Q for the Mods re: homebrewing alternatives

My understanding is that we can only discuss the brewing styles that are defined on this site

i.e. A cider/beer hybrid would fall under the "Fruit/Vegetable Beer" style, but a straight cider would be frowned upon.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/

 

The Bros toyed with the idea for a while. They decided against it. My guess as to the explanation is that they want to be Beer Advocate; they don't want to be You-Can-Ferment-This-Too Advocate. They decided to take a stance on where the line becomes too blurry for them. Had they ruled differently, perhaps we'd all be posting about kimchi and home made soy sauce.

 

It's not my website, so I don't claim to have a say in what is discussed, but I think the narrowness of the moderation is a bad thing. On other forums that I've participated in, the off-topic conversation often turns out to be the most interesting stuff.

 

http://www.beeradvocate.com/communi...e-create-a-non-beer-homebrewing-forum.120941/

The above link is to the discussion with Todd a while back. The easy answer is that this is BeerAdvocate and the scope of the website and magazine is beer. There are other websites and magz that cover all spectrums of fermented beverage, but the bros are sticking to the scope of their vision which is advocating beer.