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You guys are all awesome, and extremely helpful!

Thank you for the advice. I will remember that! One step closer to that perfect beer!

What do you mean by better bottles rather than glass carboy? I never heard of better bottles. Or am I overlooking the obvious. I just got back into this after nine years off, so I know I have some things to learn.

I thought 2 weeks in the primary was the max due to what I read in the New Complete Joy of Homebrewing where Papazian said 2 weeks max is often a good rule of thumb. It was toward the front of the book dealing with beginners recipes--makes sense. He might not have had a brew like this in mind...

I did most of my brewing in the late 90's in Wyoming, just off of the corner of Burton Street and Denwood, a few blocks west of Clyde Park. I have some fond memories of that house! I sure do miss West Michigan and Grand Rapids!

No, I went to Reformed Bible College in Grand Rapids, MI. The name changed the year I graduated, 2006, to Kuyper College. Its a small college, avg. 300 students. I grew up in West Michigan and moved to Chicagoland 2 years ago for work. Thanks for asking!

This past Saturday I brewed an experimental Chocolate Ale I came up with that has an original gravity of 1.080. Is it necessary to rack it into a secondary fermenter? I only have one, and I'm just wondering if I should go buy a second one for this batch. Here are the ingredients if it helps...

I first found this forum when i was googling for Chocolate Stout/Porter recipes a couple of weeks back. I kept coming across it googling for Oberon clones, Fat Tire Amber Ale clones, Blue Moon Belgian White clones and Red Stripe clones. I have never joined any type of forum, but I could not...

I lived in Standale for 3 years and loved going to Siciliano's. Prior to that I went to B and B liquors on 28th Street (in '96-'98). Is B and B still around and do they still sell homebrew supplies? I grew up in West Michigan, but moved down the Chicago land 2 years ago for work, as well as...

I began brewing 3 weeks ago after having 9 years off. I brewed for 4 to 5 years prior (30-40 batches "under my belt"). I don't know why I didn't begin again sooner. I stopped due to losing contact with friends that where fans of homebrew, moving into an on campus apartment when I went to a...