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Hello everyone! My name is Dave Bogdan. I'm from the Chicagoland area. I received a brewdemon kit for Christmas from my wife. I am very excited about this as many years ago I used to make beer all the time. Unfortunately and stupidly I lost interest and threw all my stuff out. My wife was fishing for a Christmas present and I had mentioned getting back into it. Walla! Santa came with the 2 gallon kit. Last night I started my first batch of witbier. The aroma from the wort was outstanding. I'm looking forward to bottling it and drinking it.

I'm sure I'll have all kinds of questions as I restart this brewers journey! It looks like there's a lot of great info here already.

Dave

Tip - follow 3-4. 3 weeks fermenting, ideally with the wort temperature at 65. 4 weeks in bottles, carbonating and conditioning, temp 70 or higher. Then put in the frig for 3 days only what you're ready to drink.

Temp control can be done in a cooler with cycling frozen water bottles. If you let the wort get into the high 70s for most of the kits, flavor will suffer.

Welcome to the Borg. Glad you're getting back into it. I'm guessing it's like riding a bike, I'm sure it will all come back you once you get going.

Welcome back to the obsession Dave. Hope you make 2019 an extra special year by brewing again!

Welcome to The Borg Dave. Don't be afraid to ask questions as needed, everyone here likes to help and a lot of combined knowledge.
Happy Brewing

Welcome to the Borg and welcome back to brewing!

Welcome ^^^^ what these guys said!!

Welcome back! Keep us posted on your brewing.

Just what we needed - another Dave!

Welcome (back) to the hobby!

thanks all! I'm sure i'll have a million questions along the way.