Welcome Wolf. I have yet to find a better place to find information on brewing than right here. If we don't have the answer, which we do, but if we don't, we know where you can find it.
Welcome to HBT and the hobby (addiction) of homebrewing.
Yep. . .Welcome. There's plenty of Illinoisans on here as well. . . .even though you Chicago folks commonly consider yourselves from the state of Cook County.