Peeves regarding homebrew forums

[passedpawn]

My LHBS is full of great advice. The owner runs my brew club. I wish everyone had this kind of local support.

 

[homebeerbrewer]

The LHBS is the last place on earth I'd go to get brewing advice. They're in the business of selling stuff. The answers they give a customer are likely geared toward selling something. That's business. The store that was near me was notorious for that and a couple of the clerks routinely gave very bad advice. A how-to question would get a response like, "here, buy this" as an answer.

You don't go into a Best Buy and ask the 19-year-old clerk "what kind of entertainment center should I buy?"

Don't get me wrong, it was a great little LHBS, and I miss it a lot. But it was a place to buy supplies, not learn about brewing or have a problem solved. You did your homework in advance then went in to stock up. HBT is a place to do that homework.

I used to work at a LHBS. I never told anyone they needed to buy something just to make a sale. I would ask them questions about how they make beer, and suggest something that fits their way of brewing. Sure, my opinion persuaded the suggestion, but in the end, the customer would make up their own mind, since I’d give them all the options.

 

[mac_1103]

My LHBS is full of great advice. The owner runs my brew club. I wish everyone had this kind of local support.

If everybody had that kind of local support then we wouldn't be coming here. And you would miss us.

 

[Snuffy]

Only peeve I have is maybe when you have a question and then you look around before asking it to see if it's already been covered - find it - and then there's 62 pages of replies and you gotta comb thru them all before you figure out the answer you need isn't in there and you end up asking again anyway.

That's pretty rare tho. I'm not changing the way I brew anymore so questions are few and far. I'm pretty much here for the rambling, recipes, memes, and beer porn.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

People who know a ton about homebrewing but can’t spell.

Does this include American spelling

 

[SaisonMan]

Does this include American spelling

There’s a rumor you have a colorful sense of humor.

 

[Snuffy]

Colourful?

 

[Broken Crow]

Tonnes of laughs! ..though I'm bi-lingual; I speak American & English, I still don't know why americans keep going on about November 9th.

 

[Sailingeric]

You know what grinds my gears, not using a clutch...unless you can float the gears on an 18 speed Kenworth...then

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*I used to know how to do it but it has been over 20 years since I have done it.