+2 - If I want beer, I buy beer. If I want bottles I buy bottles…
It’s unbelievable. The thread over there Is like 9 pages long.
It’s probably for the best. Personally, I tend to just ignore the posts both there and here that lead to frustration. You should try it. 
I remember asking the HTB for help with some issues with my beer…was told to fix my water chemistry and was offered tons of confusing and contradictory ways to go about that.
Asked how to fix my water chemistry over here, was pointed to bru’n water. Haven’t looked back.
Welcome to the forum, Derek!
Well, what about forums where the people are civil, but the information is just as questionable? I just read several threads on a forum where members were told that a two liter starter that is fermented out, crashed, decanted, and fed two more liters of wort produces the same number of viable yeast cells as a 4L starter. I almost replied to the threads, but figured that it would be a waste of time.
In the healthcare fields we refer to that as “knows just enough to be dangerous”.
Thanks! I’ve been on for a while but will be staying here permanently from now on and blogging a bit!
HBT is a decent forum and has a lot of useful information. Like any forum, you just need to filter through the crap.
Beeradvocate…now that’s a different story
Everyone know that batch sparging is not real brewing :) (says the guy that’s been using the cheap ‘n’ easy method his whole all grain career).
The quality of information at BA has improved by leaps and bounds since I arrived there last year.
My main issue is you can go hours or even days without a reply on HBT. It’s one of the most lifeless forums I’ve been on.
On the issue with cans…I hate most canned beer because of the design of the can (except for Mike Hess Brewing…I wish all breweries had this can design…basically the whole lid comes off so you can drink it like you poured the beer into a glass). Maybe I don’t know how to pour from a can anymore, but it always rushes out no matter how careful I am…I’m not a fan of head in my beer.
UPDATE: The can and bottle thread is now up to 15 pages and they have graduated from discussing drinking from cans and are now discussing the finer points of smoking from cans…
That thread is out of control/ridiculous/entertaining
Well in this age of widespread availability of all manner of space age gizmos for smoking its nice to hear that the kids are still smoking out of cans and playing vinyl records. Next thing you know they’ll be getting off to still photographs.
Smoking from a can is a terrible idea. One wrong move and your tobacco goes all over the place. Is it that hard to find some papers or aluminum foil?
It says Derek is now a guest. What happened, he get banned?
Maybe he decided he really loved HBT after all and had to delete his account here as a penance.
I see it too, very odd indeed
Haha! He’s a one-forum-man.
Alright, who pissed him off?
Fess up!