Homebrewing Blog

[brettwasbtd]

I posted about this earlier in this thread, but it appears to be happening again. For all of you using Google/Blogger/Blogspot - are you having trouble with your pictures disappearing? I was originally having this issue when I would add a picture and use the "Choose picture from Picasa Web Album." To get around this I would go to the image in Picasa I wanted to add, right-click and save the image URL, and then use the "add picture from URL" option. Now it looks like the reverse is happening - using the URL option my pictures are not appearing, but if I add them via the Picasa Web Album it works...very frustrating!

 

[OlieNH]

I am updating my blogroll. If you are interested in swapping links, PM me and I will happily add you.

 

[inhousebrew]

Hello everyone. Haven't updated in a while here because I've been pretty busy playing with the idea of moving to an electric setup. With that in mind and the process started I've made a post about what my plans are and why I choose what I did. There will be more pics and a build to follow but this is what I got so far.

http://inhousebrew.weebly.com/1/pos...25-gallon-e-biab-with-recirculating-mash.html

 

[Hex]

I just started my damn good food blog, expect heavy beer coverage!
Www.idgfusa.blogspot.com

HBT POST 1000!!!

 

[ocluke]

My new blog, Metabrewing.com, will be focused on documenting my homebrewing experiments involving system design, recipe formulation, process, fermentation, and whatever else sneaks its way in. There will be an emphasis on wild yeast (brettanomyces) and bacteria, farmhouse style ales, and aromatic hoppy beers.

 

[AnchorBock]

http://bagendbrewery.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/mildly-annoyed/

Posted again about Milds, looking for feedback on my recipe for my next attempt - feel free to chime in I need some input!

 

[AnchorBock]

My new blog, Metabrewing.com, will be focused on documenting my homebrewing experiments involving system design, recipe formulation, process, fermentation, and whatever else sneaks its way in. There will be an emphasis on wild yeast (brettanomyces) and bacteria, farmhouse style ales, and aromatic hoppy beers.

I like the start of your blog, nice design.

 

[ocluke]

I like the start of your blog, nice design.

Thank you. It may change somewhat in design in the near future. I'm open to suggestions. My goal right now is to focus on content and get to the design a little later.

I'd offer you advice on your mild, but I've never brewed one, mostly because I've never had one that impressed me enough to encourage me to attempt it. Eventually I will, because I'm a big fan of session beers.

 

[scottland]

Thank you. It may change somewhat in design in the near future. I'm open to suggestions. My goal right now is to focus on content and get to the design a little later.

Ya, it looks good. Nice articles so far. Keep at it.

 

[1stTimer]

Loving these. its taking me forever just to get through them. When I started this thread I had no idea it would be this productive. Thanks everyone. I've put a lot of new stuff up since I was here last time. I really am in the process of putting a paid page together. I love the blog and will keep it going but my business partner and I are looking to purchase our property finally and its time to get serious.

 

[brettwasbtd]

I am updating my blogroll. If you are interested in swapping links, PM me and I will happily add you.

Dude, just read your three part Rock Bottom posts... I was dying laughing regarding seeing the dude from the bathroom....and then what happened after!

As for Rock bottom, I have only been there once since they have been purchased by Craftworks. I have been to the two d.c. area locations. The one in Ballston VA had spotty line clealiness, but I have enjoyed most of there beers. I have always had good experiences at the location in Bethesda MD. I think they have created a set of "staples" - Red ale, White Ale, Kolsch, and IPA. Then they rotate different dark beers and another beer, that I believe is each locations brewmasters decision.

 

[bellmtbbq]

Just started my own blog! I've added a couple of you to my blog links but that was off the top of my head. Hope to post once a week

Fathom Brewing

 

[Mcbobs]

I just got this blog up and going over the past couple days but it still needs a ton of work.

www.toxicdartbrewing.blog.com

It's not 100% about beer. It will also contain some posts about my other hobby, but the plan is to update it once or twice a week. Hopefully you guys find it at least partially entertaining and informative!

 

[Lavender_Pepper]

Hey all! I'm sorta stuck with my blog at the moment and am not totally sure what to do with it. And it's ... well, you can't spell 'blog' without 'drama' right?:

synopsis: I started it as a brewing/gardening/bit'o'life blog when I moved in with a dude. Because, you know, lurve and trust and that fun stuff. Well, poop hit the fan ('I tried to sleep with her because I want more power in this relationship', 'Those (ptsd-induced) panic attacks just make you seem weak. I can't love you if you're weak.') real winner, right? Because of lurve and trust influenced decisions I was at a very vulnerable point: no money, no official job (was starting a business but then it got 86ed because "I can change my mind, this is my house." so there goes that time and capital), and effectively no place to live.

Things came to a head one day and I moved out in favor of a friend's couch. I posted some 'meh, breakups suck, at least I got my kitties' posts on the blog at the very beginning and I've avoided contact with him and his friends. But since then he's been a complete and royal lout, to the point of a month after the move-out and I haven't talked to him at all, but he lets himself into where I'm staying (my parentals had an open guest room for a few days) and handed them a box of 'my stuff' (old toothbrush, *empty* bottle of soap, condoms, etc). Yeah, you read that right. He figured out where I was staying, four weeks after the breakup and chose then to give my mother a box full of garbage and condoms. Because really, we haven't proven ourself a class act before. Also, even though I don't respond to *any* of this and have even been out of town as much as possible staying with other friends to avoid all of this, he and his friends leave just enough 'you suck and are a psycho ex' messages in various ways (ie: comments on my blog, I never approved them) that I'm feeling rather vulnerable if I should I post anything else about what I've been doing...

Like, I feel like if I put up a post of "Wow, I've been having fun and beer rocks." Then he'll start increasing his efforts to be an arse? I know this sounds paranoid, but he figured out I was staying with my parents and gave my mother a box full of garbage and condoms.

Or, if I put up a "I'm tired of this" post and write about how all of this is frustrating then I give more fuel to the 'she's psycho' party.

Or, if I just put up beer recipes... well, that's no fun.

And if I post *anything* then that acknowledges that I've seen those comments and if I don't respond to them then will they try harder and I get to deal with the drama and baggage of a new batch...

so...
Thoughts? I'm tempted to just pull the blog. I'm so tired of all of this drama.

 

[bellmtbbq]

Uhh no disrespect but not sure if this is a place. Wondering whether this is real or a troll

 

[Mcbobs]

Hey all! I'm sorta stuck with my blog at the moment and am not totally sure what to do with it. And it's ... well, you can't spell 'blog' without 'drama' right?:

I'm really confused. Is this post for real? I can't tell if this is genuine or just old fashioned trolling....

 

[Lavender_Pepper]

No. Not trolling. Wish I was...
basically... I'm rather confused about keeping up my current brew-blog because it was personal as well and I have an ex who's being a complete troll. I haven't posted much on it in the last 6 weeks because when I go to do so I feel rather vulnerable because of his actions IRL and through the webs. Was sorta crowdsourcing among the community here as to whether blogging more is poking the bear and/or if I should just delete the whole thing. Sorry if it's not appropriate.
eta: Plus I rant when I'm stressed and am a context fiend, hence the potential TMI up there.

 

[brettwasbtd]

Really enjoying everyone's blogs. I think we have all been doing a good job (consciously or not) to only post relevant posts - none of this " I didn't get to brew this weekend but plan to next" type posts. I find myself going through the bloglist throughout the week...great reading material and ideas! Keep it up!

 

[bellmtbbq]

Brett- noticed you had added me to your blogroll so I returned the favor.

Almost at 1000 page views in under two months. Pretty exciting. I'd have a lot more if I actually posted more haha

 

[brettwasbtd]

Thanks! I really enjoy your pictures! What type of camera do you have?

 

[JLem]

Just posted up my latest brew - a strong scotch ale using the "traditional" kettle caramelization technique instead of using crystal malts. I still have a bunch of tasting posts I need to get to - some for beers more than a year old! I need to figure out a better system for getting to the formal tastings in a time-appropriate manner. My apologies to anyone anxious awaiting for my notes on how the beers turned out. For the record, they've all been great

@Lavender - sorry to hear your ex is being such a db. I'd hate to see you stop writing because of his actions. Maybe you could start fresh with a new blog address?

 

[ocluke]

Brett- noticed you had added me to your blogroll so I returned the favor.

Almost at 1000 page views in under two months. Pretty exciting. I'd have a lot more if I actually posted more haha

You bring up an interesting topic with respect to page views. Are you using Blogger's page view totals, or Google Analytics? They report very different numbers to me. Blogger might show 70 page views for a given day, and Google Analytics will show 6. I have my own page views turned off in the calculations for Blogger.

Is anyone else seeing this?

 

[scottland]

Google analytics defaults to visitors. Blogger counts page views. One visitor can click multiple links. You can view the page view metric in google analytics, you'll probably find the numbers pretty similar. Mine are within 5%

 

[AnchorBock]

Wordpress.com (free version) stats show both views and visitors as well as avg page views per visitor. I haven't compared to Google analytics or anything though to confirm the accuracy of those stats. I think there are more statistics you can play around with (views by country, specific page views, views by category, etc), but I haven't spent too much time with that yet.

 

[gardenofstone]

Thanks for the good reads and inspiration. Everyone's blogs are encouraging!

 

[HollidaySlim]

Here is the blog a couples guys and I run for our brewery. Its a start and hopefully will turn into something fruitful.

BirdDogBrew.com

 

[bellmtbbq]

Thanks! I really enjoy your pictures! What type of camera do you have?

Just using the camera on my iPhone with a few editing programs. I have a decent SLR but that involves too much work for me haha

 

[brettwasbtd]

Just using the camera on my iPhone with a few editing programs. I have a decent SLR but that involves too much work for me haha

I don't know how this makes me feel - laugh or cry? My wife is a professional photographer, she has a huge pet peeve when cell cameras are advertised as such. They can take some decent pictures though!

I just updated the blog with a recent post recapping NHC. If you didn't go, check it out to see what you missed. If you did, feel free to comment on what you liked best about it!

 

[1stTimer]

Havent posted here in a long time so I thought I'd drop in and leave a link. http://atomicdonkeybrewing.blogspot.com/ Cheers!

 

[JLem]

I just discovered that my sidebar list of other homebrewing blogs has disappeared! Every blog that I had listed there has been erased!!! WTF??

I'll try to repopulate it, but it was cobbled together piecemeal over the years and was the only record I kept of the other blogs I visited regularly. I'm not sure how I could possibly replicate it.