diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9302af5f..13120565 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-# SFG Beer Works - Brewery Client
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+# SFG Beer Works - Brewery Client
+
+Source code in this repository is to support my on line courses:
+* [Spring Boot Microservices with Spring Cloud](https://www.udemy.com/spring-boot-microservices-with-spring-cloud-beginner-to-guru/?couponCode=GIT_HUB2)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad64a1e5..b4cd4dfe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.0.M2</version>
+        <version>2.1.4.RELEASE</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
     <groupId>guru.springframework</groupId>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
             </plugin>
-<!--            require maven 3.60 or higher, require Java 11 or higher-->
+<!--            require maven 3.6.0 or higher, require Java 11 or higher-->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClient.java b/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..706de81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.client;
+
+import guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.model.BeerDto;
+import guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.model.CustomerDto;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+/**
+ * Created by jt on 2019-04-23.
+ */
+@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "sfg.brewery", ignoreUnknownFields = false)
+@Component
+public class BreweryClient {
+
+    public final String BEER_PATH_V1 = "/api/v1/beer/";
+    public final String CUSTOMER_PATH_V1 = "/api/v1/customer/";
+    private String apihost;
+
+    private final RestTemplate restTemplate;
+
+    public BreweryClient(RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) {
+        this.restTemplate = restTemplateBuilder.build();
+    }
+
+    public BeerDto getBeerById(UUID uuid){
+        return restTemplate.getForObject(apihost + BEER_PATH_V1 + uuid.toString(), BeerDto.class);
+    }
+
+    public URI saveNewBeer(BeerDto beerDto){
+        return restTemplate.postForLocation(apihost + BEER_PATH_V1, beerDto);
+    }
+
+    public void updateBeer(UUID uuid, BeerDto beerDto){
+        restTemplate.put(apihost + BEER_PATH_V1  + uuid, beerDto);
+    }
+
+    public void deleteBeer(UUID uuid){
+        restTemplate.delete(apihost + BEER_PATH_V1 + uuid );
+    }
+
+    public void setApihost(String apihost) {
+        this.apihost = apihost;
+    }
+
+    public CustomerDto getCustomerById(UUID customerId) {
+        return restTemplate.getForObject(apihost+ CUSTOMER_PATH_V1 + customerId.toString(), CustomerDto.class);
+    }
+
+    public URI saveNewCustomer(CustomerDto customerDto) {
+        return  restTemplate.postForLocation(apihost + CUSTOMER_PATH_V1, customerDto);
+    }
+
+    public void updateCustomer(UUID customerId, CustomerDto customerDto) {
+        restTemplate.put(apihost + CUSTOMER_PATH_V1 + customerId, customerDto);
+    }
+
+    public void deleteCustomer(UUID customerId) {
+        restTemplate.delete(apihost + CUSTOMER_PATH_V1 + customerId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 8b137891..633dfbaa 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-
+sfg.brewery.apihost=http://localhost:8080
diff --git a/src/test/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClientTest.java b/src/test/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClientTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93773f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/guru/springframework/msscbreweryclient/web/client/BreweryClientTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.client;
+
+import guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.model.BeerDto;
+import guru.springframework.msscbreweryclient.web.model.CustomerDto;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+class BreweryClientTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    BreweryClient client;
+
+    @Test
+    void getBeerById() {
+        BeerDto dto = client.getBeerById(UUID.randomUUID());
+
+        assertNotNull(dto);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSaveNewBeer() {
+        //given
+        BeerDto beerDto = BeerDto.builder().beerName("New Beer").build();
+
+        URI uri = client.saveNewBeer(beerDto);
+
+        assertNotNull(uri);
+
+        System.out.println(uri.toString());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testUpdateBeer() {
+        //given
+        BeerDto beerDto = BeerDto.builder().beerName("New Beer").build();
+
+        client.updateBeer(UUID.randomUUID(), beerDto);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testDeleteBeer() {
+        client.deleteBeer(UUID.randomUUID());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getCustomerById() {
+        CustomerDto dto = client.getCustomerById(UUID.randomUUID());
+
+        assertNotNull(dto);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testSaveNewCustomer() {
+        //given
+        CustomerDto customerDto = CustomerDto.builder().name("Joe").build();
+
+        URI uri = client.saveNewCustomer(customerDto);
+
+        assertNotNull(uri);
+
+        System.out.println(uri.toString());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testUpdateCustomer() {
+        //given
+        CustomerDto customerDto = CustomerDto.builder().name("Jim").build();
+
+        client.updateCustomer(UUID.randomUUID(), customerDto);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testDeleteCustomer() {
+        client.deleteCustomer(UUID.randomUUID());
+    }
+}
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