diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
index 8144c3c..f861765 100644
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
       <entry name="!?*.kt" />
       <entry name="!?*.clj" />
     </wildcardResourcePatterns>
-    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="1.8" />
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="11" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 67bad0e..1282353 100755
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    androidTestCompile('androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.0', {
+    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+    androidTestImplementation('androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.1.0', {
         exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
     })
-    compile 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
-    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:1.1.3'
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/hfad/beeradviser/BeerExpert.java b/app/src/main/java/com/hfad/beeradviser/BeerExpert.java
index e2492b9..6846f0e 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/hfad/beeradviser/BeerExpert.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/hfad/beeradviser/BeerExpert.java
@@ -6,9 +6,22 @@
 public class BeerExpert {
 
     //TODO: Complete the Model with private members, a constructor, and getter/setter methods
+    private String mColor;
 
+    public BeerExpert() {
+        setColor(mColor);
+    }
+
+    public void setColor(String color) {
+        mColor = color;
+    }
+
+    public String getColor() {
+        return mColor;
+    }
 
-    String getRecommendation(String color) {
+    String getRecommendation() {
+        String color = getColor();
         //Adds brand recommendation data to an ArrayList
         List<String> brandList = new ArrayList<>();
         switch (color) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/hfad/beeradviser/FindBeerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/hfad/beeradviser/FindBeerActivity.java
index c7c042b..05fa628 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/hfad/beeradviser/FindBeerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/hfad/beeradviser/FindBeerActivity.java
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ public void onClickFindBeer(View view) {
         String beerType = String.valueOf(colorSpinnerView.getSelectedItem());
 
         //TODO: WRITE code to get recommendations from the BeerExpert class
-
+        expert.setColor(beerType);
+        String brands = expert.getRecommendation();
 
         //TODO: MODIFY code to display the brands instead of the beerType using the BeerExpert class
-        brandsListView.setText(beerType);
+        brandsListView.setText(brands);
     }
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7d498b5..2b7b8cb 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
         }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.0.2'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 94ba83a..af71561 100755
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.0.2-all.zip