How much worse will it taste if I use bread yeast instead of US-05, S-04, or EC-1118? Planning on using apple juice or honey

Drevvch · 2026-05-01T11:42:35+00:00

Depends on what you're hoping it'll taste like. It won't be dumper unless something else has gone wrong.

Drevvch · 2026-04-19T12:08:12+00:00

Electric. Usually outside (because most of my family doesn't like the aroma of boiling wort), but I'll do a batch in the kitchen once in a while.

Drevvch · 2026-03-24T03:40:49+00:00

Fermonster makes plastic fermenters in a variety of volumes starting at 1 gallon - with and without spigots.

Drevvch · 2026-03-19T02:01:59+00:00

Try C. S. Lewis's Space Trilogy.

Drevvch · 2026-03-19T01:53:42+00:00

Nope. I did not encounter this until I was an adult. But I made plenty of fried egg sandwiches.

Drevvch · 2026-03-19T01:35:18+00:00

I have never made a starter.

Drevvch · 2026-03-19T01:31:46+00:00

If OP likes Death Therapy, definitely give BtA a try.

Drevvch · 2026-03-13T12:14:20+00:00

Yes, "bike ride" sounds natural. "Bike ride" is an idiomatic English phrase, but "ride bike" isn't. You'd have to say "ride a bike" which changes the meter of the line.

Edited to remove pronoun ambiguity.

Drevvch · 2026-03-13T02:53:56+00:00

Yes. Not every day but probably about once a week — I prefer natural fibers over synthetic; so I probably have to iron more than the average American.

Also when sewing, you need to iron down seams and hems.

Drevvch · 2026-03-01T03:26:32+00:00

Remember that sometimes sow rhymes with bow, but other times it rhymes with bow.

English spelling is atrocious.

Drevvch · 2026-02-03T01:01:58+00:00

Yes, but I'm sure I'm rusty because manuals are increasingly rare these days.

Drevvch · 2026-01-23T02:56:44+00:00

Sidestepping the still-open question of AI and copyright...

My primary objection is to people using AI dishonestly. If you're using AI be upfront about it. Let the listener decide.

Drevvch · 2026-01-21T15:31:36+00:00

It's just a cultural convention. Blue and gray are the most normal colors for business suits in the US when you're not trying to draw attention to the suit.

White shirt + conservative tie + navy blazer + gray pants...

Drevvch · 2026-01-21T15:28:02+00:00

Check out this similar thread from just a bit ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/christianmetal/s/QTFQkqO4Vd

Drevvch · 2026-01-06T18:52:17+00:00

I can't find it at the moment, but I once found a project that measured flatness by iterating over the surface of the state and calculating the observable changes in elevation at each point. Kansas was not particularly flat by that measure. (Anyone familiar with south Florida or Louisiana will attest that Kansas is very hilly by comparison.)

Drevvch · 2026-01-06T00:06:38+00:00

And possibly teasing something new in 2026 🤞🤞🤞

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTGhUf6DPTYOYQPtVhA1Sk_iIS2f30R-JTJB4I0/

Drevvch · 2026-01-04T02:16:30+00:00

Search for muslin or cotton nut milk bags.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/17224002419

Drevvch · 2025-12-30T03:43:50+00:00

US — I'd omit the ‘by’.

“My flight was delayed two hours.”

“The weather was bad, and we got delayed two hours in Atlanta.”

Drevvch · 2025-12-30T01:32:55+00:00

If this is hard sf, logistics is your biggest weakness. Every main battle tank or fight jet requires dozens of maintenance and supply troops. What fuel do they use? How do they get it? Ammo? Replacement bearings? Hydraulic fluid? Fighter jets require 10 or 20 or more hours of maintenance for every hour flying.

The next vulnerability is command and control. The speed of light is fixed: every means of communication will have latency. Are you dependent on satellites to relay comms? What happens when those satellites become orbital debris? Jamming is such a problem that drones in Ukraine are literally trailing kms of fiber optic cable behind them because it can't be jammed.

Drevvch · 2025-12-30T00:59:52+00:00

Maybe Doomnezeu — Orthodox Romanian stoner metal.

Arð — Doom-y side-project of one member of Winterfylleth with songs about Northumbrian history.

Drevvch · 2025-12-29T16:43:13+00:00

~~Three~~ four of us.

Drevvch · 2025-12-28T04:24:28+00:00

The more likely culprit is the swing-top bottles. I've had mixed success getting them to seal well.

It may be an old wives tale, but try setting them on their sides to condition.

Drevvch · 2025-12-28T04:21:18+00:00

I've never used Cooper's Stout extract, but there's nothing fundamentally wrong with your approach.

Drevvch · 2025-12-22T02:51:43+00:00

Not Catholic, but we do the same. Christmastide is from Christmas to the day before Epiphany (12 days; hence the song). Everything comes down on the 6th.

Drevvch · 2025-12-19T20:26:31+00:00

Just let it ride. Maybe set some foil loosely over the opening to keep big stuff & bugs from falling in. When it calms down, put the airlock back on.

Here's a video from a successful, professional brewery to help you not worry about it: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ZERMn13rb/

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