No, I haven't forgotten about MaltBlog. I just have been busy with my many other projects (foremost: my five year old daughter). I also have been discouraged by the problem of Comment Spam. I love blogging, especially the interactive part where readers can build on what's already been written. But this feature is abused by "spammers" - similar to email spam. Spammers flood blog comment areas with links to their own sites (probably promoting pornography, poker, or penis pills), trying to increase the "page ranking" of their own sites in Google and other search engines.
Comment spam wreaks havoc on blogs - causing them to be unreadable and making those portions that are still available look like flyers on a telephone pole in the seediest part of the Tenderloin.
So I'm looking for another solution - maybe WordPress software, which allows me to view and approve comments before they are actually available on the blog. My brother is using it now and raves about it.
I hope you will continue to check in and see what's happening in the Central New York beer and whisk(e)y scene!
Jim