Category: LifeSkills

The Harvest – Making Wine

by kinnath | Jan 17, 2019 | Brewing, Food & Drink, Fun, LifeSkills, Pastimes, Wine | 101

So how do we make wine?

Employment Survey 2019

by SP | Jan 16, 2019 | Economy, LifeSkills, Markets, Poll, Society | 398

Hi ho, hi ho.

Enslaving Yeast – Brewing an All Grain Beer

by Nephilium | Jan 13, 2019 | Beer, Brewing, Drugs, LifeSkills, Pastimes, Products You Need, Science | 109

At long last, how to turn grain, flowers, yeast, and water into beer.

The Basics of Self-Sufficiency: Do-it-Yourself 101 – Appliance Repair

by trshmnstr | Jan 8, 2019 | Advice, Liberty, LifeSkills, Right to Repair | 225

trshmnstr shows you how to DIY

Bee Business

by Fourscore | Jan 3, 2019 | Food & Drink, Fun, LifeSkills, Pastimes, Prepper | 142

Fourscore spills all his honey secrets.

Enslaving Yeast – All Grain Beer Part 2 – Bittering agents

by Nephilium | Dec 30, 2018 | Beer, Brewing, Drugs, LifeSkills | 319

On to another ingredient that’s used in beer. Hops (and herbs).

Working Your Wood with McGinty – Picnic Table

by I. B. McGinty | Dec 18, 2018 | LifeSkills, Pastimes | 150

It’s time for another woodworking project!

Enslaving Yeast – Extract Beer

by Nephilium | Dec 16, 2018 | Beer, Brewing, Cooking, Food & Drink, LifeSkills, Pastimes, Products You Need, Recipes | 83

It’s here! It’s finally here! Today you can learn how to make beer.

Making Cider

by kinnath | Dec 15, 2018 | Brewing, Food & Drink, LifeSkills, Recipes | 162

Most Americans have no idea what cider really is…

Enslaving Yeast – Mead

by Nephilium | Dec 9, 2018 | Beer, Brewing, Drugs, Food & Drink, LifeSkills, Recipes, Vegetarian | 147

Nope, still not talking about beer yet. Time to move up the difficulty level. What can we make next? Why not the drink of kings and vikings: mead. What is mead? It’s essentially a honey wine, with a lot of variables that can change the flavor.

Enslaving Yeast – Wine

by Nephilium | Dec 2, 2018 | Brewing, Cooking, Drugs, Food & Drink, LifeSkills, Pastimes, Products You Need, Wine | 113

Today, we learn how to let grape juice turn into something alcoholic that can taste much better. Eventually I’ll get to beer, I promise.

Waiting is the hardest part

by kinnath | Dec 1, 2018 | Brewing, Food & Drink, LifeSkills, Recipes | 131

There are many roads to success in brewing. Follow kinnath down this one.

Enslaving Yeast – Cider

by Nephilium | Nov 25, 2018 | Beer, Brewing, Cooking, Food & Drink, LifeSkills, Products You Need | 108

So you’ve got this equipment sitting around, what can we do with it?

UnCivil Learns From Glibs

by UnCivilServant | Nov 20, 2018 | LifeSkills, Pastimes | 162

UnCivil sees if interrogating fellow Glibs is a workable method of learning useful skills. The only way to test it is by doing. And here is the result.

Legend of the Fall (or, Now For Something Completely Different)

by Animal | Nov 16, 2018 | Guns, LifeSkills, Musings, Outdoors | 216

Gravity is a harsh mistress. Buckle up while Animal gives you a few examples of just how harsh gravity can be.

Talk to the cops? Are you crazy? (part one of a multi-part series)

by ElspethFlashman | Nov 1, 2018 | Advice, Cops, Crime, Fourth Amendment, LifeSkills, Opinion | 310

ElspethFlashman tells you what not to do. And why.

Working Your Wood with McGinty – Building a Murphy Bed – Part 1

by I. B. McGinty | Oct 23, 2018 | Fun, LifeSkills | 256

How many times will Murphy invoke his Law during this project?

GlibFit 3.0 Week 2 Wrapup – Macros

by trshmnstr | Sep 26, 2018 | GlibFit, Health Care, LifeSkills | 42

I know a few of you already do this, but I want to extol the virtues of macro tracking.

The Libertarian Vegetarian: Why Your Stir Fries Suck

by Old Man With Candy | Sep 23, 2018 | Advice, Cooking, Food & Drink, LifeSkills, Recipes, Vegetarian | 160

When you want to know how to cook Chinese-style, of course you need to ask a Jew.

Components – Reloading, Part 6

by Suthenboy | Sep 20, 2018 | Education, Fun, Guns, LifeSkills, Reloading Series | 327

In Part 6, Suthenboy explains that the number one consideration in choosing component cases and bullets is price.

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