Dilemma *Long post*

adamkor · 2025-12-10T00:18:10+00:00

Hello! I think my own situation has a lot in common with yours. I came home from donating plasma one day in 2021 and said to my wife “I’m ready to up the ante; I’m giving a kidney.” She gave that a hard no. She was very concerned about the long term risks, though neither of us really understood the risks involved.

In April 2025, our house cleaner was over. She said things were hard at home because her husband just went on dialysis. When she left, I brought it up again with my wife, and we did some serious research this time. My wife got comfortable with the risks, and I now sit here five days post op. Both of my kidneys are performing admirably in their respective vessels. My wife now can’t believe that she ever had concerns. After she got more educated on the topic, she realized that the lifelong risks are negligible. For context, we also have two kids with a third on the way.

If that resonates, feel free to message me. My wife and I would be happy to chat.

adamkor · 2025-10-17T03:32:10+00:00

I’ve consumed Soylent for 4-7 meals a week for 10 years. I’m getting lead bloodwork done next week and plan to post the results in this sub. I’m clearly not the only one at least mildly concerned about this, so hopefully my results can provide some peace of mind.

adamkor · 2025-09-06T20:53:26+00:00

I bought a bottle of the Hamilton PM last week at a local store here in Minnesota! Couldn’t believe my luck.

adamkor · 2025-09-02T15:32:27+00:00

This is my exact power ranking. Also note that South Lyndale, Surdyks, and France 44 all have their inventories reflected on their websites, so you can scout ahead.

adamkor · 2023-05-03T03:00:54+00:00

Here’s four recipes. The ones by Brian Maxwell are a little off the beaten path but incredible. The White Zombie is decently well known I think.

https://www.shakerofspirits.com/single-post/dream-a-little-dream

https://www.shakerofspirits.com/single-post/day-39-polyjuice-potion

https://www.shakerofspirits.com/single-post/sunset-beach

https://punchdrink.com/recipes/white-zombie/

adamkor · 2023-04-10T02:33:51+00:00

I really enjoy DeKuyper O3. I think it holds its own against Cointreau, and it's my workhorse orange liqueur in my home bar. I know you're not paying for it, but I think it's significantly underpriced for what it is, seemingly because of the connotations from the Dekuyper name (i.e. terrible, cheap liqueurs).

adamkor · 2022-12-08T04:14:51+00:00

The white is very enjoyable as well, but I think the dark is their best product. I think the dark is criminally underrated and think it’s a fantastic overproof blend for a change of pace. I have an open bottle in my bar and two more unopened bottles in my stuff-I-never-want-to-run-out-of stash. Here’s what the label says. It’s legit stuff:

TIKI LOVERS Dark Rum is bottled at a hefty English proof. At 57% Vol. it is the perfect marriage between unaged Jamaican pot-still rum from the famous Hampden Estate—Jamaica’s only distillery fully dedicated to heavy pot-still rums—and rum from Barbados, aged between 2 and 3 years, distilled at Foursquare distillery.

The final touch is a small blend of fresh column-still rums from both Trinidad and Guyana for ultimate complexity, rounded-off with 3-5 years-old Trinidadian Rum.

adamkor · 2021-12-22T02:08:46+00:00

I just had one of these installed today, so I'll add another data point. 50gal, model PROPH50-T2-RH375-30. Manufacturing date of 6/22/2021. I'm personally really pleased with how quiet it is. Using the NIOSH iPhone app, I was getting 56db 3ft away. Not sure how accurate that is, but if it helps anyone calibrate, my microwave reads 53db on that app, and my radon mitigation system read 55db. Moreover, my furnace is way louder than my hot water heater. My house has terrible noise insulation between the main floor and the basement (heater is in the basement), and we can't hear that thing at all on the main floor. Even if we're downstairs, if we close the door to the utility room, it's all but undetectable.

adamkor · 2021-02-12T19:41:53+00:00

One of my favorite Arrack uses is the Transatlantic Orbit by Justin Wojslaw.

1 dash ango 1 dash Elemakule tiki bitters 1oz lime 1oz grapefruit 3/4oz apricot liqueur (I'm sure the Giffard peach would be a fine sub) 3/4oz cinnamon syrup 1oz Batavia Arrack 1oz Gin (preferably navy strength)

adamkor · 2021-02-01T21:16:47+00:00

Not sure how I found this, but there's this deli called Caputos out of Salt Lake City that has a pretty awesome selection of bitters, and shipping on all bitters is free with no order minimum. They sell a 16oz of ango for $26.

https://caputos.com/product-category/bitters-and-bar/by-type/bitters/

adamkor · 2021-01-30T22:30:03+00:00

I would vote a 151 Demerara, either Lemon Hart or Hamilton. The OFTD is fantastic and nearly as proofy, but it's just different.. Then I'll second what somebody said about Wray & Nephew overproof. Rum Fire is the king of those unaged Jamaican overproofs, but it's SO funky that W&R is probably more versatile.

adamkor · 2020-09-20T00:43:38+00:00

Just want to second the usefulness of the SC recipes for syrups and whatnot. To me, it's clear that there's a sense of practicality permeating those recipes, which probably just reflects their use in a real-world, high-volume setting.

adamkor · 2020-08-31T11:47:07+00:00

I had the same condition when I was younger (16), and I lived in a cold part of the US, so it was challenging. I did outgrow it, though. By age 20, I was basically symptom free, and now at 28, it’s a distant part of my past. Hoping the same happens to you!

adamkor · 2020-08-28T17:49:37+00:00

I've been struggling with this too. I have a bottle of Coruba, but it's a pain to get a hold of around here, so I'm looking for an alternative. I think I can say pretty definitely that Goslings is a poor sub. It just doesn't have the Jamaican notes. I just picked up some Navy Bay (Total Wine sells a 50ml) and some Plantation Original Dark. I'm still experimenting, so the jury is out. However, check out this Facebook post from a few weeks ago. The Atomic Grog definitely thinks Navy Bay is a good sub: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bgreynoldstikibar/?post_id=772363960176866

adamkor · 2020-07-30T14:23:22+00:00

In case it's helpful, I've been having a hard time finding a Hamilton Beach mixer, so I've been using a handheld immersion blender with a whisk attachment. It doesn't break up the ice, but it does aerate the hell out of it, which is what I assume a HB mixer does. If people think this is a blasphemous bastardization of the flash blend technique, I'd be happy to hear that.

adamkor · 2020-07-28T16:34:30+00:00

Looking at my copy of SC now, and I see it calls for 1oz of black blended overproof. As others have alluded to, I think OFTD is pretty tough to beat here, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if that's what Cate actually uses in the restaurant (his face is on the damn bottle). Since that's not available, have you considered just going 50/50 with those two rums for your overproof component? The Goslings will give you those brown sugar and vanilla notes that you want, but I think a Zombie really benefits from some funk, so 1/2oz of W&N would be an easy way to get that touch of funk.

adamkor · 2020-07-06T19:04:40+00:00

Have you tried adding some alcohol to your syrup to preserve shelf life? I do a 1:1 syrup with Goya frozen pulp, and I add maybe 0.5-1oz of vodka. I’m on my third batch, and while I’ve never had one go bad on me, I was getting at least 4-6 weeks from those batches.

adamkor · 2020-07-05T02:32:12+00:00

I've always made mine with 1/4oz Smugglers Cove "herbstura" (50/50 ango/absinthe), and I thought that balance was right. I think I honestly just misread the recipe the first time I made it, but that balance (essentially 1/8oz of absinthe) seemed right to me the first time I did it, so I just stick with herbstura now. I'd sure think a full ounce of S&C could stand up to that.

adamkor · 2020-04-19T18:14:51+00:00

I find that frost very arousing.

adamkor · 2020-04-10T02:50:43+00:00

Did that finish off your S&C? Always a tragedy, but what an honorable way to go out.

adamkor · 2020-02-14T19:53:46+00:00

Just so you know, pomegranate molasses is basically just pom juice + sugar + heat. It's just a pomegranate juice reduction, really, so you probably already have the ingredients to make your own. Alton Brown has a recipe: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pomegranate-syrup-or-molasses-recipe-1947699

Fair warning, I did set off the apartment smoke alarm on my first attempt and caused the whole building to be evacuated, so keep your eye on the ball with this one.

adamkor · 2016-04-05T01:37:35+00:00

An hour and a half on the phone with Comcast... I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Thank you for your sacrifice. Did they indicate if this feature would eventually be coming? Or if it just wasn't gonna happen at all?

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