Chicago area brewer here

[BEER-N-BBQ_BY_LARRY]

Hi everyone,
My name is Larry in case you didn't already know from my User name and YouTube Channel; BEER-N-BBQ by Larry.
I've been brewing since 2000 and have been running my YouTube channel since around 2012. I have over 100 videos already where about half are food related (BBQ typically) and half are home brew related.
I'm looking to grow my brewing peer group and rejoining this forum again seemed logical.

 

[pricelessbrewing]

Welcome!

Are you by chance in any of the clubs around there? I know the guys in CHBG and CHAOS are both cool if you're interested.

 

[BEER-N-BBQ_BY_LARRY]

No. I'm not. I've always been a lone wolf over the years mostly because I've been too busy or lazy to drive in traffic to meetings since they never seem to be nearby my house. I may reconsider though since my YouTube channel is taking off. I need to get more involved in brewing to keep up..

 

[k1ngl1ves]

No. I'm not. I've always been a lone wolf over the years mostly because I've been too busy or lazy to drive in traffic to meetings since they never seem to be nearby my house. I may reconsider though since my YouTube channel is taking off. I need to get more involved in brewing to keep up..

I hear ya! Alcoholics go to meetings. Plus, I'd probably be too drunk to drive myself there anyway.

Welcome! There's quite a few Chicagoland people here.

 

[mirthfuldragon]

Beer and BBQ? I think you may be my new best friend That's pretty much how I want all my weekends to be.

 

[Pappers_]

Hi everyone,
My name is Larry in case you didn't already know from my User name and YouTube Channel; BEER-N-BBQ by Larry.
I've been brewing since 2000 and have been running my YouTube channel since around 2012. I have over 100 videos already where about half are food related (BBQ typically) and half are home brew related.
I'm looking to grow my brewing peer group and rejoining this forum again seemed logical.

Hi Larry, from another Chicagoan. I'm a member of CHAOS and if you ever want to come check out the brewhouse, just let me know.

I wanted to let HBT members here, including you, know about a policy that may not be clear - about promoting your social media, vlogs, videos, and blogs. If a post here is only a link driving traffic to your sites, that's ok but it must be in the Beer Blogs and Articles subforum.

The other option is to both link to your article/video/vlog/website and provide all the content in the post. Then you can post wherever is appropriate for the content you provided.

For example, you posted in the recipe database but didn't include the actual recipes, only links to your website where you keep the recipes. I also keep a website with my recipes, and I both include the full recipe in my HBT post and put in a link to my website. Here's an example of how to do that: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=417562

Does that make sense to everyone? If you have any questions, please ask.

 

[BEER-N-BBQ_BY_LARRY]

The other option is to both link to your article/video/vlog/website and provide all the content in the post.

For example, you posted in the recipe database but didn't include the actual recipes, only links to your website where you keep the recipes. I also keep a website with my recipes, and I both include the full recipe in my HBT post and put in a link to my website. Here's an example of how to do that: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=417562

Does that make sense to everyone? If you have any questions, please ask.

Hi. Thanks for for the information, but I did indeed include the recipes in the posts as spreadsheets.

I have a custom recipe calculator template that allows every brewer to not only copy the recipe I did for my own process and setup but also to tweak it using the spreadsheet to fit their own brewing equipment and process in order to get the same results. I would think that is better than just a list of ingredients that works for one person's brewhouse setup and process.

I see that you you moved them. How do I move them back where they came from (after manually listing the ingredients) without having to fill out all the information fields again?

 

[Pappers_]

Hi. Thanks for for the information, but I did indeed include the recipes in the posts as spreadsheets.

You included a link to the spreadsheet, correct? Or am I misunderstanding?

 

[Pappers_]

Let me use another example to clarify. If I write a blog post about growing hops (as I have), I can: 1) post in the beer blogs forum with a link to my article on my blog or 2) post the content of the article along with the link in the hops growing forum. If a post is going to be in the technical forums, it must have content related to that forum, not only a link to drive traffic to my website. We want HBT to be a place where information is shared, conversations happen - and for that, there must be technical content.

 

[BEER-N-BBQ_BY_LARRY]

Let me use another example to clarify. If I write a blog post about growing hops (as I have), I can: 1) post in the beer blogs forum with a link to my article on my blog or 2) post the content of the article along with the link in the hops growing forum. If a post is going to be in the technical forums, it must have content related to that forum, not only a link to drive traffic to my website. We want HBT to be a place where information is shared, conversations happen - and for that, there must be technical content.

I'd say a spreadsheet calculating everything needed to brew a recipe and scale it as needed is pretty technical. Is because the spreadsheet was linked rather than attached? If so, that it easily correctable.

 

[Pappers_]

I'd say a spreadsheet calculating everything needed to brew a recipe and scale it as needed is pretty technical. Is because the spreadsheet was linked rather than attached? If so, that it easily correctable.

Yes. Posts with no substantive content except for links to your site (including recipe spreadsheets) are fine if you put it in the forum for those kind of links (Beer Blogs and Articles). If you wish to post in other areas of the forum, though, you must include the content in your post, not just a link to a spreadsheet, video, or blog post.

If you wish to post recipes here, that's fine. But you must post the recipe in the fields provided, not just link to your site. Not all of us are going to want to use your spreadsheet software. I have brewing software - I'd prefer you give me the information for the recipe on the post, so I can decide what I want or need to do with it.

This is also true for your other ten threads, which were only links to your sites or video channel.

To be clear, members who are driving traffic to their media are welcome to do so in the beer blog and articles forum. If you want to post in the technical forum, your post must include the content.

 

[Pappers_]

I'd say a spreadsheet calculating everything needed to brew a recipe and scale it as needed is pretty technical.

There wasn't technical content - there was a link to your site. Looking at your post in the recipe database, I didn't know anything about your recipe - I needed to click on your link to your site to find out what the recipe was.

 

[BEER-N-BBQ_BY_LARRY]

There wasn't technical content - there was a link to your site. Looking at your post in the recipe database, I didn't know anything about your recipe - I needed to click on your link to your site to find out what the recipe was.

That was because this site doesn't allow Excel files as attachments or else I would have attached it.

Would this example (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=8082925#post8082925) work?

 

[Pappers_]

Would this example (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?p=8082925#post8082925) work?

That looks good to me. Instead of the attached sheet (which the database doesn't do), you could then include the link to the spreadsheet on your website.

 

[jlinz]

Welcome!

 

[BEER-N-BBQ_BY_LARRY]

That looks good to me. Instead of the attached sheet (which the database doesn't do), you could then include the link to the spreadsheet on your website.

OK. Thanks!

 

[Cyclman]

Welcome to the group, from CO