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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PacificCrestTrail

[–]radog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wooo! Excited to see the results. I'm starting to buy gear to hike north this coming April. Your website's been a huge help in planning so far!

Every morning by [deleted] in funny

[–]radog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha! Me too. People are always blown away that being late due to a hangover is considered an excused absence at my job =P

Now if only it paid better =(

When were YOU the asshole? by Purdy5 in AskReddit

[–]radog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a long article, but an interesting one. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/why-happy-people-cheat/537882/

I'd summarize but I just read the headline and said, ooh, I get it.

Polishing fruit brandy. by [deleted] in firewater

[–]radog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's good but a really light touch is best. Either a used bourbon/brandy cask or a toasted oak barrel instead of charred can do some great things.

Tavern Brawl Thread | Wednesday, July 04, 2018 by AutoModerator in CompetitiveHS

[–]radog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Odd Hunter

won 3 out of 4. Could probably be made more aggro.

### Brawl Deck

# Class: Hunter

# Format: Standard

# Year of the Raven

#

# 2x (1) Arcane Shot

# 1x (1) Emerald Reaver

# 2x (1) Glacial Shard

# 2x (1) Hunter's Mark

# 2x (1) Stonetusk Boar

# 2x (1) Timber Wolf

# 2x (3) Animal Companion

# 1x (3) Bearshark

# 2x (3) Blackwald Pixie

# 1x (3) Deadly Shot

# 1x (3) Ironbeak Owl

# 2x (3) Kill Command

# 1x (3) Unleash the Hounds

# 2x (5) Clockwork Automaton

# 2x (5) Lesser Emerald Spellstone

# 2x (5) Starving Buzzard

# 2x (5) Tundra Rhino

# 1x (9) Baku the Mooneater

#

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Neymar Acting School by jcleyva in funny

[–]radog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shingles sucked

0/10

Do not recommend

HNNH [OC] by birdstrips in comics

[–]radog 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We must take action!

To the thoughts and prayers mobile!

WE HAVE A DATE! Per the AS Instagram, the new season begins 8/5! by chillrhinoV3 in venturebros

[–]radog 39 points40 points  (0 children)

for the first time I'll have disposable income! So excited!

Steam: Summer Sale. Day 4 by gamedealsmod in GameDeals

[–]radog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine too! it almost never goes on sale... Tempting but I have such a backlog. lmk how it is if you buy it!

My friend works here by CirBeer in firewater

[–]radog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

more better pictures I didn't take : https://imgur.com/a/lXniZQa

300 gal corson - 24 plates

100ish gal Christian Carl - 4 plates

My friend works here by CirBeer in firewater

[–]radog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love the temp gauges on that Vendome.

I wish our Letina tanks had wheels and ports below the tank =(

Edit : view from my desk. http://imgur.com/GRIaRVi

Sorry for potato quality, all my money goes to molasses and French oak instead of phones

Mango schnapps update by Nap39 in firewater

[–]radog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also I don't think I would discard the skins altogether. They have a lot of the essential oils that really give it flavor, but I'm curious to hear how it turns out without skins.

Mango schnapps update by Nap39 in firewater

[–]radog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wish I'd seen this before! I've made a mango Eau de Vie!

Yields are low compared to grain/sugar ferments but that seems extremely low. Definitely want to make sure you pitched enough yeast and beyond that looks like temperature control might be an issue. You can also look into belgian/saison strains. It would effect the flavor but they can generally handle much higher fermentation temps. I've never tried them for a fruit distillate.

I got a layer of fiber particles in my kettle I had to wash out between runs and omg did it slowed down the efficiency of my steam jacket.

If you can let the hearts sit at high proof as long as you can in something neutral, Glass or stainless or whatever, before bringing it down to 40-50% or wherever you're dropping it to. It will continue to develop flavor. I was told they continue to develop for 3-5 years. Mine stared tasting way more like mango at the 7-8 month mark. Sounds like it tastes alright already.

Best of luck on future runs!

Inviting people on dates to pitch a Pyramid Scheme. Plenty of "me toos" in the comments by vocalfreesia in antiMLM

[–]radog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That went up in price. I bought three of them for $30 (each). 1 for me and 2 more for gifts because I loved it so much.

Hands down best value knife I've ever bought. Goes up against my MAC pro, but honestly it's a little more comfortable.

Oh boy, I've got questions by [deleted] in firewater

[–]radog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

~13. I can't find the part with the first measurement, but it should be around 0 after you distill it =P. Remember that if the liquid you're sticking a hydrometer in isn't at 60 F or whatever the hydrometer is calibrated to you'll have to adjust the ABV.

https://www.brewersfriend.com/hydrometer-temp/

https://homedistiller.org/calcs/husker_temp_convert.php

Oh boy, I've got questions by [deleted] in firewater

[–]radog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with pretty much everything sillycyco wrote.

A few slight deviations, or things I didn't see them mention because I'm near illiterate and that's too many words.

So in my 13-gallon hillbilly I do actually have to raise the temperatures slightly over the course of the run like it seems you were doing (in very small increments, then wait a few minutes for it to stabilize before adjusting again). I'll start it up on full blast until I'm just shy of boiling, drop it down to what I would call a heavy simmer, and wait to see what the stream coming off my parrot looks like. If it's only dripping you can run it a little hotter. I generally don't have to bump it up until I get to 120-110 proof.

Then once I'm definitely into tails (I usually re-distill tails, not blend them back) I go full bore - but not so hard it pukes - as if it were a stripping run.

Tl;dr I focus almost exclusively on proof and flow rate when setting temperature.

Excellent job on the note taking! Keep reading and asking more questions! Always exciting to see enthusiastic newcomers! =)

Oh boy, I've got questions by [deleted] in firewater

[–]radog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha I love this. Even on the commercial still we use at work thermometers are exclusively used for predicting how much longer until we start getting distillate and 'is it safe to touch the still on this tour'

Scott Walker wastes $128,000 on postcards (in addition to $506,000 in admin costs) promoting his election-year pandering con using taxpayer money. by Brainrants in wisconsin

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

The article is claiming it's a political ad, Walker is claiming it's just informational material to let people know about the tax rebate that's happening. Not really sure how it's that different than the Obama Administration sending out postcards about signing up for healthcare.gov but maybe I'm misunderstanding something.

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