I guess I need to add a little more info that should of been in the initial post. This is a winemaking forum. The reason I thought these might be fun is many winemakers enjoy cheeses with their wine. Many brewers/vintners make their own cheese. Wine and cheese go hand in hand. A real no brainer and an area many brewing forums skip over.
Coffee Roasting: Many of us drink coffee and winemakers are known to be a bit eclectic and have refined tastes. A majority of the coffee roasting supplies I am exposed to are at brew shops and internet brew supply sites. Many shop at their local brew shop. You think hmm, this might be a fun thing to do. Where do I go to learn more or share ideas? I am buying my wine supplies here. I am sure other brewers roast coffee as well. Let's get together and share ideas, tips, tasting notes etc. Just an idea.
Beer Brewing: This forum is actually owned by the owner of one, if not the largest beer brewing forum there is. It is an excellent place to learn and talk all things brewing. Quite a few winemakers here brew beer as well but only on a very limited, occasional basis. Their interest is wine. Many brew the extract kits they can buy at their brew shop they buy wine supplies from.
Now lets say you just have a few questions about beer and we do get them here. If they are to go to the BIG forum, it can be very intimidating and there is so much activity there that questions get easily over looked as they drop off the first page quickly. Also, most everyone here is much more mature than many on the beer forums. Basically this would be a catch all forum area for general beer questions. I have no interest or desire to have a full blown beer making area. There are forums for that.
Now the main thought behind all of it. Like I said, there are many that have multiple such hobbies as listed. If we get some of these forum area active we can draw more members in. We can then spread the wine making word and bring more into winemaking as well as cull some expertise from their experiance in these areas. It is our goal and responsability to entice more people to stop by anf join our family here. Win Win if you ask me. Of course, I could just be blowing smoke out my rear but I just feel many of these areas are interchanged into the lifestyle of an average winemaker.
