[HBF] brewing

[Hubert Hanghofer]

Alan,

vielen Dank für Deine Hinweise und Anregungen. Ich möchte hiermit die
verbliebenen Leser ermutigen, auch off-topic (mit [OT] im Betreff) zu
posten. Es gibt so viele Themen rund um's Bier Brauen: Bierstile,
Biersensorik, Bierkulinarien, Gastronomie, Tasting Notes...

Ausserdem hatte ich die Ehre, viele von Euch persönlich kennen zu lernen
und kann mir gut vorstellen, ein jährliches Treffen zu organisieren.

Allzeit gut Sud!
Hubert

http://hubert.hanghofer.net
http://netbeer.org

Alan McKay schrieb:
> Here in Canada our brewers at wort.ca list seems to be one of the
> exceptions.  The Australian list is dead now.  I've noticed HBD is as
> well.  And this is the first HBF message I have gotten in I am not
> sure how long.
>
> One of the reasons I think our list in Canada is so successful is
> because we encourage off-topic posts as long as they have "OT: " in
> the subject line so that those who do not want them can filter them
> out.   Just talking about beer is pretty one-dimensional and as a
> result the people on the other end of the emails are not like real
> people.  When you allow and even encourage off-topic, it rounds the
> people out and allows you to become more like friends rather than just
> someone on the other end of a mailing list.  One thing we've found out
> is that an awful lot of brewers share a love for good home made food,
> so there is a strong cross section of people who do home coffee
> roasting, home canning, smoking their own meats, making cheese, bread
> and all sorts of similar things.  All of these are discussed
> regularly, and in a way they are all on topic because what goes better
> with good beer, than good food?   Only an alcoholic has just beer -
> the rest of us enjoy it along with a good meal!
>
> Another thing we do is have regular events in different parts of the
> country for getting together and sharing our love of beer,   Big brews
> serveral times a year and that sort of thing.  This year in Ottawa we
> all got together at the Oktoberfest celebration of a local
> micro-brewery, and had a brew day where visitors to the Oktoberfest
> could see first hand how beer can be made at home.   These sorts of
> things bind us together and keep the list active.
>
> cheers,
> -Alan
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