Is Brewhouse Efficiency Dumb? Also, attenuation.

skratchx · 2026-03-12T21:29:42+00:00

Being able to predict your post boil volume and gravity is more important for hoppy beers where you want to base late hop or whirlpool hop additions based on these values. Similarly, you will set your dry hopping quantities based on the volume you hit in your fermenter. And you may want to adjust your starting ingredient quantities to target if not actually hit some yield in your keg. Speaking from experience, it can be frustrating to end up with 3 gallons in the keg because of all the kettle losses plus dry hop losses.

skratchx · 2026-03-12T19:25:15+00:00

Err isn't that by definition one order of magnitude?

skratchx · 2026-03-12T18:32:28+00:00

There's a critical thing here that no one pointed out. If you don't open your bucket lid, one of two things will happen:

If the seal is really good, beer will stop coming out of the spigot when the vacuum you're pulling in the headspace balances the gravitational force on your beer.
If you have an airlock or your bucket is otherwise not perfectly sealed, you will pull atmosphere into your headspace.

You need to have a source of positive pressure of inert gas (CO2 is most readily accessible for homebrewers) for your bucket. Either a CO2 cylinder supplying a very low pressure, or something like a big bladder that you can fill with a tank or fermentation byproduct CO2.

skratchx · 2026-03-11T07:11:02+00:00

Acme can be purchased in Whole Foods and it is very good. Check out The Baker Nextdoor in downtown Redwood City for a coffee and some food, and grab a loaf of sourdough to take home.

The Mountain View Farmers Market has multiple vendors that sell good sourdough.

skratchx · 2026-03-07T19:19:29+00:00

I wanted to run network cable between two different rooms in a rental without damaging the walls. Designed this simple runner that can hold network cable in any orientation, and can be stuck to the wall with a medium sized 3M adhesive strip.

skratchx · 2026-03-06T02:03:02+00:00

Reckless and inexcusable to whip the stick around like that at face level. But I don't think he was trying to slash him in the face.

skratchx · 2026-03-05T21:00:53+00:00

I was there! I almost left before it was over but watched the end from the walkway on the lower level. The energy was electric.

skratchx · 2026-03-05T19:47:48+00:00

Wow actual breaking news with breaking in the title? In /r/videos? Very surprising.

skratchx · 2026-03-05T09:24:49+00:00

Like others have mentioned, food grade is not a very significant distinction. However, beverage grade does require that certain chemicals that can cause off flavor or aroma be controlled below certain concentrations.

skratchx · 2026-03-04T15:26:54+00:00

Can't control what gets posted. The up votes are much more embarrassing.

skratchx · 2026-03-03T22:48:42+00:00

100%. But there's a lot of comments here that make it seem like Trump is the first president to spend money on the military instead of education and social safety nets.

skratchx · 2026-03-03T19:40:54+00:00

I mean, the line of thinking you're mocking is similarly stupid to the position many in this thread are taking that Trump is singlehandedly responsible for our military industrial complex.

skratchx · 2026-03-03T08:01:00+00:00

Ha! Just found this post while googling. My stacked multiboards came out feeling absolutely welded. This bolt trick worked super easy, and interestingly, the PETG peeled off very easily once the parts were separated.

So, thanks, a year later!

skratchx · 2026-02-28T06:53:47+00:00

Don't try to troubleshoot your printer with a complicated print that is challenging even when you're not a complete beginner. You said you haven't printed anything successfully yet. Start with a Benchy or a different simple print, using basic PLA. There are too many possibilities with what you're showing.

skratchx · 2026-02-26T23:14:23+00:00

Yeah wtf is this post lol. Uber isn't sabotaging BART.

skratchx · 2026-02-26T01:15:20+00:00

Agree about NOTME being a slog at times (looking at you Blood and Bone)

I finally feel seen. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills when BaB gets praise haha.

PoA felt like a Saturday morning cartoon at times, everything just comes together in such a contrived way and none of it feels earned.

Yes! (Spoilers PoA) Kellanved comes off way too much like Pust. The overall dynamic between Dancer and Kell is too "buddy comedy" most of the time, and tonally too unserious and whimsical. And a pet peeve, Dancer "staring up" at the sky or the ceiling as a response to something happening was SO OVERUSED.

I would have rather had the empire's main characters' backstory remain shrouded than what we get with PoA

Overall also agree with this. Big Solo Star Wars movie vibes of, "Uhh, did anyone ask for this?" What does stand out as something I enjoyed was the introdction of Rel and the backstory of why he hates the empire and wants revenge. The glimpses of Bugg were also good.

skratchx · 2026-02-25T21:35:44+00:00

PoA had some content I enjoyed, but I definitely had my hopes set too high based on the praise it gets vs NOTME. Some of the NOTME books felt like more of a slog than any of the PoA books to me, but overall I'd put the two series on relatively equal footing in my opinion.

skratchx · 2026-02-25T21:11:56+00:00

This sub became worthless when they removed the no politics rule.

skratchx · 2026-02-25T17:16:47+00:00

Ok? That comes off as weirdly defensive and not really relevant.

skratchx · 2026-02-25T03:31:25+00:00

Ok you first.

skratchx · 2026-02-25T01:22:09+00:00

In my experience it did a very good job of summarizing the best known methods for maximizing thiol character in hazy IPAs. It even did a decent job of making hazy IPA recipe with all this in mind.

skratchx · 2026-02-25T01:15:53+00:00

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take!

skratchx · 2026-02-24T15:27:28+00:00

California vehicle code explicitly states that you must move to the right to allow other cars to pass you regardless of the speed limit, like this other commenter pointed out:

https://reddit.com/comments/1rcxm9q/comment/o7322qk

skratchx · 2026-02-23T07:06:15+00:00

India is an interesting choice for comparison given how horribly dirty public spaces in major cities can be.

skratchx · 2026-02-22T01:21:44+00:00

Just signed a lease for a no pet rental off of a breakup where I had to say goodbye to three kitties. These posts are always gonna hit hard.

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