Using Australian Malts or having prostate problems? Read This...

[PostModern]

What is going on with this forum, there is so much crap related stuff that has zero reference to beer yet people keep posting it.

Its a beer forum FFS lets talk beer or post in the Non Beer related section of the forum.

PostModern, you are a moderator and one of the biggest hypocrites around, when ever someone gets off topic you either delete or move the thread yet its okay for you to talk about sticking your fingers in the mash when really you are referring to having them jammed up your arse

Rook

And you're one of the biggest whiners around. Did you notice the attempt at turning of the conversation towards a mashtun instead of a butt? We're all adults here, there's no need to remove a conversation just because it's changed course once the origninal topic is exhausted. Go post somewhere else if you don't like the moderation on AHB.

 

[warrenlw63]

What is going on with this forum, there is so much crap related stuff that has zero reference to beer yet people keep posting it.

Its a beer forum FFS lets talk beer or post in the Non Beer related section of the forum.

PostModern, you are a moderator and one of the biggest hypocrites around, when ever someone gets off topic you either delete or move the thread yet its okay for you to talk about sticking your fingers in the mash when really you are referring to having them jammed up your arse

Rook

+1 for what rook says. Click on this thread and thought I'd be getting an insight to Joe White and Barrett Burston Malts.

Oh and John Hopoate says hi! h34r:

Warren -

 

[Screwtop]

Would have thought most on here would have long past the anal phase of life :lol:

Anyway back to zinc, a recent podcast recommended tossing a zinc anode into the boil to assist yeast health. Cheap source available from boating stores.

Screwy

 

[therook]

And you're one of the biggest whiners around. Did you notice the attempt at turning of the conversation towards a mashtun instead of a butt? We're all adults here, there's no need to remove a conversation just because it's changed course once the origninal topic is exhausted. Go post somewhere else if you don't like the moderation on AHB.

Is that the best you can do

 

[warrenlw63]

Could be missing the point here I think. What rook is trying to explain and I totally agree. There'd have to be more than two of us who are totally jack of logging onto this once excellent forum only to find the top 10 posts contain at least 50% comment that steers one away rather than towards homebrewing.

I'm sure there's a new-age group-hugging men's forum somewhere else. Maybe the Munchausen's sufferers could be best served there?

Warren -

 

[RobW]

Back on track...

Allegedly German brewers used to "accidentally" leave a galvanised ladder in the kettle to get around the rheinheitsgebot (sp?) and add a little zinc. There used to be a calculation on the old Craftbrewer.org site for adding zinc sulphate but the site seems to have disappeared. I think I still have it at home somewhere - will try to find it tonight.

 

[apd]

There used to be a calculation on the old Craftbrewer.org site for adding zinc sulphate but the site seems to have disappeared.

This the one? oz.craftbrewer.org/Library/Methods/Sanders/YummiesForYeast.shtml

 

[PostModern]

Is that the best you can do

Unlike some, I didn't walk into the thread looking for a flame war.
Your options as I see it are:

1. Use the report a post function if you think a thread or post is report-worthy.
2. Don't read threads you know you don't want to read.
3. Start threads on a topic you'd like to discuss and use point 1 above if it goes off the rails.
4. Go somewhere else.

For your info, I haven't revisited this thread since my post on page 1, which you can clearly see (provided you can read other than literal English) was an attempt to get the thread back on the topic of beer. Had someone reported the post rather than attacked me as a mod, then yes, I might have pruned the thread. For now, I'd rather leave the thread as it stands, for one because it shows your character nicely.

Could be missing the point here I think. What rook is trying to explain and I totally agree. There'd have to be more than two of us who are totally jack of logging onto this once excellent forum only to find the top 10 posts contain at least 50% comment that steers one away rather than towards homebrewing.

I'm sure there's a new-age group-hugging men's forum somewhere else. Maybe the Munchausen's sufferers could be best served there?

Warren -

See options above. Besides, I've read the top 10 threads this morning and this is the only one wildly off-topic.

We've been thru this cycle before on AHB, as well as on every other forum I frequent. New members come in waves, they learn all they want about the forum's subject, then use the place as a general chat forum. It'll pass, it always has.

What gets me is people who pop into every second thread and post a vaguely related and sometimes humorous picture. Turns the place into a circus, imho, but we let it go as sometimes those contributors have something important to say.

 

[warrenlw63]

Back on track...

Allegedly German brewers used to "accidentally" leave a galvanised ladder in the kettle to get around the rheinheitsgebot (sp?) and add a little zinc. There used to be a calculation on the old Craftbrewer.org site for adding zinc sulphate but the site seems to have disappeared. I think I still have it at home somewhere - will try to find it tonight.

PostModern, you are a moderator and one of the biggest hypocrites around, when ever someone gets off topic you either delete or move the thread yet its okay for you to talk about sticking your fingers in the mash when really you are referring to having them jammed up your arse

Rook

Looks like this will continue down a "well-travelled" passage. :lol:

Warren -

 

[RobW]

This the one? oz.craftbrewer.org/Library/Methods/Sanders/YummiesForYeast.shtml

Yep, that's the one.

Thanks apd.

 

[T.D.]

Go post somewhere else if you don't like the moderation on AHB.

Hmm The way this forum has headed in the last few years I don't know if you should be further tempting people to do this...

 

[domonsura]

Hmm The way this forum has headed in the last few years I don't know if you should be further tempting people to do this...

:lol:
I've come to expect slanderous, ******** arguments and complete off-topic ness as the norm on here.

Funnily enough, that very reason is why we don't see more posting from other retailers and brewshops. Because it's not worth it. I think the moderation on here is selective, in that it doesn't apply at all to a select few who seem to be allowed to say/post whatever the hell they want......seen it time and time again. Other retailers and even sponsors on here have agreed with me. Owners of other brewshops around the country won't even come anywhere near this forum because of the way a select few are allowed to behave. (This came up in a conversation with a very well known brewshop owner again just yesterday in fact)

Who's brewing exactly does that benefit I ask?

Isn't it all supposed to be about the brewing?

 

[Guest Lurker]

I'm gonna alter the title to be more descriptive of 90% of the posts.

 

[THE DRUNK ARAB]

I'm gonna alter the title to be more descriptive of 90% of the posts.

Thanks GL, now I can post and not feel guilty about being off topic.

I had an inflammed prostrate when I was 21, jeez I was crook for 3 months!

C&B
TDA

 

[warrenlw63]

I'm gonna alter the title to be more descriptive of 90% of the posts.

More fitting title thanks GL... Now doesn't that relegate it to the O/T section?

Warren -

 

[Online Brewing Supplies]

:lol:
I've come to expect slanderous, ******** arguments and complete off-topic ness as the norm on here.

Funnily enough, that very reason is why we don't see more posting from other retailers and brewshops. Because it's not worth it. I think the moderation on here is selective, in that it doesn't apply at all to a select few who seem to be allowed to say/post whatever the hell they want......seen it time and time again. Other retailers and even sponsors on here have agreed with me. Owners of other brewshops around the country won't even come anywhere near this forum because of the way a select few are allowed to behave. (This came up in a conversation with a very well known brewshop owner again just yesterday in fact)

Who's brewing exactly does that benefit I ask?

Isn't it all supposed to be about the brewing?

Im staying off topic , sorry Totally agree with Dom.
GB

 

[Adamt]

Does anyone else find it mildly hypocritical that those talking about the increasing number of off-topic posts are themselves posting off-topic posts regarding off-topic posting, not in the off-topic forum?

It's an internet forum where many people sit on all day (at work or otherwise) browsing, there's bound to be some off-topic posts thrown around from bored people.

Back on the topic... it hasn't been mentioned yet (I don't think so anyway) how much Zinc should be added... anyone with any ideas?

 

[warrenlw63]

Does anyone else find it mildly hypocritical that those talking about the increasing number of off-topic posts are themselves posting off-topic posts regarding off-topic posting, not in the off-topic forum?

It's an internet forum where many people sit on all day (at work or otherwise) browsing, there's bound to be some off-topic posts thrown around from bored people.

Back on the topic... it hasn't been mentioned yet (I don't think so anyway) how much Zinc should be added... anyone with any ideas?

O/T is fine Adam... but reading posts about using Australian malts, having a zinc deficiency and then leading to prostate problems just isn't exactly what anybody would describe as a ray of sunshine they love to see greet them each morning.

It will only lead to throngs of paranoia and people starting threads as such.

"I've Been Using Joe White Malts exclusively for 10 years and Now Have to Shake it 50 Times After I Piss"

Which is exactly what this thread seems like. Hey retailers think about it if suddenly your sales of JW or BB malts drop by a few percent.

Hey if it's funny and O/T I say go for it!

Warren -

 

[apd]

Back on the topic... it hasn't been mentioned yet (I don't think so anyway) how much Zinc should be added... anyone with any ideas?

Check post above with link to oz.craftbrewer.org.

Andrew

 

[kirem]

I used to have some Zygosaccharomyces species that I added for zinc deficiences.
I got it from tdh about 8 years ago.

I collected the yeasts from under the caps of liquid malt tins. I have always used a selected yeast rather than the one under the lid and had collected quite a few of these packets. I slowly used these up by adding them to the boil and then used a similar volume of bakers yeast as a nutrient.

I now 'borrow' branded nutrient like goferm and fermaid