■ 🕑 14. PURCHASE ALERT!
│  A few kilograms of dry malt extract, various hops, food grade 
│  20L / 5 gallon buckets, and airlocks with grommets are coming in 
│  the mail. My beer and whisky making arc will begin soon. 
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│  I'm thinking of initially trying to make whisky via UJSSM tech but also
│  considering making one from dry malt extract sans hops -- I hear hops
│  are neither necessary nor desirable when producing whisky ... 
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│  Big concern for beer production: I don't have any feasible way to 
│  carbonate beverages, whether in glass bottles or keg. So I guess
│  it'll be "not even beer!" depending on one's definition. I'd love to
│  buy a keg and CO2 tanks, maybe even a devoted fridge down the line, but
│  wife is already annoyed as-is by the malt/hops/buckets/airlocks 
│  purchase. We'll just have to wait and see. 
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└─■ 🕑 16. 
    A month out and here's where we stand on the order:
    
    1. Airlocks came first
    2. Buckets came second
    3. Dry malt extract is still in transit (???)
    4. The hops seller cancelled the order. Tried ordering a few different
       kinds of hops from a few different sellers; they all seemed to cancel.
       I will have to try sourcing hops again later. Until then, I can
       try making a whisky once this DME shows up.