Decent online homebrewing forums?

[Megary]

@Village_Taphouse

I see that Megary just joined as well.  Interested to see if he is having the same issue.

I’ve just created a post and no issues that I can tell.  Steve has me afraid to Logout though.  ;D

[rookie_l_a (Steve Ruch)]

@Village_Taphouse

@Village_Taphouse

@denny

Message Village Taphouse (Ken) here.  He runs it.

It looks like everything is working and I see Steve as a new member.  The forum is smaller and slower but we have a good group here.  Anyone and everyone is welcome.  The forum is active enough where you will not see days and days go by without a post but the traffic is not the same as here, clearly. Many thanks to Denny for mentioning it.  Cheers Beerheads.

I got on, but when I try to do a post I get a thing wanting a guest name and when I put my name in it tells me that name is taken.

I realized I needed to log in, but when I tried that I got an invalid token message.

Interesting.  We only have 60 members there and I have not heard of this issue with anyone else.  I might try to set up a new user and see if everything is working properly.  Thanks for the feedback.

I tried that with another email address I have and got the same invalid request token message.

[chumley]

I miss the old Brews and Views. RIP Bill Pierce.

[denny]

@chumley

I miss the old Brews and Views. RIP Bill Pierce.

Indeed.  Looks like Scott is gonna open up RatChat for a day soon. I can let ya know if you’re interested.

[chumley]

@denny

@chumley

I miss the old Brews and Views. RIP Bill Pierce.

Indeed.  Looks like Scott is gonna open up RatChat for a day soon. I can let ya know if you’re interested.

Please do! And invite Dan Listermann! 

[denny]

@chumley

@denny

@chumley

I miss the old Brews and Views. RIP Bill Pierce.

Indeed.  Looks like Scott is gonna open up RatChat for a day soon. I can let ya know if you’re interested.

Please do! And invite Dan Listermann! 

[fredthecat]

@""

/r/homebrewing: the updated FAQ/wiki is a pleasant surprise.  I’m a “wiki skeptic” -  historically, I have seen that wikis are easy to start and hard to maintain. So “+1” to the people at /r/homebrewing who are making that FAQ/wiki better.  Also, for those following people (not forums), there are a number of people who post only over in /r/homebrewing.

true actually, one thing i like about reddit for homebrewing is inclusion of what seems like a fair amount of pictures and a fairly serious tone

[davidwaite (davidw)]

Heh heh, I was down in Cinci last summer to do some bar hopping with a friend. We stopped by Listermann Brewing and I left Dan a message that the Brews & Views came calling & that we would be back the next day to share a beer, he did not show. Was probably lounging on his riverbank oasis, the beer(s) were all good.

[passedpawn]

@denny

@grizwold

@dmtaylor

HBT is the best these days. Ignore the rare aholes, most folks on there are great.

Agreed - Although this one is one of the best for technical info IMO

You guys must be looking at another HBT than I do.

Hmmm… homebrewing is a fairly small world.  I’d think all of these forums are on the same team. Seeing you denigrate another homebrewing forum is disappointing.

[fredthecat]

@passedpawn

Hmmm… homebrewing is a fairly small world.  I’d think all of these forums are on the same team. Seeing you denigrate another homebrewing forum is disappointing.

no. i wasn’t going to get into it, and won’t further than to say HBT has a strange vibe often, and is heavy on text, light on hard content. I think the rules are to stay on topic here (this forum) more strictly, and I like it. it even keeps me in line, because i don’t want to lose access to this valuable method of crowdsourcing info/answers.

[dmtaylor (Dave Taylor)]

Y’all must be reading different threads than I read.  Plenty of great content and traffic at HBT. Maybe you guys are thinking of Reddit. I’m not even sure why I’m on there.

[hopfenundmalz]

HBT? I can find good information there when I’m  searching a topic.

There is something  about the layout of the user interface that i never liked. Too complicated.

[TXFlyGuy (Bel Air Brewing)]

Hands down, the AHA forum is the best. We have learned a great deal from this forum. It was actually here that I was introduced to Diamond Lager Yeast.

And another big thank-you to Denny, as he encouraged us to try it.

As most of you know, we are not into the crazy-hazy beer thing, IPA’s, Rooty-Fruity beers, etc.

Our brewing preference is classic beers. Mostly Euro style lagers, with a few British beers from time to time.

The advice provided on this forum has proven to be very, very helpful. Thanks to everyone here for the educational input!

[alestateyall (tommymorris)]

I think HBT and this forum are two different beasts. HBT has way more activity. There is good and bad information there. There are so many people there that some subtopics have the same level activity as this forum. That can be nice if you’re really into that subtopic. This forum is general home brewing at a slower pace than HBT. I like that. I can get to know the personalities and learn whose advice works for me (maybe they have similar tastes or like the same styles) and whose doesn’t (maybe they brew hazies ;).

PS. I think this forum is an older demographic also. Kinder gentler…