{"id":1839,"date":"2011-02-15T19:41:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T03:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2011-02-17T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T22:38:23","slug":"the-beersmith-homebrewing-blog-third-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/15\/the-beersmith-homebrewing-blog-third-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"The BeerSmith Homebrewing Blog &#8211; Third Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/15\/the-beersmith-homebrewing-blog-third-anniversary\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>This week marks the third anniversary of the BeerSmith blog, which started on 14 Feb 2008. I thought I would mark the event by talking a bit about recent changes and also provide you a few of my favorite posts from the last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/portal-cake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1851\" style=\"margin: 8px;\" title=\"portal-cake\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/portal-cake-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/portal-cake-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/portal-cake.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It has been a big year for BeerSmith and the blog this past year. Some of the big changes over the last year include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Started up the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">BeerSmith email list<\/a> last April, which now has well over 4,500 active subscribers (in addition to our 6000+ RSS subscribers)<\/li>\n<li>Quit my day job last July to focus on primarily on BeerSmith for the last 6 months<\/li>\n<li>Redesigned the BeerSmith blog in late September to give it a much cleaner look<\/li>\n<li>Launched the book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/book\/\">Home Brewing with BeerSmith<\/a> in late October &#8211; now in print on Amazon and the Kindle<\/li>\n<li>Started the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/category\/podcast\/\">BeerSmith podcast<\/a>, which was featured in iTunes New and Notable<\/li>\n<li>Cleaned up the <a href=\"http:\/\/brewpoll.com\">BrewPoll.com<\/a> news site and gave it a fresh start<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> continues to grow &#8211; now over 17,000 posts from 7,300 members<\/li>\n<li>The combined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\">BeerSmith sites<\/a> had over 1 million unique visitors in calendar year 2010<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m about to start testing on the next version of BeerSmith, which will be a available for PC and Mac in a few months<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Some Notable Posts from Year 3<\/h3>\n<p>To mark the occasion, I thought I would include a few of my favorite posts\/podcasts from the past year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/26\/beer-bloggers-and-365-beers-bshb-podcast-episode-2\/\">Beer Bloggers and 365 Beers<\/a> &#8211; Yes it was only episode 2, but this one made it to the front page of iTunes new\/notable<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/22\/5-ways-to-save-money-home-brewing\/\">Five Ways to Save Money Brewing<\/a> &#8211; A few ways to pinch pennies for the homebrewer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/16\/schwarzbier-recipes-german-black-beer\/\">Schwarzbier Recipes<\/a> &#8211; German Black Beer &#8211; I&#8217;ve always been partial to darker beers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/09\/how-to-brew-big-making-high-gravity-beers\/\">Brewing Big &#8211; High Gravity Beers<\/a> &#8211; Some thoughts on making the biggest beers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/14\/yeast-starters-for-home-brewing-beer-part-1\/\">Yeast Starters Part 1<\/a> (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/10\/yeast-starters-for-home-brewing-beer-part-2\/\">Part 2<\/a>) &#8211; More than I ever thought I would know about yeast viability and starters<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/02\/brewing-fruit-beers-at-home-part-1-of-2\/\">Brewing Fruit Beers<\/a> (two parts) &#8211; How to mix beers and various fruits<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/09\/john-palmer-the-home-brewing-celebrity-bshb-podcast-ep-3\/\">John Palmer &#8211; Home Brewing Celebrity<\/a> &#8211; Podcast interview with the top brewing author John Palmer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/28\/russian-imperial-stout-recipes\/\">Russian and Imperial Stout Recipes<\/a> &#8211; The &#8220;English&#8221; style of &#8220;Russian&#8221; Imperial Stout<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/30\/home-brewing-with-beersmith-my-new-book\/\">The BeerSmith Home Brewing book release<\/a> &#8211; A collection of some of my best brewing articles in print<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/01\/trappist-dubbel-and-tripel-beer-recipes\/\">Trappist Dubbel and Tripel Beer Recipes<\/a> &#8211; Who does not love Belgian beer?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/17\/aluminum-vs-stainless-best-beer-brewing-pots\/\">Aluminum vs Stainless? Best Brewing Pots<\/a> &#8211; This seemed to be an endless topic of discussion on many forums<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It goes without saying that none of this would be possible without your continued support &#8211; both your direct financial support and also the tons of community support you all provide.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for continuing to support the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\">BeerSmith Home Brewing Blog<\/a> &#8211; and have a great week!<\/p>\n<p><em>[Editors note on image: The cake is a lie!]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet This week marks the third anniversary of the BeerSmith blog, which started on 14 Feb 2008. 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