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Where in Denver are you opening and do you have a name yet? I'm wondering cause I'm in the Denver area and am always looking for new beers to try

So, those are my thoughts about brewing to a friend who I want to love homebrewing as much as I do. Please comment on where I'm wrong, but please emphasize where I'm right (just for an ego stroke, thanks)

> 1) When do I add the hops to the soup? This is all dependent on the recipe. You're Black Ale recipe said to add it at 60 mins (so with 60 minutes left to boil), but remember that the longer the hops boil, the more the just bitter the beer and the less the hops flavor the beer (ie, hops added...

> 1) The orange cap to the carboy does not fit as tightly and snugly as I expected it would. It doesn't feel loose, necessarily, just not as airtight as I was expecting. Is this okay, It's plenty tight the way it fits (and it doesn't feel all that tight) > > 2) There are two holes on the orange...

> Is the point of using a three-container system to minimize the amount of junk in the final beer and to reduce the chance of getting off flavors from leaving the beer and the spent yeast together for an extended period of time? The more times you rack, the less 'junk' you get in the final...

> Another question: The biggest pot I have is Dorrie's nice, 2-gallon stock pot. Is it large enough, and am I going to ruin it if I use it as a brewpot? Should I just go buy a 5-gallon pot and use it instead? So, to give you the convoluted answer, brew pot size is a matter of style, ie how...

> I'm not sure if I had started the cheapo beer kit when I talked to you last. I did get that started last weekend. It's been in the barrel for eight days now. I tried it this morning. It was rather bland, but I was just happy that it didn't have any off flavors because I forgot to sanitize one...

>Do you do anything special with the water? I was planning on using either filtered water from my fridge (but it would take forever to get the amount of water from there that I need), buying filtered water, or just using tap water. Our tap water isn't that bad, so that's probably what I'll do...

>I haven't started a brew with the new equipment yet, but I've been absolutely consumed by the book and I can't stop thinking about brewing. As soon as I have a few free hours (tentatively Tuesday afternoon and evening), I'm going to get it started. I absolutely cannot wait to see it ferment...

So, I'm a long time lurker, first time poster. I have a friend who's getting into homebrewing and had a lot of questions for me. I still consider myself a newb, but I felt like I had good answers to all these questions. I'm going to post the thread with hopes that I can be corrected where...