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Intel. Huntsville, AL. Army Aviation, Appalachian, Apiarist, Artillery, Alliteration, Auburn.

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Yeah you’re probably right.

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@ssnbattlechop There is a black market for everything

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@thestinkeye These bastards could have and didn’t

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@SamuraiShibaJP Alabama has cotton and peanuts and one of the coolest space museums on the planet.

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Our city’s soccer fields were closed today.

Weather? No

Active shooter? Also no

Veteran’s Day.

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@PonchyJohn96 @AustinJustice Almost all of them

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@PonchyJohn96 @AustinJustice Sorry, that was probably a rhetorical question.

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@PonchyJohn96 @AustinJustice Because people keep voting for it.

[The River Nix @NixAshes]

Alrighty, I'm typing this time - turns out I hate video editing. Apologies in advance to any Marines who can't read.

So basically yes, alcohol is a byproduct of yeast being yeast, as is CO2. Specifically how much and what kind of alcohol, what other esters, and how much CO2 is produced depends on the specific strains of yeast present and what you feed it.

In order to produce alcohol, you've got to give that yeast an environment in which it can reproduce and, preferably, thrive. That starts with making your base solution - in beer that's called the worst, in wine and mead it's called a must. With distilled liquor there are a bunch of different things it might be called, but it's still the fermentation base in which the yeast lives, and it's some combination of water, sugar/starch, and sometimes other stuff that goes into the final product.

Now, once you introduce your yeast to its new home, you've gotta give it time. When I make a hard soda, it takes a few days to ferment to the point I want it to be at (usually around 4%ABV). I've got a mead on my counter that's been fermenting for a couple of months, it's sitting at about 16.5% as of a couple days ago. Both of those were pitched with cultures that have been fermenting continuously for over a year (although those get fed fresh honey and fruit every 3-4 months).

In other words, no matter what you do, producing alcohol is going to take a while - it's a biological process that can only be rushed so much.

At a certain point - generally between 10-15%ABV - the alcohol concentration gets high enough that the yeast starts struggling to metabolize more sugar, and it'll eventually stop altogether and die. Some strains can handle higher concentrations, and it's entirely possible to select for more alcohol-tolerant yeast in a continuously maintained starter like the ones I keep.

So how do you get 40%, 50%, 70% booze on the shelves at the liquor store? That's where distillation comes in.

When you distill alcohol, you're not producing more alcohol, you're removing water and sometimes other compounds from the fermented liquid to produce a stronger spirit. What you end up with depends on what you started with: if you distill clear alcohol made from potatoes*, you get vodka. Distill wine, you get brandy. Distill beer, you get bierschnapps. It's a little more complicated than that but that's the thousand-foot view.

In short--
Fermentation: produces alcohol, hard limit on %ABV depending on your yeast
Distillation: increases %ABV by removing water

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@frenziedflame20 @housleyd This, right here, is why I identified my experience.

You’re wrong. I know this because I’ve done.

You don’t know this because you’ve never tried.

I’m out.

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@TN_Patricoa Chinese group behind it. Funding cofnirmed.

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Absolute insanity.

[johnny maga @johnnymaga]

The woman who blocked the project told Fox the $5B investment would only benefit the employees of the data center, advocating for the site to be turned into an indoor trampoline park instead.

Every local trade union and small business is weeping.

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@betzeflippi @housleyd Also no, but thanks for participating.

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@MountainManTN Me neither, but I will award you full credit.

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Hello mixed flight of 3!

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@UmBencaoCadaDia @housleyd Brother you don’t understand math or America

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@pictureplane @housleyd Which bullet train does America have?

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@A80276641 Oh for sure. I’ve seen that.

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@XN05645691 @VigilantFox RETVRN

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@real_neely OOF for sure

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Taking Chance

❤️

[ℤ𝕖𝕖𝕫𝕙𝕦! @zee_zhu_]

This was such a deeply emotional and respectful movie, based on a real life journal of a marine. Kevin Bacon's portrayal of the writer was powerful and perfect in this movie

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@NixAshes Let me explain:

Yes

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@Reboticant I had not, and will not, wonder

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@TheAmericaMan1 @EYakoby No way they have the export capacity