Welcome, RoberII.

I prefer dry wines to beer, myself. You're in a far better place for beer, though, than I am. The yeasts in most beers tend to give me reflux. Can't afford to lose sleep. Makes me grumpy.

Have you considered revamping fifthwind? Or is there a way to set my monitor to a friendlier screen setting? I live through my eyes, and the contrast over at your place kills my eyes rather quickly. I love the company of these folks. I really like the idea of engaging in fifthwind because I'm a novelist more than a short story writer and the latter seems more favored here. Which is cool. I'd spend more time in the Poetry forum here if there were more going on . . . And the Ask the Expert is great fun. As well as Anything Goes. I especially recomend Ask the Expert if you have any questions about almost anything. We're fascinatingly eclectic here.