Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical

Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 19:48 UTC

Clarence Thomas about democracy:

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 22:58 UTC

Imagine being evangelical and treating The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as if it were akin to a holy text while dreaming about the Turkish delight that the White MAGA witch if you betray your brothers and sisters.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 22:24 UTC

❌ Using my restaurant skills to cook a fancy meal while I sip on a glass of wine and listen to mellow music to wind down. ✅ Cooking red beans and rice while I quaff a pint of pale ale and listen to bluegrass

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

Two years ago was a simpler time.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 14:55 UTC

Well, I guess we live in a monarchy now.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 13:06 UTC

Okay at least they lagered it a little bit, but still seems like a short and shoddy tan colored pale ale to me.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 12:31 UTC

*Me seeing an experiment on brewing Altbier done by Brülosphy* "Oh, this will be fun. Altbier is my most beloved style" *Me reading everything* "No. No no no. No! NO! You just made a weird pale ale and colored it with roasted malts!"

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 11:41 UTC

Look, my skittery rescue dog won't go out to the backyard to pee if she hears the bug zapper kill a mosquito. It takes an afternoon of prep for the 4th of July to make sure she's secure. Find somewhere else to waste your money.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 20:47 UTC

Gonna need @swordsjew.bsky.social to review this sandwich.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 16:22 UTC

In. 6-3 decision authored by Alito in the case Brawndo Corporation vs. U.S. Dept of Agriculture "It is the opinion of this court, that despite so called "scientific evidence", the U.S. must stop using water on farms because Brawndo has what plants crave. It has electrolytes"

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 03:37 UTC

To be fair, mine doesn't count because it's a black and white fantasy from within Star Trek.
m.imdb.com/title/tt0708...

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 01:12 UTC

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 23:02 UTC

My local brewery and biergarten has invited a mobile bookstore and I'm in love with this concept.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 03:23 UTC

A very good and very local Irish Red ale. It's everything I want.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 19:32 UTC

Fridays as a Product Manager

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 18:12 UTC

My Wife: If you aren't going to work on those old kegs you need to convert, can you just toss them in the shed until you are ready? Me:

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 17:54 UTC

There, now I can keep track of what's in my kegs without playing a guessing game.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 23:04 UTC

My dad was a biochemist, and even though he's gone now, I feel the urge to ask him questions when I brew beer or need to adjust my water chemistry. My sister is a Physician Assistant and everyone in my family will call her for even the slightest medical question.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 00:05 UTC

Taught the little chef how to make fresh pasta and a creamy, three cheese shallot sauce tonight.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 23:40 UTC

My kiddo US foreign policy 🤝 Not learning to clean up their own messes

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 02:01 UTC

Is it even an Enterprise if it doesn't have hotel carpeting and John DeLancie in a mariachi band?

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 11:56 UTC

"Good morning, Sweet Pea. What would you like for breakfast? Cereal? Pancakes? Oatmeal?" "Spaghetti." Okay, kiddo, your wish is my command.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 22:05 UTC

It takes a little work and planning ahead, but it's worth it if you end up brewing several batches. That and the yeast is used to the fermenter environment and takes off like a rocket.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 21:26 UTC

It's really fantastic yeast. Now that I'm brewing 10 gallons, the cost works out with a starter. It's also pretty solid for several generations and rinses nicely.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 23, 2024 at 20:33 UTC

Love Omega yeast strands. Beautiful, fermentation in the optimum temp range within twelve hours of pitch.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 22:05 UTC

Beer by color. 😂 My daughter wanted to make an "Orange" beer. I made an Amber version of a Irish(ish) Red that I make with Pale and Munich malt, Fuggles, and fermented with Irish Ale yeast Cold conditioned similar to an Alt. The original I called "The Irish Pfennig." This one is "Talia's Penny."

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 20:49 UTC

This one is gonna be pretty.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 18:01 UTC

Brew day, Texas heat edition.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 13:20 UTC

A boudin kolache (more precisely a Klobásník) and a donut before starting brew day.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 12:50 UTC

Sometimes, even local Christians surprise me, but in a good way.

"Nowhere [in the Bible] does it talk about using force to make other people come to your way of thinking.
— Damon Smith, on his interpretation of Christianity"
www.statesman.com/story/news/l...

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 21:42 UTC

Calling in the survey team before I get in a fight with the HOA about who is responsible for fixing the fence in my backyard.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 20:14 UTC

Works for me, and makes me hungry for "glorified V8 juice" 🤣 Also, since soup comes from the word "sop" to describe pouring broth on bread, if you did that and threw another piece of bread on top, then Voilà! Gezpacho sandwich!

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 17:04 UTC

Since brandywine is just brandy, kegging booze at a minimum of 70 proof would cause a few more problems than confusion. 😂

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 15:58 UTC

Going through with my plan to label all of my kegs to keep track of what is in each one. Naming them all after hobbits and dwarves since they are short and (optimally) full of ale.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 01:05 UTC

Wish I could figure out a way for you to try the beer I make for my wife. It's a perfect beer for non hopheads. Wheat, barley, and Golden Naked Oats with just enough hops to keep it from tasting sickly sweet.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 01:00 UTC

I like a good IPA. But it has to be good and well built. Too many brewers try to hide their flaws with hops and call it IPA instead of working to make better beers.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 00:59 UTC

Well, it's definitely a way, for sure. I think there is something to be said with experimenting with new and unusual ingredients. It's just something that personally doesn't work for me. I like some additions (Molasses, candy sugar, vanilla) but there are so many fascinating all malt beers to me.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 00:47 UTC

I still don't get the allure of adding weird things into beer to make weird beer. It just doesn't compute for me as someone who learned to drink beer on the streets of Düsseldorf and the neighboring villages.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 23:18 UTC

And by orange beer, I definitely mean the color and not the fruit. A mix of local pale ale malt, Munich malt, and a bit of Caramel 40, and fermented with Irish Ale yeast.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 23:16 UTC

It's interesting, but I'm more into brewing beers with more local emphasis like using local grains, local hops, etc. Ancient Egypt is little out of my region. Of course, I have an eight year old assistant brewer, so we brew by color these days. Saturday we are making "orange beer."

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 23:45 UTC

Aw, yeah! New dad shorts, now with more snack and trash pockets and a loop for a hammer I won't be carrying around.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 20:33 UTC

This is true, and probably why I've gravitated to blonde and brown ales, albeit for different malt flavors. I'm especially loving some of the more subtle bready, biscuity, and flowery flavors from well made blonde ales that aren't masked by hoppy bitterness and hoppy flavors.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 12:45 UTC

It's interesting to me that more people don't do more step mashing. I don't find it necessary for saccharification, but it seems my beers come out better when I step. Maybe I'm just stubborn and set in my ways though.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 05:52 UTC

Serious questions from an amateur to a pro: Are multiple rests, or even a protein rest prior to a sac rest resource intensive enough to omit? Or what might be considered a frantic drop in temp from boil to pitch? Other than that, Irish moss is all I ever use for fining. Am I missing something?

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 05:43 UTC

Also, I'm going to take this opportunity to fuss about over carbonation in commercial beer.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 05:42 UTC

Correct. I'm actually very surprised at the state of a lot of craft beers. Clarity is a challenge, for sure, but I feel like a lot of unnecessary shortcuts are being taken in the name of saving time in the short term. Maybe I'm not understanding scale, though.

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Daniel - Hill Country eXvangelical @hcexvangelical.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 05:33 UTC

One of these is my current, favorite blonde ale made by a sizable craft brewery. The other one is a blonde ale made by me. Can you figure out which one is made by a pro and which is homebrewed?

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