Read this http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html.
After that, your questions will be more direct and easier to answer.
Good luck.
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On Tap -
Mirror Pond Pale Ale Clone
Oak Aged Bourbon Porter
Espresso Imperial Stout
Obsidian Stout Clone
American Red Ale
Secondary - Vanilla Mead
It is my design to die in the brew-house; let ale be placed to my mouth when I am expiring, that when the choirs of angels come, they may say, "Be God propitious to this drinker." -- Saint Columbanus, A.D. 612
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