Yeah politic is messed right now in Hungary and Slovakia in this regard. But I don't think that it sets general feelings towards lgbtq. As a tourist you should be fine, I had really weird encounters in really rural area in Romania but never felt like I was in danger. Just to be safe I would put the rainbow flag down but that's all, lots of people are progressive, even in those countries, and assholes are everywhere.
Hit me up if you will ride through Czech Republic, I am not active much on this account so - @plactagonic@sopuli.xyz (my second lemmy account); @plactagonic@f.cz (mastodon)
I started with it because I couldn't get anything decent from store. Now I can get some really good cider from small makers.
For most people it is love/hate, it is really simple and completely dry, it isn't for everyone. I really like it and now we started to experiment with it more so maybe more interesting brews are coming (I hope that I will make at least one more batch this year).
Take it then through central Europe. CZ and SK take some routing skills but it is really nice to bike here, don't worry about Austria the bike infrastructure is top quality. Hungary is good too but it is really boring (too flat). Don't trust that Romania and Bulgaria are backwards in this regard, it is doable (I would say it is bit worse than CZ and SK).
I wasn't in all countries I mentioned some of it is from friends who were there. Maybe mention it in bikepacking/touring community (it is on lemmy.world so you will need another account) someone will give you more hands on advice.
What's your plan? Route, expected timeline, countries you will visit, what you would like to see...
Finally after 2 years making cider. Last year there wasn't any apples left on trees (I don't know if they froze or what happened, it was bad year). So it is bit hectic, runs between home, "juicery", brew shop and my friend home where it stays. I was bit worried my reserves started to run dry and I have 1 archive bottle left. Trying adding hops and spices, more info here.
I live in wine making region, so there are loads of these. Usually with house attached to it for wine making equipment.
When I want some wine I just go to the street with cellars, chose open one, ask and get some wine.
If it isn't obvious I work in brewery lol.
For now I have all teeth and no broken bones.
About difficulty of learning it, it is little bit harder than in-line skates. So I may learn it in few days/weeks.
Key is learn to lean in it and don't catch it when you are falling.
So I needed new bike rear rack and before I checked out I searched what can I add to have free shipping/postage.
So as grown up, reasonable man I would like to announce that from today I am proud owner of unicycle.
It will be some time before I get hang of it but my family with words of courage like "it will be fing awesome" or "buy it, it will be fun to have" or " everyone has to buy some stupid st sometimes" make me believe that I will learn it.
Otherwise nothing new.
This weekend I was on my first (this year) multi day bike trip. Let's just say that I am super tired after these 275 km this weekend. But it was amazing maybe next weekend i will do something similar if weather permits.
I didn't notice the first two posts. But last week I finished puting together my bike. I had a frame for about a year and procrastinate with picking components.
Usualy this time I making cider but this year all apples fel from the trees before they ripen.
I moved and my friends gave me cheff knife at the housewarming party.
I was so ashamed that first thing I cut with it was frozen pizza. So the next day I had to actualy cook something.
Little hectic, I moved and changed jobs and still I had to "visit" my parents sometimes to get my stuff and dealing with paperwork. But it will get better I will probably have everything done today.
Who played or plays rugby here?
I played it 5 years ago (junior league) and still here are only few clubs so we had to travel through our country a lot.
Stopped because I still have same 65 kg as I had when I was 15.
Mint was my first distro. My interest begun with LibreOffice, then W10 got unusable for me and rest is history.
I distrohopped a year ago but returned to Mint
Please don't use it in eastern countries. As someone who lives in country that had "them" for 40 years and more than 20 of those was occupied I take this term more like a insult.
Remembered another one.
Friend ask me and another friend, we cook on summer camp together, to cook lunch on his wedding.
He wanted form us to cook meal A we tell him that we didn't cook it so it will be shtshow, but we could cook meal B, C or D. This didn't work so we cooked meal A and it was shtshow.
It all started with "fully equipped professional kitchen" whitch wasn't equipped at all (we were prepared for this). Than few other things go wrong. But the TIFU moment was soup - some miscommunication and bad decisions led to adding the noodles in it too early so you can imagine the porridge it become.
I had a blast afterwards, and too much beer to forget this experience.
My friend then said that it was exactly as he imagined it to be, because his now wife didn't want another meal.
Just want to tell you that I am glad that it is over.
Cooking in professional kitchen is hard and when you have only basic wood stove it is harder. Providing food 5 times per day for 21 days in row for about 40 people is even harder.
I never ate pigeon or guinea pig. Only heard that it tastes like chicken and rabbit. But I still want to taste it.
So I realized that best feature of these sites (Lemmy, red*it, digg, Tildes ...) is that I didn't know anybody. Yes I know that friend who use it but I don't know his username and don't want to "follow" him...
It is then pretty easy to switch if there is enough people. And this threshold, for me, was achieved about 3 weeks ago.
Don't take it personally but I don't give a damn about you but will gladly chat with you about interesting topics.
I am looking for some plants ideally edible or other uses, that can grow indoors.
I tried tobacco, pythaya (dragon fruit), aloe. But it doesn't grow well or I have to wait very long time to have something from it.
So what is your go to indoor "useful" houseplant?
My moto is that alcohol is made for thousands of years - first make it easiest way possible then try something harder. This guide is ment to be that. Also sorry for my mistakes I am not native speaker.
So what is wine
Wine is non carbonated drink made usually from grapes, but you can make it from lots of different fruits - currants or apples for example.
Starting juice have around 17-20°Bx (17-20% of sugar) but can get as high as 25°Bx in some cases.
It is fermented completely in carboy, or other fermenting vessel, then aged in barrels or put directly in bottles.
And what is cider or hard cider
Cider is usually made from apples or pears, is carbonated and for me it is more similar from fermentation point to beer.
Starting juice has around 13°Bx, it is similar to beer OG.
Fermentation is nearly the same as beer - you put it in fermenter for primary, then at the end of it you transfer it to bottles for secondary fermentation - rest of the sugar is for carbonation.
How to make wine
- juice
For grapes and currants you need to first get rid of stems - they make bitter taste when pressed. Individual grapes are mashed and then pressed or you can use kitchen juicer.
Or you can buy it.
- fermentation
Red wine - you first partially ferment mashed grapes (this step is called maceration) then you press it and ferment completely.
White wine - you ferment only the juice.
Other fruits - they usually doesn't have enough sugar so you have to add some.
Apple juice has about 13°Bx so you have to add min. 50g per liter.
Currants are really sour and don't have any sugar so juice is diluted 1:1 with water and all sugar is added. Or it can be done like red wine - mash, mix with water and sugar.
Pitch yeasts and let it sit in carboy until all yeast activity stops (it stops bubbling).
- clarifying/ageing/bottling
Transfer your wine to clean carboy, let it sit at least a week or until it is clear.
Bottle it and wait.
How to make cider
- juice
Best choice is to make it from your own apples. It is really hard and time consuming if you don't have the right equipment. But if you contact local cidery or you live somewhere where it is possible to get them pressed this is the best option. On store bought juice look for preservatives that may stop or slow fermentation - for EU friends e200 - e219 are harmful, e220 - e228 should be fine (sulfites).
- fermentation/ bottling
Pitch yeasts and wait.
Fermentation is complete at about 1 - 1.5°Bx and you can bottle it.
Or you can wait until the fermentation stops and add sugar to bottles.
Few tips:
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Don't worry too much about infection. Fruit juices are yeasts play ground, so if you add strong strain it will outcompete all yeasts that are in your starting juice.
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When selecting yeasts there is no good or bad choice. I have great experience with ALE and wine yeasts for cider and for wine take some wine yeasts which are available to you.
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Look what is available to you - I have access to few apple trees that nobody wants so I make cider from them, have currants and vines on garden...
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Don't complicate it. You can make clear, nice wine/cider if you use sulphates, clarify it with enzymes... But it is not necessary.
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It is very drinkable through the fermentation (you can buy here partially fermented wine "burčák"). I made about 150l of cider last year and less than 60l got in the bottles. So if you don't want to mess with ageing/ clarification drink it quickly.
- This is my thought diarrhea on night shift - needs corrections.
- I will add pictures of the process in the final version. Or in fall when I will be making it.
Dry cider I and my friend made last year, about 10 months in bottles. It is just apples and yeasts.
(Quick ego post while I write my "wiki" entry)