BeerBorg

My only input on this thread would be...

I nominate Wings.

Here's a pic before I mailed it off to Marksbrew (sp) last year.

If we have a requirement that the BOM sends a beer to the prior BOM, then I'm out. It's against the law to ship beer in our out of Utah. I think there are other states with similar restrictions.

Pudge wrote:

bpgreen wrote:I don't really have a dog in the fight, but I don't see a reason to create a new item.

I'm not sure we need to have each BOM add a trinket, but I don't see any reason we can't have the mini-mash-paddle just continue its journey

Agree. That little doodad has gained significance for a few of us over the past few days. It'll fade, but right now that is all that is left of years at the old place. Maybe a Borg item should be added and the two travel in tandem?

Got a picture of that thing hanging on my Christmas tree from last December around here somewhere.

That sounds like a good way to merge the 'old guard' here with the newer folks to me. Add a Borg opener or something similar to what already exists.

I like the idea of keeping the current token/doodad. Then we can add a some Borg flair to it or something.

I still like the idea of the BOM progressive recipe though.

LouieMacGoo wrote:I like the idea of keeping the current token/doodad. Then we can add a some Borg flair to it or something.

I still like the idea of the BOM progressive recipe though.

The recipe is a very good idea. so would the style be set at the beginning of the year so there is a guideline or just have 12 BOTMs add whatever they want then fill in the blanks at the end of the year to make a beer?

Im for old and new together, 12 ingredients may get out of hand, maybe start the card in October for like a spring/summer recipe, then May for a fall/winter recipe. Three to four grains and one or two hops and the yeast or run a poll for the yeast after 6 ingredients are set.

Instead of doing a progressive style recipe, what if each BOTM adds a note card with their favorite recipe on it. Then whoever is lucky enough to get it, can copy the ones they choose. It would become a traveling Borg recipe book.


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I really like the idea of a special BOTM avatar. I can help with that (I know there are others who can as well, but I'm just saying I'd be happy to). I made my own avatar, a few avatars for MBF members, bottle labels as well as the banners we used at the top of the forum (not the first one, but the ones we used for the last 3-4 years of the site's life).

Taz11 wrote:

LouieMacGoo wrote:I like the idea of keeping the current token/doodad. Then we can add a some Borg flair to it or something.

I still like the idea of the BOM progressive recipe though.

The recipe is a very good idea. so would the style be set at the beginning of the year so there is a guideline or just have 12 BOTMs add whatever they want then fill in the blanks at the end of the year to make a beer?

The thought on the recipe was that it would have no set style...

It would be up to each BOTM to insure it was developing correctly...

Ie: if several months went by and their was no yeast, add one...

Grain need something special, toss it in...

Etc.

Re: The trinkets: I like the thought of adding a Borg trinket to what exists now...

--> Leigh, Paul, What kind of 'sample' can we convince a promo item supplier to make for us?

@ Leigh... I like tracking the recipe on a forum thread as well as a shippable piece of the trinket...
Good backup!

Whamolagan wrote:I guess I did have a pic

brewnewb wrote:Here's a pic before I mailed it off to Marksbrew (sp) last year.

I have all the pics.
I went to do a quick html page but the images are all different sizes.
I'll post them all by this weekend.

I am with bp on not sending beer. I don't bottle so no one would get a homebrew from me. As for the recipe, I feel that could get lost in translation. What happens that it comes down to the person that has to brew the recipe say only does hme brewing. or doesn't live close to a supply house. This thing was just something to see how far it could go without being difficult, or expensive. I feel it needs to stay simple. My 1 cents worth

Whamolagan wrote:I am with bp on not sending beer. I don't bottle so no one would get a homebrew from me. As for the recipe, I feel that could get lost in translation. What happens that it comes down to the person that has to brew the recipe say only does hme brewing. or doesn't live close to a supply house. This thing was just something to see how far it could go without being difficult, or expensive. I feel it needs to stay simple. My 1 cents worth

I agree, let's just keep it simple with the mini mash paddle and maybe a BeerBorg trinket of some kind. If people want to do something or send something extra with it then that would be on them for now. Nothing is set in stone and we can always re-visit it if enough people want to make "upgrades or improvements" to the process.

Just out of curiosity was there any criteria that was being used for nominations for the BOTM?

Trinket yes keep simple and easy to send around. As far as a recipe card, nobody in particular would need to brew it it would be a collective recipe that anyone could brew and there are conversions for LME and DME, maybe this could be a stepping stone for HME brewers to move into learning steeping grains and hopping.

LouieMacGoo wrote:

Whamolagan wrote:I am with bp on not sending beer. I don't bottle so no one would get a homebrew from me. As for the recipe, I feel that could get lost in translation. What happens that it comes down to the person that has to brew the recipe say only does hme brewing. or doesn't live close to a supply house. This thing was just something to see how far it could go without being difficult, or expensive. I feel it needs to stay simple. My 1 cents worth

I agree, let's just keep it simple with the mini mash paddle and maybe a BeerBorg trinket of some kind. If people want to do something or send something extra with it then that would be on them for now. Nothing is set in stone and we can always re-visit it if enough people want to make "upgrades or improvements" to the process.

Just out of curiosity was there any criteria that was being used for nominations for the BOTM?

A member could only nominate at most two people, but could second any number.

If you were BOM you couldn't repeat until a year passed.

There may have been other rules, but those are two that I remember.