emblematic
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Hello, everyone. You can call me Emblematic, nice to meet you all. After lurking for a few months, I decided I would register an account of my own. Homebrewing has been an interest of mine for years, despite not being very interested in alcohol. It's a fascinating process, and I find it to be a perfect mix of creativity and science. I've been researching homebrewing, specificially mead-making, for months, though I don't have actual hands-on experience in brewing. I have a cute lined notebook that I've been taking notes in, the cover has flowers and a bumblebee on the front. It's very cute.
I've had a lot of fun researching. There's so much that seemed too brainy for me to understand: what in the world is potassium sorbate, potassium metabisulfite, DAP, Fermaid O and K, and what the heck do all these different yeasts do?! Everything felt too overwhelming until I decided that I would work myself through it and answer my own questions. It's so simple, and it probably seems very silly, but I've enjoyed it. If I don't understand a word, concept, or process, I'll just search for answers and write it down until I do understand. On some pages, you'll find that I've made it too simple, to the point of looking childish. For example, here is my explanation of Fermaid O, Fermaid K, and DAP, cut down to the most important parts: "Fermaid O is like feeding the yeast fruits and veggies... Fermaid K is like feeding the yeast mostly fruits and veggies but giving them a candy for dessert if they take their multivitamin... DAP is yeast drugs." That's a bit oversimplified, and pretty much verbatim from the mead subreddit's wiki. Here's another one, an explanation on staggered nutrient additions: "Why good: If give baby yeast a big feast, baby yeast too full, and leftover food sad
If give baby yeast a little snack before recess and a little snack after, little yeast become big yeast and graduate schoolhouse ". Eloquent.
That's a gross oversimplification of the process, but I understand it now, so I can't complain. I've been having fun with it. I think that learning about the different yeast nutrients and how that works was definitely a great decision. I enjoy this research because there's no pressure and it's completely stress-free. I wouldn't say that I'm taking notes, but instead asking a question and answering it, which makes learning fun.
Sorry for rambling on, I just really enjoy researching homebrewing. I'd love to actually get to brewing myself one day, but it'll have to wait, as I can't do that where I'm currently living. I'm going to keep researching and learn as much as I can to set myself up for success, and we'll see about making some mead over the summer.
I've had a lot of fun researching. There's so much that seemed too brainy for me to understand: what in the world is potassium sorbate, potassium metabisulfite, DAP, Fermaid O and K, and what the heck do all these different yeasts do?! Everything felt too overwhelming until I decided that I would work myself through it and answer my own questions. It's so simple, and it probably seems very silly, but I've enjoyed it. If I don't understand a word, concept, or process, I'll just search for answers and write it down until I do understand. On some pages, you'll find that I've made it too simple, to the point of looking childish. For example, here is my explanation of Fermaid O, Fermaid K, and DAP, cut down to the most important parts: "Fermaid O is like feeding the yeast fruits and veggies... Fermaid K is like feeding the yeast mostly fruits and veggies but giving them a candy for dessert if they take their multivitamin... DAP is yeast drugs." That's a bit oversimplified, and pretty much verbatim from the mead subreddit's wiki. Here's another one, an explanation on staggered nutrient additions: "Why good: If give baby yeast a big feast, baby yeast too full, and leftover food sad
If give baby yeast a little snack before recess and a little snack after, little yeast become big yeast and graduate schoolhouse ". Eloquent.That's a gross oversimplification of the process, but I understand it now, so I can't complain. I've been having fun with it. I think that learning about the different yeast nutrients and how that works was definitely a great decision. I enjoy this research because there's no pressure and it's completely stress-free. I wouldn't say that I'm taking notes, but instead asking a question and answering it, which makes learning fun.
Sorry for rambling on, I just really enjoy researching homebrewing. I'd love to actually get to brewing myself one day, but it'll have to wait, as I can't do that where I'm currently living. I'm going to keep researching and learn as much as I can to set myself up for success, and we'll see about making some mead over the summer.
