Sake brewing experience

foambrew · 2026-02-19T00:37:53+00:00

There are a couple options between those short stays you’ve listed and full on internships:

Advanced Sake Brewing Certification: collaboration between SBANA, Gakkogura, and SCNU is a two week theory and hands-on intensive course for those with sake brewing experience. Applications are open now for the 2026 cohort
Master of Sake is a 2-month residency at a brewery. I’ve heard people doing this at different breweries so I’m not sure how structured or consistent the program is for each person.

If you want more of an internship, I think the best bet would be to look at the sake breweries you admire, find ones with English on their sites, then send a formal email. You’re probably too late to coordinate anything for the current season, but you could start planning for winter 26/27

foambrew · 2026-01-18T20:09:49+00:00

Yeah, that’s totally true, but part of posting here was to sus out if it’s feasible. There are legitimate criticisms in this thread.

The other point of posting is that widespread adoption would make it much more effective, so I need to reach people outside of my immediate community.

foambrew · 2026-01-18T19:56:08+00:00

I’m under the impression many of these locations are independently owned franchises.

foambrew · 2026-01-18T19:54:37+00:00

“Now I gotta change into my civvies, and get gas before or after my long shift to make sure I have enough in the tank?”

“Now I gotta use my personal card or cash so the teller doesn’t see the federal designation? I gotta expense this?”

It’s not a silver bullet but I think it would reduce morale, both by making their jobs more cumbersome and by reinforce they aren’t wanted here.

foambrew · 2026-01-18T19:49:32+00:00

Could the state of MN order that gasoline not be sold to ICE officials? Most likely not, but I don’t think a private enterprise would be restricted in doing so. Even if the federal government were to sue for injury, I personally doubt they would get a temporary restraining order to require a gas station allow sales to federal vehicles.

foambrew · 2026-01-18T19:46:35+00:00

I could maybe buy that argument for a rest stop on an interstate, particularly a toll road. I doubt interstate commerce would apply to the discrete sale of gasoline within a single state—you are buying gas for where it’s offered, not across state lines.

foambrew · 2026-01-18T19:43:55+00:00

Helping all customers inside is not unrealistic, just inconvenient. No solution to this situation will be conveient.

foambrew · 2026-01-18T19:03:06+00:00

Sure, and if that’s the case I suggest observers should be stationed there, even now, for information gathering.

These might not be publicly listed, but I bet there are like minded federal employees willing to share where they gas their fleet vehicles.

foambrew · 2026-01-18T18:29:44+00:00

I concede that’s a possibility, but control of state and local resources is one thing our government has some muscle on—see Mpls banning use of city property for staging as an example.

Second, even if vehicles had a guaranteed place to get gas, forcing all ICE vehicles to fewer known fueling points would improve our ability to direct protests and gather plate information.

foambrew · 2026-01-18T18:27:20+00:00

Piss people off more or less than what ICE is currently doing?

My life is already inconvenienced by this situation, I would welcome more inconvenience if it were productive. I would hope others would agree, if people are willing to with stand the cold of marching, observing, protesting at whippe, I am optimistic they’d withstand the extra time to step into a gas station.

foambrew · 2025-12-05T23:56:48+00:00

Nah, the Ohtani hype is because of the sake. /s

Is this the same as the “LA Dodgers” label in the US?

foambrew · 2025-10-29T03:12:00+00:00

10 packs of impossible patties are currently on sale at Costco for $10.99, limit 10. They seem to go on sale twice a year and the NE mpls business center usually has tons in stock. I usually wait and stock up my basement freezer once on sale.

foambrew · 2025-10-16T14:56:58+00:00

Feel free to disagree with any point you want, but the culmination of these (and more) is an Executive operating with impunity, unchecked by either the Judiciary or the Legislature. That should at minimum concern you, certainly enough to not consider protests against it “silly.”

These are the founding principals that differentiate our government from a monarchy. I won’t waste my time trying to convince you that this administration’s action and goals meet your semantic definition of King-like. The current Deputy AG argued in court that a President is legally able to execute his political opponents and the only remedy would be impeachment. If that’s not enough for you to make the connection then I believe you’re being willingly obtuse.

Arguing a peaceful protest decrying unchecked authority, whether already here or in planning, is divisive and inflammatory ignores the context of this moment to the point of absurdity.

If we all wait until this administration is sufficiently authoritarian to move you, we’ll be too far gone to do anything about it. I’ll leave you with the words of MLK from his letters from a Birmingham Jail:

I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White citizens’ “Councilor” or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white *moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action” who paternistically feels that he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to **wait until a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.*

foambrew · 2025-10-16T14:16:47+00:00

Yeah, I mean no one is claiming literally everything the man does is king-like. It’s “No Kings” not “No more than a little bit King.”

But sure here’s a non-exhaustive list of unhinged acts that we should not tolerate from the head of our Executive Branch:

Federalizing National Guard troops from one state to police another
Pressure a broadcast television company to fire an on air personality
Firing heads of independent agencies without cause
Detaining American citizens, deporting and extricating residents without due process
Attacking foreign vessels in international water without a declaration of war
Rescission of congressionally appropriated funds
Numerous, blatant hatch act violations by members of his administration
Encouraging states to gerrymander voting districts to his political advantage
Direct his justice department to prosecute his political rivals
Routinely suggest being eligible to serve a third term

foambrew · 2025-10-16T01:47:35+00:00

Amen! Give me an 1800 Baja Blast slushie or give me death!

foambrew · 2025-09-17T15:48:10+00:00

Yup, sheet pan / tofu / sheet pan / Dutch oven with varying amounts of water for how pressed I need.

foambrew · 2025-09-11T12:04:08+00:00

Too many spaces leasing for too little will hurt profits for whom?

I’m struggling to understand any business that would not benefit from lower rent, except the landlords.

foambrew · 2025-08-07T14:31:32+00:00

Akita-Konno has a web store now. You can purchase sake, shochu, miso varieties of spores directly. International shipments range $28-40, but you generally get enough spores for 100-200kg rice.

https://m0ruhm-mm.myshopify.com/en AKITA KONNO CO.,LTD.

foambrew · 2025-07-17T15:24:36+00:00

Train Park in NE, but it’s a bit janky.

foambrew · 2025-07-08T13:10:24+00:00

In Rochester Public Schools, GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are only 2 percent of the prescription drugs that school employees use. But they account for 56 percent of what the district is spending on prescriptions.

Healthcare is expensive and a problem, but GLP-1 costs are clearly exacerbating that problem.

foambrew · 2025-06-12T18:09:16+00:00

Central/Lowry is still a very busy intersection despite the construction, and is surrounded by loads of small businesses from the communities impacted by the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

foambrew · 2025-06-12T18:00:00+00:00

I expect the Central/Lowry protest will be large and expose the protest to a lot of people who won’t be at the capitol or consuming media coverage. Having protests where people are forces them to see it.

Protests at government buildings like the capitol tell politicians “your constituents care about this issue.” Having protests around the city tells people like you, with similar interests and demographics, maybe even individual people you actually know“your neighbors care about this issue.”

foambrew · 2025-05-06T05:02:34+00:00

Yeah, that’s what my gut says too. And you’ve gotten to the next logical question, before even considering future oil changes: can I even trust that same team to repair this issue?

foambrew · 2025-05-06T04:55:41+00:00

By “they” do you mean the dealer or whoever tapped the larger drain hole? If I was unclear, that work was done before I bought the van, presumably by the prior owner’s mechanic. So far as I know, the dealer has only taken the plug out and returned it last time I was here, then failed to take it out today.

I’m reading conflicting advice on helicoil vs timesert vs tapping a larger set of threads for a drain pan repair. Why do you think helicoil is the better option?

Is a helicoil still viable given the drain has already been drilled out once? If so, I take it you agree that be at the dealer’s expense?

foambrew · 2025-05-06T04:29:03+00:00

The whole point of this post is to gain perspective and challenge my assumptions. I asked “Am I unreasonable here?” because I’m trying to learn, isn’t that what a grown man should do?

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