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The beer will definitely be drier. Take a FG. It might be close to 1.000.

There are very few actual brewpubs in Dallas. The only one I know of near the airport is Uncle Bucks in or attached to Bass Pro. The Humperdinks on NW Highway brews on premises as well. There is also two Gordon Bierschs as well. One is Plano and other is in Dallas at Central Expressway and...

I do not understand Keg Connection. I have been trying to get Ben to return my calls for several weeks now to no avail.

Were you using leaf hops? They absorb a bunch of wort.

I used to live around the corner from Whip In when I was in school.

I use my 1 liter to rehydrate dry yeast packs.

It is on the east side of I35 just north of Belt Line.

I had a brainless moment when I filled my carboy up with hot water. The BTF foamed up quite a bit. Of course the instructions say to use cool or lukewarm water.

Garland Welding on Forest has it.

Frangelico sounds like an expensive route to go. A cheaper approach would be to use the hazelnut flavoring they sell at the LHBS to make a Frangelico knockoff.

You could use this from morebeer which is what is used in Jamil's Chocolate Hazelnut Porter: http://morebeer.com/view_product/16749//Hazelnut_Flavoring_-_25_ml.

I guess the law here changed at some point. When I was college I remember Samuel Adams Boston Lager labelled as malt liquor in small print. I went to school in Austin which was 20 years ago.

I do not think line length matters with nitrogen. The restricter disk is knocking the co2 out of solution.

I would take apart the faucet, clean the pieces, replace worn orings, and put faucet grease on the orings.

I think you need to use distilled water to check it. Tap water has minerals in it.

activeracer, you could pick up some camden tablets at your lhbs. I think a half a tablet will declorinate and decloramine 10 or so gallons.

You could add a lamp to heating blanket if you are concerned about the temp getting too low.

I can also definitely recommend controlling your fermentation temps. It made my beer much better. I would suggest a chest freezer instead of a frig. They are much more energy efficient than a frig and they can be had on craigslist for fairly cheap.

Have you considered making it a pm? You could cut the base malt down to something more manageable and make up the difference with DME.

The instructions that come with my kit say to boil for 10 to 15 before and after use. If you've never boiled it, I would boil it for a while.