Greetings from Kalamazoo, MI

[cbrasher]

Evening folks. Been meaning to join in here and just kept putting it off. Finally had some free time and figured I would make good on it.

I'm a father of two in Kalamazoo with wide ranging beer tastes. Small all grain setup but I am working on building my own stand setup for making brew days shorter than they are now. I brew with a good friend of mine whom I believe is a member here.

Thanks for having me and I hope everyone has a wonderful night!

 

[Homercidal]

Welcome! My daughter went to Western for 2 years, so I know Kzoo a little bit. Great town. Wish I could get down there more often again, but she transferred to MSU. I miss Bells General Store.

 

[evanmars]

Welcome from Battle Creek.
Well, I still work in Battle Creek but now I live in Springport. No, actually that's just my postal address, the house is really in Clarence Township.
Oh, well, welcome from the North-East corner of Calhoun County!

All grain. Used to get supplies from Bell's in K'zoo, but now I go up to Red Salamander in Grand Ledge.

 

[Cyclman]

Welcome to the group, from Colorado

 

[Jhatfield]

Hello.
I grew up in Vicksburg and went to school at western. Kzoo is home!
Big hello from Chicago!

 

[passedpawn]

Welcome! Kzoo used to be celery city, but I don't think that's the case anymore. I used to get my undies at Gilmore's, but I'll bet that's gone too.

Welcome!

 

[evanmars]

I used to get my undies at Gilmore's, but I'll bet that's gone too.
Welcome!

You got your undies from the car museum!?

 

[Jeff3711]

Welcome! I am next door in Portage, MI. Somewhat of a beginner but just purchased a 20 gal conical. Working on building a chiller for it. Are you a member of the local homebrew club?

 

[passedpawn]

You got your undies from the car museum!?

haha! (there used to be a dept store called Gilmore's)

 

[evanmars]

haha! (there used to be a dept store called Gilmore's)

I know, just kidding

FWIW - It closed sometime around the turn of the century.

 

[cbrasher]

I got here in 1999 after graduating with my undergrad from LSSU and I don't remember Gilmore's being in business. I was a long time Olde Peninsula customer before I had kids and my current grain supply comes from Bell's for the most part.

No, I don't belong to any local clubs. I want to join KLOB, but it's hard to get away with the young ones: I don't want to miss a minute of them after coming home from work!

Currently I am slowly building a Ruby clone with some modifications. Most of the parts are in, but I am scavenging for more of the hard to find stuff. Just got some stainless for the winter to build the wind blocks for the burners!