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Couldn't have said it better. I may be annoyed by the things I mentioned, but I don't want that to scare anyone away from being involved. Ask all the questions you want, but maybe search the forums first. Because either a) you will find the answer you are looking for, or b) you can ask your question in a thread already discussing the subject.

Glad to hear it. So will this noob.

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Meads: Hababero and Sarrano Capiscumel, Show Mead possibly getting split and flavored, and 12 gallons of Bochet Deliciousness
Ciders:3 Ciders with differing additives TBD, Strawberry/Apple Cider
Wine: Black Cherry Vanilla Port

Shonuff

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Ouch that hurts.

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hightest

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The main reason for preparing my mead FAQs was to help offset repetitive answers to questions that will always be asked, because there will always be new brewers coming down the pike.

After several years as a moderator, it became much easier to point them to the FAQs, ask them to read them, and then ask their question(s). Moreover, I'm not a typist...

Personally, I only get upset when a forum member is too lazy to spend a few minutes reading, and expects to be "spoon fed" (some actually admit this...). Often, it is evident if that is the case.

BigKahuna

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While I'm a BIG FAN of stickies....and I refer to them a lot. But when I came here, I was a rank n00b....not at brewing....but at web forums. I'd never been part of one like this.
One of the things that kept me at HBT was peoples willingness to spoon feed me though. I'd been to and on a few other forums, but not enough to learn how to search, let clear alone how to search effectively. I still have issues with the search function some days But the fact that no matter how stupid of a question I asked....>I always got a real answer....That is what got my $$ and kept me here.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

anyway Im glad there are some other people here who share my feelings at least on some of this. I made this post last night after an evening of cigars and a keg of homebrew cider at a local shop here and before I made a presentation for my ceramics class <--- that sucked. Im in a better mood now and will resume helping people with what I know.

And BK I am going to get the last word eventually, haha

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Primary: Belgian Triple Braggot (6gallons), Lambic Braggot (6gallons), Habanero melomel(6gallons)

Secondary: Peach melomel (5 Gallons)

It seems like a FOX TV Show when a mead maker moves in with an AG brewer....They end up with **** like Lambic Braggot.
-BigKahuna

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Definately dont want to forget to say THANK YOU to all the HBT and brewing vets that are taking their time here, i have been helped quite a few times with my n00b questions and hope to be able to help others as effectivly as ive been helped.

BigKahuna

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That's fine.

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Ouch... I just posted on how I read those very informative FAQ's, got inspired, over steeped my comfort zone, and started freaking.
More over everything else and my nice little mead became the focal point.
I have been making meads for over a decade on and off, and I think I have learned more from the forum specifically on mead making than I did reading volumes of the mead news group around 15 years ago.
Truly this collection of knowledge and understanding is something unique.

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In Primary: Belgium Chimay clones.
In Secondary: Braggot, pale ale, end of the world white.
Conditioning: Mead, Cider, braggot, Belgium Wheat.
On Tap: Clones, Chimay Blue, Red, Porter, malted cider.
Bottles: Far, far, too many to list.

AZ_IPA

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Ya know I was thinking about this very thing the other day. I'll use the fishing analogy:

extract brewers = catfisherman using stinkbait
allgrain = bass fisherman
mead = fly fisherman

hightest

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Interesting... So what analogy do you have for someone who makes mead as well as all-grain beer, cider, and wine...?