Should we bring back New Beer Sunday?

At least they’re asking for input now. Progress! Good to be part of a community where people learn from the past and make improvements.

Yep, I loved the host openings. This is a great one.

 

You’re a nested view dentite!!!

 

You are being absurdly pedantic.

 

Somehow that comment comes off slightly pedantic. What exactly does that insult bring to the table as far as helping this conversation??seriously?not an attack but how does that help??

 

If people thing NBW is missing something, why not just participate again? I've read several reasons why but if you feel something is missing why not be a part of bringing on the change that you miss?

As a few have said at this point, just changing it back isn't gonna solve the problem/complaint being brought up. Participating, joining in, and making it what you want it to be might though.

I know I already said this but I personally have got a lot of enjoyment and engaged with a lot of people in NBW since I jumped in, last summer or so. So from my perspective that community feel is there. Its obviously not the same good old days that some of you say you miss, but NBW is all I know so I'm living in the good old days right now and enjoying it.

 

Thanks for making that statement/observation.

It is indeed noteworthy that the sense of loss will be different for folks who have been NBS participants for many years vs. those who are relatively new to the weekly thread. Just something to keep in mind when reading the posts made within this thread.

Cheers!

 

Thinking back...

The well-worded reviews and insider commentary going on on the NBS thread was intimidating... like drinking wine with a group of sommeliers and thinking, "Where in the hell are they getting all THAT?"

Turned out, though, they were just a bunch of friendly folk enjoying a new beer!...

 

I mentioned this earlier. The "just the facts, Ma'am" rules that accompanied the change did more to change the tone and feel of the thread than anything else.

And IIRC, @Todd re-emphasized the rules for the thread in a fairly authoritative tone in his post announcing the change from NBS to NBW, and in his followups to the replies to his post. (But, I'm going from memory... I didn't go back and look it up.)

 

Yup. All voices matter.

My intention of post #246 was to highlight some differences based upon whether you participated on NBS for 10 years (or whatever) or just over the past year year but all members of the BA community 'count'.

Cheers!

 

Meemoff stated his opinion very clearly that having NBS take place "over a constrained time period ... increased the likelihood that the group of participating posters were having a somewhat communal experience (that is, the person whose post you were reading at any given moment was more likely to also still be actively participating in the thread themselves)." You may disagree, but not sure where your claim of factual inaccuracy is coming from.

 

I didn’t see him say that anywhere, but I understand you interpret his comments differently. FWIW, I doubt that anyone would disagree that a weekend is a constrained period of time.

I thought he stated that pretty clearly in his post, which I re-quoted again for you above and will re-quote again below. I’ve also said so clearly in this thread. Others have as well.

One basic argument is that having NBS on one day “increased the likelihood that the group of participating posters were having a somewhat communal experience (that is, the person whose post you were reading at any given moment was more likely to also still be actively participating in the thread themselves)."

I’m sure many will disagree, but I’m not sure how to state the point any clearer than that.

 

Well, any defined time frame is a constraint, let's not split the hair too fine. Unless, of course, anyone advocates taking the route of the Latest Haul thread: Making it New Beer Year (NBY 2021).

In my view, the one day constraint helped focus the thread, and, if you wanted to participate, you found a way. Imperfect analogy time; remember when if you wanted to watch a TV show, you had to be in front of a TV at the appointed time. Then, the next day, you would talk about with your friends and coworkers. Now, folks stockpile shows so that they can watch them days/weeks/months later (a friend of mine saved all of Game of thrones until the series ended before watching it. he'd get mad if folks talked about an episode that happened a year ago, yelling about SPOILERS! , that was very annoying, and I wasn't even a GoT fan). Well, back when, if you wanted to participate in NBS, you had to find a few minutes on Sunday, and that helped make the experience more focused, involved, and, to a small degree, intense. A shared experience, much like watching the Sopranos, and talking about how they whacked Big *****.

The 2 day constraint waters down the experience, and leads to more WBAYDN-like drive-bys. But, as I said pages ago, there's no going back. Don't try to make some Frankenstein version of it by trying to revive it. NBW is but a pale ghost of it's now dead progenitor, but it's what we've got now. We'll just have to deal with it.

For better or worse (MUCH WORSE).

 

Ever see that movie “The Big Year,” about birdwatchers trying to tick off a certain number of bird sightings in a one year period?

Something like that for beer reviews could make an interesting annual thread. Can you review every style in a year? What about the top rated in each category? All 50 states? Etc. Everybody sets their own goals. Others help them with access to beers as the year moves along. On New Years Eve there’s a party at your place.

 

Been reading and keeping tabs on everyone's opinion on the matter. Good points made on both sides.

I think there's some nostalgia no question for good ole NBS no question there, but nostalgia for just nostalgia sake isn't always the best excuse I think. There also certainly was a big deal of issues starting the thread. I certainly remember duplicate threads being started, and post from others such as... when is NBS starting??? and so on.

I am torn and still haven't voted yet, but I think I will soon.