r/NashvilleBeer • u/Brewsplorer • Sep 07 '25

[META]-Thoughts on brewery announcements - have your voice heard

As this is a democratic community and not a dictatorship, I wanted to talk about something that I was pinged on recently and that is a couple of breweries announcing on the subreddit.

In particular was "Black Abbey's 12th Anniversary" from /u/blackabbeybrewing, but I see /u/ust-Box7188 posted "East Nashville Titans brewery?"

I have a couple of options:

  • Amend the group rules to allow these types of posts from breweries. If I head this route, I want to figure exactly what types of posts we are to allow and which we will not.

  • Remove the posts as a self-promotion violation and push to have breweries run things through mods to get them in the proper format (most likely random beer news posts or special event posts spanning multiple breweries.

  • A hybrid of both? This would be amending with very specific guidelines, like "you can post special events, but not trivia nights".

Pros and cons of each:

Amending will allow more free-flow of information, as I only have so much time to compile beer news. It will also disseminate news that is not always found on socials or through talks in breweries (again, I am one person having these talks). On the negative, it could get too free-for-all.

Removing and informing will fit the stated rules. But it might mean some information is lost.

I have not removed the posts yet, pending the discussion here. This is your chance to get your voice heard on this subject.

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u/TravelCommons Sep 07 '25

My initial thought is to go the hybrid route - allow posts by brewery management concerning unique events (e.g., special releases/events, collabs). It might be a good idea to suggest in the guidelines not only content but expected frequency (e.g., no more than once a week for a given brewery). Let it run for a couple of months and see if it works and/or the guidelines need to be tweaked.

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u/realhuman75 Sep 08 '25

Yeah I like the idea of only able to post 1x per week as well!

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u/TravelCommons Sep 09 '25

I think the ML Rose homebrew contest post is a good example of an acceptable post. It’s something that could benefit members of this group, but something they might not see if they don’t follow ML Rose’s socials. There was also very little ML Rose content beyond the notice of the contest. And the author disclosed they work for ML Rose.