Script to Set Window Opacity in Linux Mint/Cinnamon
Simple Usage: So, for example: Here’s the set-opacity.sh script: Modified from a script found in here: https://github.com/smurphos/nemo_actions_and_cinnamon_scripts
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(Potential) ABV Calculator Shortcode
Put this in your functions.php to do the before and after math for specific gravity readings predicting ABV (and potential ABV). Usage: [abv_calc before=”1.06″ after=”1.033″] becomes: If the after is omitted, it will do a potential calculation: [abv_calc before=”1.05″] becomes:
Brown Sugar Mellow Doux 6L
Stepping it up a notch. 3x 2L bites of Rougement Mellow Doux. Just under 1 tsp of 71B yeast (started early with a bit of brown sugar). And 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar. And a handful of raisins (apparently … Continued
Two kinds of fermented apple juice
2L Rougement Royal Gala and Rougement Honey Crisp. Measures at on the old hydrometer. 1/4 tsp of the EC-1118. Wed October 16 Update Not ready… Fri Oct 18 Update Now at . Leave it in!
Simple Greasemonkey Reload Script
Granted, it could use some flash, but it works. Default is 120 seconds. It does require jQuery loaded up into your gmscript, which can take some troubleshooting. But here’s what the head of the script looks like:
Fermented Tea
We’re going to try peppermint and Bengal Spice. The idea is simple: brewed tea + sugar + yeast + time =? Looks like about 100ml of sugar Interesting the Sp.gr. reading. 170g of sugar and the hydrometer reads , much … Continued
100% Juice Pineapple Ferment
It’s actually 100% pineapple! Not a cocktail or mostly apple plus of pineapple mix or juice-like drink. 25g of sugar should be good enough. And we’ll try the 71B yeast (1/4 tbsp @ 98F) for this one. One of these … Continued
Apple Juice Ferment plus added sugar
Experiment with sugar. Allen’s apple juice has 27g per 250ml so let’s add some more. 1/4 cup sugar is 102g so that’s an extra 12.75g per 250ml. That’s 39.75g per 250ml. Using the rest of the bag of the EC-1118 … Continued
Fermenting Lemonade (Spiked Lemons)
Here’s our starting products: Kirkland brand Organic Lemonade. Looks like a decent candidate at 33g of sugar. But how will the acidity affect things? We’re also going to do a little A/B testing with two different kinds of yeast : … Continued
Fermenting Cranberry Juice
President’s Choice 100% Juice Blend Cranberry that is. Apples and Cranberrys. 26g of sugar is about the same as the apple juice. Quite tart to taste so we’ll see how that goes. Interesting that the specific gravity reading is closer … Continued