As some of you guys know I've been around here for quite a while. Now I've seen a lot of stuff some things I liked and some I didn't. For the most part homebrewers and wine makers are nice people but as in everything there are those who don't play well with others. I joined HBT for one real reason comma (besides I liked the colors) and that was because it was an independent site. I didn't have to be shackled to one supplier or could not mention anything that wasn't kosher in a commercial setting. I also like the fact that it was small and we were a little bunch of brewers just trying to make it in the big world.

I have learned a lot from the people here comma met some great people comma and tried to give back. But through all this HBT has become bigger and more helpful than I could have ever dreamed of. In general we have a great bunch of people here who all they want to do is make better beer. It's nice to see the recently noobs helping out the real noobs. What is really nice to see is how people have progressed through the whole process from all-extract to all-grain.

I hope that HBT continues this path of helping people make great beers. Keep up the inginuitey that made this place great to begin with. I know that I've learned more form this place than any other source of brewing information any where else. Keep helping out the noobs because you were them at one point and they might help you out later.

And for God's sake please don't be a post whore.