr.topic).to eq("topic")
+    end
+
+    it "provides partition" do
+      expect(@pr.partition).to eq(1)
+    end
+
+    it "provides offset" do
+      expect(@pr.offset).to eq(10)
+    end
+
+    it "provides messages" do
+      expect(@pr.messages).to eq(@messages)
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "failed result" do
+    before(:each) do
+      @messages = [mock('message')]
+      partition_response = ProducePartitionResponse.new(1, 2, -1)
+      topic_response = ProduceTopicResponse.new("topic", [partition_response])
+      @pr = ProduceResult.new(
+        topic_response,
+        partition_response,
+        @messages
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "is success?" do
+      expect(@pr.success?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it "has error" do
+      expect(@pr.error).to eq(Poseidon::Errors::InvalidMessage)
+    end
+
+    it "did not timeout" do
+      expect(@pr.timeout?).to eq(false)
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "timedout" do
+    before(:each) do
+      @messages = [mock('message')]
+      partition_response = ProducePartitionResponse.new(1, 7, -1)
+      topic_response = ProduceTopicResponse.new("topic", [partition_response])
+      @pr = ProduceResult.new(
+        topic_response,
+        partition_response,
+        @messages
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "is success?" do
+      expect(@pr.success?).to eq(false)
+    end
+
+    it "has error" do
+      expect(@pr.error).to eq(Poseidon::Errors::RequestTimedOut)
+    end
+
+    it "did timeout" do
+      expect(@pr.timeout?).to eq(true)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/producer_spec.rb b/spec/unit/producer_spec.rb
index c5680f0..a166f17 100644
--- a/spec/unit/producer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/producer_spec.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     end
 
     it "turns MessagesToSend into Message objects" do
-      @sync_producer.should_receive(:send_messages).with([an_instance_of(Message)])
+      @sync_producer.should_receive(:send_messages).with([an_instance_of(Message)], anything)
 
       m = MessageToSend.new("topic", "value")
       @producer.send_messages([m])