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Alcohol is distilled from sugar and its relatives. Glucose and its ilk. Ever eaten a grape?

by dgfitz 2y ago

genewitch 2y ago
Why, are we out of nails? And alcohol is a children's drink that an adult left out because life was too hectic and I'm really thirsty so I'll just finish this apple juice that's been in my car since Saturday-heyheyhey hello ethanol. Like kombucha was probably an accident, as was mead, incredibly lucky that yeast and lactobactre can outcompete nearly every other pathogen in the exact temperature ranges humans live under
- dgfitz 2y ago
  I uh, you’re so edgy?
  - robrtsql 2y ago
    If you were thrown off by the 'nails' comment, it's a reference: https://www.math.ttu.edu/~pearce/jokes1/joke-270.html https://www.math.ttu.edu/~pearce/jokes1/joke-270.html The way I've heard the joke always involves a duck going to a lemonade stand and asking for grapes, but this was the best Google result I found, so...
    - dgfitz 2y ago
      Appreciate that. No, I glossed over the nails comment. I indeed did not get it, but like the rest of said response, most of it didn’t make sense. Thank you for the context.
      - genewitch 2y ago
        It didn't make sense? Are you sure? or are you just being uncharitable on HN? How do you think alcohol was discovered? How about any fermented food? Do you think someone drank 3 day old juice because they wanted to? Or leftover cabbage from the party this weekend? Do you know what Kombucha is? What lactobactre, and yeast are? You've never accidentally fermented anything? You don't have kids or your life isn't hectic, you've never imbibed ethanol?
Y_Y 2y ago
I recommend starting from maltose or fructose, personally. Did you get to the third line of the comment you were replying to? (Distillation is independent of fermentation, you can get as far as Champagne (or 20% hooch with turbo yeast) without firing up the still.)

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Alcohol is distilled from sugar and its relatives. Glucose and its ilk. Ever eaten a grape?

by dgfitz 2y ago

Alcohol is distilled from sugar and its relatives. Glucose and its ilk. Ever eaten a grape?

genewitch 2y ago
Why, are we out of nails? And alcohol is a children's drink that an adult left out because life was too hectic and I'm really thirsty so I'll just finish this apple juice that's been in my car since Saturday-heyheyhey hello ethanol. Like kombucha was probably an accident, as was mead, incredibly lucky that yeast and lactobactre can outcompete nearly every other pathogen in the exact temperature ranges humans live under
- dgfitz 2y ago
  I uh, you’re so edgy?
  - robrtsql 2y ago
    If you were thrown off by the 'nails' comment, it's a reference: https://www.math.ttu.edu/~pearce/jokes1/joke-270.html https://www.math.ttu.edu/~pearce/jokes1/joke-270.html The way I've heard the joke always involves a duck going to a lemonade stand and asking for grapes, but this was the best Google result I found, so...
    - dgfitz 2y ago
      Appreciate that. No, I glossed over the nails comment. I indeed did not get it, but like the rest of said response, most of it didn’t make sense. Thank you for the context.
      - genewitch 2y ago
        It didn't make sense? Are you sure? or are you just being uncharitable on HN? How do you think alcohol was discovered? How about any fermented food? Do you think someone drank 3 day old juice because they wanted to? Or leftover cabbage from the party this weekend? Do you know what Kombucha is? What lactobactre, and yeast are? You've never accidentally fermented anything? You don't have kids or your life isn't hectic, you've never imbibed ethanol?
Y_Y 2y ago
I recommend starting from maltose or fructose, personally. Did you get to the third line of the comment you were replying to? (Distillation is independent of fermentation, you can get as far as Champagne (or 20% hooch with turbo yeast) without firing up the still.)