What's wrong with the world imo

[PCABrewing]

sounds like a marvel character....


as a homebrewer all i know is Jim is dying at 98.....

Well Jim wasn't the greatest president, but I think his lifetime achievements are at the top if not the top.
Just my opinion.

 

[mac_1103]

What's wrong with the world, IMO, is that there are too many people who are trying to tell me what's wrong with the world and not enough people who listen when I try to tell them what's wrong with the world.

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Enlighten me!

There was a guy on here a while ago named ismellweird (search the user, read the threads, you won't be disappointed). Every post he made was even more epic than the last. It first started with how he had sewage in his kettle while he was making a cupcake stout (with actual cupcakes). Then there was one where he claimed to have had a friendship with Kato Kealin. Then one about him trying to make a barrel out of old pressure treated deck boards to do some barrel aging. Drama about his speech to text program. There are some hilarious back and forths between him and @Jayjay1976 . Sadly, Smelly Melly has stopped posting. Rumor has it, he and Kato ran off together.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

As a whole there are a lot of things wrong with the world, the ones listed above are clearly all first world problems.

 

[duncan_disorderly]

There was a guy on here a while ago named ismelweird (search the user, read the threads, you won't be disappointed). Every post he made was even more epic than the last. It first started with how he had sewage in his kettle while he was making a cupcake stout (with actual cupcakes). Then there was one where he claimed to have had a friendship with Kato Kealin. Then one about him trying to make a barrel out of old pressure treated deck boards to do some barrel aging. Drama about his speech to text program. There are some hilarious back and forths between him and @Jayjay1976 . Sadly, Smelly Melly has stopped posting. Rumor has it, he and Kato ran off together.

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Sorry for being obtuse. Gordon Strong has won 3 Ninkasi awards which is given to the person who scores the most points at the National Homebrew Competition and is the only person to win 3. He's the highest ranking judge in the BJCP and has authored a couple homebrewing books and many articles in Zymurgy and other brewing publications.

You guys really never heard of Gordon Strong?

May be time to go outside and walk around a little.

 

[kevin58]

No offense intended but, Who is Gordon Strong.

Personally I could not care less who has a wiki page and who doesn't. I don't follow any celebrity.
I appreciate those who do share useful information but even the most popular need to stand-up to scrutiny.
When the price is free sometimes the info is worth exactly that much.
And I surely would not blame Mr. Strong if the reason is based on not wanting to maintain such a page.

The bigger surprise is that there are homebrewers who don't know who Gordon Strong is. Gordon is the author of Brewing Better Beer and Modern Homebrew Recipe and more. Gordon is also President Emeritus of the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). As the BJCP Style Committee Chairman he is instrumental updating and publishing the BJCP guidelines. He is a contributor to virtually every major beer and homebrew related magazine and frequent guest on several of the most popular beer and homebrewing podcasts. Definitely one of those who should be on the homebrewers version of Mt. Rushmore.

 

[BrewnWKopperKat]

The bigger surprise is that there are homebrewers who don't know who Gordon Strong is.

I suspect most people follow content providers (forums, magazines, many video channels), not content creators (authors of books & articles, blogs, some video channels).

Definitely one of those who should be on the homebrewers version of Mt. Rushmore.

This was a topic over in that other popular home brewing forum a couple of years ago. I suspect 2023 version of the discussion would include a couple of new 'faces' (Janish? Weikert?, ...).

Homebrew All Stars (book) is an interesting starting point for anyone willing to follow expert brewers / content creators. In 2023, some of them can be found over at CB&B.

 

[bracconiere]

Well Jim wasn't the greatest president, but I think his lifetime achievements are at the top if not the top.

i was born in 78...so don't know, but when i was 18 my mom got me a homebrew kit, and it spared me from meth addiction...so i LOVE the guy! i'd say i'd cry at his funeral, but to tell the truth 98 is a good run, i was more broken up when his grandson died young.....

 

[bracconiere]

Definitely one of those who should be on the homebrewers version of Mt. Rushmore.

so a volcano? that most looks like a beer glass.....either hawaii, or the PNW....


edit: or now that i think i like my beer cold, one near a obsidian field? not that i support the cardassians......

 

[Protos]

Charlie Papazian has a Wikipedia page ... so all is right with the world.

No it isn't since Horst Dornbusch doesn't have one.
Don't tell me you don't know who's this guy.

 

[bracconiere]

Don't tell me you don't know who's this guy.

....

 

[Protos]

Whut? You don't know who Mr Dornbusch is?
I guess you must be not into the Weyermann advertising Continental Brewing Tradition!

 

[bracconiere]

Dornbusch

i'm not going to google it, and just assume it's not the beer it reminds me of... unless....

 

[VikeMan]

There was a guy on here a while ago named ismelweird (search the user, read the threads, you won't be disappointed). Every post he made was even more epic than the last. It first started with how he had sewage in his kettle while he was making a cupcake stout (with actual cupcakes).

Somehow I missed the sewage thread. (BTW, it's ismellweird for anyone looking for it.) Now that I have read it, I have to say I'm kind of stunned that after 6 pages of painfully obvious trolling, some people were still offering serious advice.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

No it isn't since Horst Dornbusch doesn't have one.
Don't tell me you don't know who's this guy.

Yeah, this takes me back to my needlepoint days. I was at a convention, and I ran right into Lottie Karpouzis at a scrap table. I nearly died.

 

[Protos]

Even Google failed to enlighten me on who was/is Lottie Karpouzis.
Was/is she/he/they a famous homebrewer with no dedicated page in Wikipedia?

 

[FloppyKnockers]

Somehow I missed the sewage thread. (BTW, it's ismellweird for anyone looking for it.) Now that I have read it, I have to say I'm kind of stunned that after 6 pages of painfully obvious trolling, some people were still offering serious advice.

Thanks for the spelling catch... I corrected it.

 

[bwible]

Gordon Strong is a knowlegable homebrewer who won awards that most of us have never won and probably won’t ever win. Aside from exhaustive work with the BJCP he has also written several books. As far as being a celebrity I dont view him as any more or any less of a celebrity than somebody like a Charlie P or a John Palmer (both of whom also “wrote books”) yet for some reason those guys always receive great publicity and are quoted in posts on here every day. I have no beef with people being well known and even followed when they contribute and share valuable knowlege. Better than following Rhiana or whatever that disaster was at the Super Bowl half time.

 

[Rish]

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Dornbusch

 

[bwible]

How about Al Korozonas or Alan Moen?

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Even Google failed to enlighten me on who was/is Lottie Karpouzis.
Was/is she/he/they a famous homebrewer with no dedicated page in Wikipedia?

I can't believe there are people who don't know who Lottie Karpouzis was. A titan of the stitching arts. Co-inventor of the Chakraborty-Karpouzis double leapfrog stitch. The woman who fused needlepoint with cosplay. I remember how she shocked everyone at the world championships in Terre Haute when she appeared in costume as Londo Mollari from Babylon 5. Every stitch of gold thread just so. One of her competitors actually committed suicide before the judging. That's how intimidating she was.

And where, I ask you, is her Wikipedia page? Nowhere. But somehow Madonna has one.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Many tears were shed in Coeur d'Alene on the day she choked on her hand-forged tapestry needle.

 

[Yesfan]

There was a guy on here a while ago named ismellweird (search the user, read the threads, you won't be disappointed). Every post he made was even more epic than the last. It first started with how he had sewage in his kettle while he was making a cupcake stout (with actual cupcakes). Then there was one where he claimed to have had a friendship with Kato Kealin. Then one about him trying to make a barrel out of old pressure treated deck boards to do some barrel aging. Drama about his speech to text program. There are some hilarious back and forths between him and @Jayjay1976 . Sadly, Smelly Melly has stopped posting. Rumor has it, he and Kato ran off together.

I vaguely remember this. This must have been right when I joined this forum or right before. Any of you all remember that dude "TSA (Take Some Advice)? Didn't he get into it with Craigtube? His videos were crazy. Dude sanitized EVERY thing!

Man, those were the days....................

 

[VikeMan]

Any of you all remember that dude "TSA (Take Some Advice)? Didn't he get into it with Craigtube? His videos were crazy. Dude sanitized EVERY thing!

Take Some Advice straddled the line between obvious troll and actual nutjob. Some of my favorite youtube moments:

- Taking the first picnic tap pull of a blonde ale (maybe his first batch?), tasting it, and giggling like a three year old, declaring it "Competition Ready!"

- Claiming that dust motes are bacteria (or maybe wild yeast), and exclaiming "Pow! Pow! Pow!" as he plucked at his shirt, liberating them into the air.

- Spending a few hours trying to cool his starter wort, annoyed and perplexed that it wasn't cooling as rapidly as he had calculated.

ETA: I almost forgot... whenever he decided something wasn't true, simply due to personal incredulity, he declared that he has debunked another piece of "Homebrew Internet Lore."

I would probably pay a small subscription fee for another run through those videos.

 

[bwible]

And where, I ask you, is her Wikipedia page? Nowhere. But somehow Madonna has one.

Madonna and Prince are also in the rock and roll hall of fame (and I’m sorry but that crap ain’t rock and roll) while real rock bands like the Moody Blues were still waiting to be inducted. If you want to talk about something thats really wrong.

 

[day_trippr]

Wait - I grew up with The Moody Blues and yes they're considered a rock and roll band (they even have a song about it ).



But not Prince?



Cheers!

 

[bwible]

Wait - I grew up with The Moody Blues and yes they're considered a rock and roll band (they even have a song about it ).



But not Prince?



Cheers!

At least they got inductee #1 right - I’ll give them that

 

[soccerdad]

I saw the Moody Blues in HS. Great Concert in a great concert hall. The band that preceded them on stage was a little known group (at the time) called Humble Pie. With both Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton! Their rift had not yet started. Now THAT was a rock band! Oddly enough their fist song was all accoutic with conga drums. It was amazing- Dr John's Walk On Gilded Splinters.

 

[beernutz]

Thanks for keeping the thread civil and non-political so that it didn't get exiled to HBT Siberia. Somehow I didn't see Mel getting pulled into the discussion but that's part of HBT's charm.

A Moody Blues rocker imo: