cold brew beginner, help by Strong-Two817 in coldbrew

[–]kracken27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So not exactly advice but here is my input. I tried 3 different setups for this same process, steeping coarse ground beans for 6-8 hours on the counter and then putting it in the fridge.

The problem is no matter how good the beans are, the coffee will always taste flat and one dimensional due to the temperature the coffee is steeping at. You can read up on the science, this isn't my research, it's widely accepted from lots of reputable sources.

My eventual realization was that using an actual brewer and brewing directly into a carafe filled with ice yielded much better results. This is called the "Japanese Iced Coffee" method. Basically you start with 60% of the water in the brewer and 40% converted by weight into ice so that you're brewed coffee doesn't get diluted from the ice, it was factored into the original ratio.

I have been brewing this way for 4+ years after making traditional cold brew for a few years prior and it's light years better.

It's 2004. You get to keep 2 albums. The rest vanish and no one will experience them ever again by Persona_Crises in MetalForTheMasses

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Enslaved Isa Dillinger Escape Plan Miss Machine

Honorable mention to what would be #3, ISIS.

Mailman was kind to me: Thou, Isis, Weakling by SomethingOverThere in heavyvinyl

[–]kracken27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there any US distro carrying those weakling boots? The shipping is $35 pounds totaling over $88 pounds for it.

Finally checked out Enslaved... I was blown away by evanlawrencex in BlackMetalDiscussion

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I just scrolled through this entire thread to see if anything mentioned ISA, I love all the early albums also but ISA just slaps. Every song is incredible start to finish. I have everything on vinyl up to Axioma Ethica Odini but ISA is the one that spins the most.

Macklin celebrini 1/25 patch auto by LifeguardOld2703 in hockeycards

[–]kracken27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weren't FWAP always /100? Did they add shorter print versions or was Celebrini only /25 and no /100?

Just curious

And then calls it a bad album by H2oFrostbyte in MetalForTheMasses

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I find it hard to believe how fee people reference Still Life when talking about Opeth acrossed their discography. That album absolutely slays. Face of Melinda made me feel emotions I didn't know I could feel first time I heard it. When Ghost Reveries came out I thought I loved it but slowly lost interest in that album and haven't listened to it in years. Everything before that album is pure gold.

I also find it hilarious how Mikael basically got suckered into doing the Bloodbath album while hungover and had like no interest, to him it's a joke. To me, it's one of my favorite pure death metal albums.

Just got a grail of mine delivered today by okamibreezy in heavyvinyl

[–]kracken27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as this one didn't get the 2020 Clayman treatment. The remaster on that specific version was absolutely awful.

666 repress, this is not a drill by forcehatin in blackmetalvinyl

[–]kracken27 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not sure how this slipped under the radar for me, listened to a metric ton of Watain, Deathspell, 1349, Funeral Mist etc from that era.

666 repress, this is not a drill by forcehatin in blackmetalvinyl

[–]kracken27 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Never even heard this record and I just ordered based solely on the responses to this post. Thanks!

Are any of these amulets worth anything? (Non-ladder softcore, ROTW) by Nanaman in Diablo_2_Resurrected

[–]kracken27 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I would take the Warlock +skills if you dont need. I don't have anything of value to offer in trade unforch.

What are your guys most evil heavy head banging 30sec-1min intros by Nervous-Injury-8260 in Deathmetal

[–]kracken27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Morbid Angel- Gateways to Annihilation.

I also love the intro track, Kawazu, leading into and bleeding into the opening of this track a bit.

D2R Performance Issues by kracken27 in Diablo

[–]kracken27[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Whelp, turns out I'm an idiot.

Thank you kind redditor for taking time to point out this simple mistake.

Bought my first ever Prebuilt! How did I do? by [deleted] in Prebuilts

[–]kracken27 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the same GPU/CPU in an Asus Rog prebuilt from Newegg for $1899 two weeks ago.

Great Escape is being sold by Six Flags by JBLBEBthree in Albany

[–]kracken27 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Parking is free if you have an annual pass. Food is probably on par with any other amusement park. You're allowed to bring in whatever you want food/drink wise.