Hello to everyone,
Last night I was at Rip Current Brewing in San Marcos, CA. In the course of our conversation with the brewmaster(?), he said we should take advantage of the expertise on this forum to help with our home brewing experiments.
I received a relatively complete brewing setup from my daughter for Christmas. Five gallon boil pot, hydrometer, two cases of bottles and a Pale Ale DME batch kit. Six pounds DME, Magnum hops at 60, Chinook at 15 and again at 5. White Labs WLP 001. In the fermenter at 72 degrees on 15 Jan 2015. Now I am waiting with almost as much excitement as my first born but with a whole lot less patience.
I will gladly take all help, guidance and information given.