How's about a sticky at the top of the recipes forum where we can add links to the most popular brews? Also (and I don't even know if phpBB supports this), to have a voting thing on there for the amount of people who've made each brew and recommend it.
Thought about this today after having a taste of my first attempt at Wassa's Honey Porter (fantastic, btw).
Recipes that members have made and know gives good results - would give those new to brewing a handful of tried and tested recipes to introduce them to our obsession/hobby.
Deffinately TL's recipe thats a doozie and im actually enjoying one right now
I have also got a great AG recipe for heineken which would have to rate a mention as well
Maybe as Kev suggested, we have a pilsner sub-forum, PA sub-forum etc instead of a big generic 'Recipes' forum. Then everyone can vote on the 'best' recipe, and that'll become the one sticky at the top.
Kevnlis wrote:That is a great way to do it greg, but will it not clog up the top of the Recipe forum with a bunch of "style" stickies?
You could have a single sticky locked thread at the top which has one post in it, which is just links to all the other threads, one for each style, which are not sticky.
With the new forum, it should be possible to do this.
Any more suggestions for categories?
* American pale ale (this is such a distinctive and sought-after style that maybe it's worth putting by itself???)
* Pale ale
* Dark ale, porter and stout
* Strong ale
* Other ale styles
* Pilsner (again, this is a large group so maybe should have its own section?)
* Lager
* Wheat beer
* Trappist beer (?)
* Ginger beer (?)
* Lemonade (?)
* Other brewed beverages
Perhaps what I should do is create these categories under the existing Recipes section, then sort all the existing posts into their relevant section.
With the new set-up of the forum, you wouldn't see these additional categories until you actually clicked into the Recipes section. This means they wouldn't clog up the front page.
Looks great Oliver. Though may I suggest Amber Ale as a popular style? Maybe Cider and Mead as well? Mead is not hugely popular here but I think there are quite a few that do ciders?
