Your favorite type of post-er on HBT:

[Billy-Klubb]

I am fond of the jokesters who don't add anything particularly useful to any topic but insist on having something to contribute.

Is why I love this forum. You never see those kinds here.

are you singling me out?!?ipe:

 

[Psylocide]

are you singling me out?!?ipe:

I think he singled himself out.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I think he singled himself out.

my butt is a joke!

 

[Psylocide]

my butt is a joke!

Because it has more punch lines than a 1 hour standup special on Comedy Central?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Because it has more punch lines than a 1 hour standup special on Comedy Central?

because I look like a frog on its' hind legs and sound like a stock car.

 

[unionrdr]

...with a report from the backfire column every now & then...

 

[b-boy]

Guys... We've already covered the 'evils wrought upon the world by glass carboys in the Quality of Articles thread.'

Just a few examples that prove the point quite well. You've been warned, they will kill you in your sleep.

He's not lying.

My grandfather was killed by a Kamikaze carboy during the big one (WWII).

The bastard dove right into the side of his ship. They're crazy I tell you!

 

[unionrdr]

They slammed two carboys into our side, chief. Vessel went down in 12 minutes, 1,100 men went into the spilled beer. About an hour later, the first drinkers showed up...

 

[Inkleg]

Lets not forget about the Great Carboy Plague of the 1600. Thousands across Europe were lost.

 

[dad23ds]

Someone that posts 'just keg' in a thread for bottling.

 

[Cyclman]

People who mistake absurdity for creativity in their recipes. "I am looking to make an Oaked Belgian Blonde with Coffee, Cointreau, Raspberry Jolly Ranchers, and Habanero. How do I keep those flavors subtle and balanced?"

 

[Zuljin]

Ugh! These guys who read the first post of a thread, immediately skip past the 50 posts of conversation, give advice that has already been concluded, at around post 8, isn't the issue.

 

[doug293cz]

Ugh! These guys who read the first post of a thread, immediately skip past the 50 posts of conversation, give advice that has already been concluded, at around post 8, isn't the issue.

I see what you did there

Brew on

 

[mattd2]

Ugh! These guys who read the first post of a thread, immediately skip past the 50 posts of conversation, give advice that has already been concluded, at around post 8, isn't the issue.

Well actually you're only #42...

Yeah those guys in that thread (myself included)

 

[JonM]

Make me understand water chemistry in 10 seconds!

 

[Rhumbline]

Ah yes - the anecdote > data posters. E.g.: highly respected experienced chemist explains in detail why a product does not, will not, and can not possibly work as advertised, and the explanation is met with "well, I use it and I like it and my beers got better when I used it so FU."

I'm that guy.

My least favorite poster is the arrogant one who states with absolute authority that if I don't follow his way I can't possibly be brewing good beer. Second to that is the Junior Chemist/Biologist.

In 1633 Galileo was found guilty of heresy for defying the "conventional wisdom" and pointing out that regardless of what the authority said, his observations showed that the earth revolved around the sun.

"It's absolutely impossible to brew good beer without strict temperature control"

Yeah? Who am I supposed to believe, you, or my lying taste buds?

I brew for fun, and for tasty beer. That's why I consider this a hobby.

 

[joshesmusica]

I'm that guy.

My least favorite poster is the arrogant one who states with absolute authority that if I don't follow his way I can't possibly be brewing good beer. Second to that is the Junior Chemist/Biologist.

In 1633 Galileo was found guilty of heresy for defying the "conventional wisdom" and pointing out that regardless of what the authority said, his observations showed that the earth revolved around the sun.

"It's absolutely impossible to brew good beer without strict temperature control"

Yeah? Who am I supposed to believe, you, or my lying taste buds?

I brew for fun, and for tasty beer. That's why I consider this a hobby.

I agree about people who speak in absolutes, but that doesn't mean that it's best practice to completely ignore certain aspects, especially when it concerns the actual fermentation process. I think we've seen with a lot of the brulosophy experiments that when you mess up one aspect, it might not ruin the beer. But if you start compounding mistakes, that's when the quality will begin to drop quickly.

 

[Rhumbline]

...But if you start compounding mistakes, that's when the quality will begin to drop quickly.

I can agree with that. Mistakes are mistakes and should be avoided. In my limited experience, brewing is pretty forgiving.

Of course, if I were a commercial brewer I'd be all about the science and repeatability, so I understand that side of things.

Happy Brewing!

 

[UndeadFred]

Well this is worse on other sites than here, but the "hi I am doing my second partial boil extract kit, and I need some advice with bottling" and by post four, three are "throw out your bottles, buy a keezer, use glass carboys and use temperature control, liquid yeast, a refractometer".. And bottling sucks. And then you realize no one answered the question...

 

[joshesmusica]

Well this is worse on other sites than here, but the "hi I am doing my second partial boil extract kit, and I need some advice with bottling" and by post four, three are "throw out your bottles, buy a keezer, use glass carboys and use temperature control, liquid yeast, a refractometer".. And bottling sucks. And then you realize no one answered the question...

Haha, that bottling thing is one thing that I don't understand why people are so pissed about the subject. I mean is bottling fun? No, not really. But it's most certainly not the worst thing in the world.

 

[ericbw]

Someone asks for a recipe critique of their British Mild, and people suggest different hops because "Galena and Pacific Jade go really well together," and someone adds, "especially if you dry hop with Sirachi Ace and Belma," and then, "switch out the chocolate malt for special B and Munich."

 

[pretzelb]

Haha, that bottling thing is one thing that I don't understand why people are so pissed about the subject. I mean is bottling fun? No, not really. But it's most certainly not the worst thing in the world.

I think it's deeper than just bottling. Some people feel the need to change the world so it works how they want it. They don't understand or respect that people are different.

 

[b-boy]

How about the people who post on some of the popular recipe threads.

There are a lot of good recipes on this site, and I've tried many of them. When I do the beer, I tend to stick to the recipe.

I love the posters who go on the recipe thread raving about how good the recipe is, but then mention that they used a different yeast, different hops, a completely different grain bill, and added some weird extra ingredient (like dandilions).

I don't know, but from where I sit, you didn't make the beer in the recipe.

 

[CGVT]

How about the people who post on some of the popular recipe threads.

There are a lot of good recipes on this site, and I've tried many of them. When I do the beer, I tend to stick to the recipe.

I love the posters who go on the recipe thread raving about how good the recipe is, but then mention that they used a different yeast, different hops, a completely different grain bill, and added some weird extra ingredient (like dandilions).

I don't know, but from where I sit, you didn't make the beer in the recipe.

Ha! I posted about this in the Centennial Blonde thread. That one seems to get more than its share of that kind of post

 

[hunter_le five]

How about the people who post on some of the popular recipe threads.

There are a lot of good recipes on this site, and I've tried many of them. When I do the beer, I tend to stick to the recipe.

I love the posters who go on the recipe thread raving about how good the recipe is, but then mention that they used a different yeast, different hops, a completely different grain bill, and added some weird extra ingredient (like dandilions).

I don't know, but from where I sit, you didn't make the beer in the recipe.

Or the other types:

"I substituted the Fuggles for citra, used high gravity distilling yeast instead of S-04, dry hopped with cascade even though the recipe doesn't call for dry hopping, added 6lbs of sugar to up the ABV, and 32oz of chocolate malt because I had some leftover from another recipe that I didn't want to throw away. I then force carbed it by cranking it up to 72psi @ 33 degrees for a week and a half. The beer tastes awful. And it's super foamy for some reason, probably because the OP called for using MO as the base malt instead of GP, what a dummy. This recipe sucks, and whoever posted it should feel bad about themselves. I have no idea why everyone on HBT raves about this recipe so much."

 

[Zuljin]

"Well, my college biology/chemistry/engineering professor will be glad to hear he was wrong."

Won't be the first time. Won't be the last.

 

[JonM]

I bought a kit with projected OG of 1.050. How can I make it 15% ABV?

 

[drainbamage]

"I was given a Mr. Beer brown ale kit for my birthday, but I really wanted to make an IPA. The only hops I could find were Hallertau, so I added 5 oz. for bittering. I also added 2 lbs. of sugar to boost the ABV. After I pitched the yeast, I didn't see any airlock activity 30 minutes later, so I added a packet of bread yeast from the pantry. Oh, I also don't have the means to do temperature control, an my A/C has been out all week. Now I'm bottling, and it smells weird. How do I save my beer????"

 

[ericbw]

"I was given a Mr. Beer brown ale kit for my birthday, but I really wanted to make an IPA. The only hops I could find were Hallertau, so I added 5 oz. for bittering. I also added 2 lbs. of sugar to boost the ABV. After I pitched the yeast, I didn't see any airlock activity 30 minutes later, so I added a packet of bread yeast from the pantry. Oh, I also don't have the means to do temperature control, an my A/C has been out all week. Now I'm bottling, and it smells weird. How do I save my beer????"

And the response is always, "Just go all grain. Mr. Beer is baby steps!!"

 

[KIRBREW]

I love grammar and spelling Nazis. They contribute so much to threads.