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Daniel - Desert Apostate

@hcexvangelical.bsky.social

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Product Manager. Proud Papa. In love and married. Learning viticulture and oenology. Brewer. Ex-evangelical apostate. Returning to life in the Rio Grande valley.

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · Nov 25

Here is my intro thread 🧵 since I ended up on a couple of starter packs. So, Hi! My name is Daniel. I typically post about two things:

Toxic Christian Theology
Fermenting things, typically beer and wine

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 3h

"I'm sorry, everyone" I say to the C level employees I'm presenting to. "I'm not having audio problems. The bunny is thumping because she's real mad I didn't give her breakfast yet. I've been giving her strawberries while we go over quarter four plans, but she doesn't like my divided attention."

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 3h

My timezone being what it is means my day starts really early which leads to weirdness when you work for an international company. "I'll be late to discuss the upcoming webinar. I just need to tend my chickens and harvest my veggies before the sun comes up while I get my kid ready for school."

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 15h

I blocked that jerk Gandalf the Grey for criticizing how I post and scroll Bluesky.

A picture from The Lord of the rings showing saruman with his hand over the palantir.

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 16h

Friend: What's the weirdest thing you learned on social media?
Me: I learned from a shirtless man posting thirst traps how to fold a fitted sheet
Friend: What?! Prove it
Me: Okay, but I'm not taking off my shirt.

A fitted sheet spread out on the foot of a bed

A fitted sheet with the corners tucked into themselves

A fitted sheet laid and folded into a large rectangle across the foot of a bed

A fitted sheet folded into a perfect square on the foot of a bed

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 19h

Me, the primary cook in the house: I have enough leftovers in the freezer so I don't have to cook all week!

My family, with sadness in their eyes: You have enough leftovers in the freezer so you don't have to cook all week.

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 1d

Nice strong fermentation already going. I'll probably have to switch to blowoff later today. Fermenting using Omega Irish Ale in the low to mid range of its recommended temps for a bit of complexity.

Two fermenters full of orange colored beer with a large head of foam known as krausen. The fermenters have airlocks on them and fermentation is active.

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 1d

Shake a hormone at God

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 1d

Approved. I have used a Bowie knife to open a pack of AAA batteries.

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 1d

If these cops walk, who will shoot innocent dogs? Who will beat innocent people? Who will scream "stop resisting" as they violate the fourth amendment rights of calm and compliant people? Who will ignore investigating actual crimes?

We must reckon with this!

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to hear that. May peace come to you soon and may the memories you have be a treasure.

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 1d

Me as a teen imagining my battle cry when the country is falling: WOLVERINES!!!!

Me as an adult with the actual battle cry when the country is falling: INFLATABLE FROG!!!!

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 1d

A nice brew day and ten gallons of wort to show for it. It smells delicious already. Brewing this beer was a good way to relax and reset on a Sunday.

Two 6 gallon fermenters each filled with 5 gallons of unfermented beer. They are sitting on a coffee table in front of a couch.

A test tube full of orange wort (unfermented beer) with a hydrometer to measure the specific gravity.

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 1d

Double, double toil and trouble
fire burn and cauldron bubble

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 2d

Doing a much better job maintaining temperature. Holding steady with 15 minutes left in the rest. Beautiful color.

Wort with an orangish amber color in a mash tun.

A thermometer showing 152 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 2d

Doughing in and right on target for the saccharification rest. So far so good.

A mash which is grains in temperature controlled water

A thermometer showing 152° Fahrenheit with an alert set to 170° Fahrenheit

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 2d

A lovely overcast day with occasional rain showers. Perfect for brewing some ale.

A 65L Brewzilla beer brewing rig set up on a front porch. There are neighboring houses in the picture and the sky is cloud covered. There is a small barricade in front of the Brewzilla to keep dogs from escaping. There is a pulley system over the Brewzilla to lift the mash pipe out once the mash is ready to removed and sparged

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 2d

I posted this while I was listening to Kim Carnes and then I took a picture of Bette Davis and a picture of Gowron opened up a photo editor and something unfortunate happened.

A picture of Gowron with Bette Davis' eyes shopped in with the caption "All the boys think he's a spy. He's got Betty Davis eyes" it was posted to Star Trek shit posting on facebook

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 2d

Prepping everything for a Sunday morning brew session. My assistant brewer, my daughter, loves getting me to make orange colored ales because she thinks they are pretty.

Various jugs of water, two fermenters, a bucket and grain sitting in front of a fireplace

A label for beer that reads - Griffinbrew - Rio Grande Valley - Talia's Penny - Red Ale - 5% ABV 5 gallons

A two liter yeast starter fermenting in a jug inside a refrigerator.

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 2d

It's always "What is a woman" and not "who is a woman" with these Fascist Adjacent Radical Transphobes. Women, trans and cis alike, are just objects to them. A commodity to trade around for their agenda.

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 2d

I prefer the REAL first digital actress

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 2d

You should have just called this "the evangelical in the mirror" because evangelicals are all of those bad things and Pharisees are just Jewish people.

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 3d

For me, fall and winter beers are perfect for fixing chemistry and efficiency issues. I like malty beers this time of year, and those flavors mask little issues better. This next beer's base malts will be Maris Otter and Munich malts. I've done variations of this beer before and it's delicious.

A 10 lb bag of Munich Malt and a 10 lb bag of Maris otter malt

Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 3d

Doing my water chemistry before brewing Sunday. My brew house efficiency has taken a bit of a hit since we moved to New Mexico, so I'm focusing on my old house standard chemistry. I've also moved temp monitoring to the middle of the mash and recalculated my strike water volume, which was a bit low.

Dry brewing salts inside an empty water jug

Three 5 gallon jugs of water and three 1 gallon jugs of water in front of a fireplace

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Treyf Posting 🤌 @postingtreyf.bsky.social · 4d

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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 4d

The false sense of Balkanization from many members of both parties is wrongheaded. Throw in the interdependence of the states for survival and it's even more wrongheaded.