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Re: NotEpic2020, Let's Have Some Fun With Icrontic!
PRIZES:
Fill out the following form to enter drawings for prizes. You must have participated in an event during Not Epic 2020. Participation in any event grants you entry for up to three items (only fill out the form once).
https://forms.gle/3GUA6ZpaVJ8c48EM7
Entries will be cut off at 9:00pm Eastern 6/27/2020.
Announcement of winners be held on Icrontic Discord at 10:00pm Eastern Saturday 6/27/2020.
Thank you to everyone that contributed to the prize pool, including
@_k @drasnor @DontCallMeKelso @Garg @GnomeQueen @Kwitko @malia @primesuspect @RyanFodder
CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-D15, Premium CPU Cooler with 2x NF-A15 PWM 140mm Fans (Brown)
1TB SSD or SSD NAND - Choice of WD Blue 1TB SSD 3D NAND SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive -or- Inland Premium 1TB SSD 3D NAND M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 Internal Solid State Drive
NAS - Thecus N2310
Motherboard - GIGABYTE X570 AORUS PRO WIFI AMD Ryzen 3000 PCIe 4.0 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.2 AMD X570 ATX Motherboard
Processor - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core, 24-thread unlocked desktop processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler
Mechanical Keyboard - Choice discussion to be had with winner as availability may limit or delay choice delivery.
Steam Gift Cards - 5x $20 USD and 2 $25 CAD - Seven Winners Chosen
Board Games - Love Letter, Codenames, Hanabi - Three Winners chosen
PS4 Controller - Color/Style of your choice based on availability (limited to US shipping)
Sauce Basket - Basket of goodies packed with love and two bottles of Kwitko's hot sauce
Space-X T-Shirt And Luggage Tags - Nuke Mars Choice of Mens Size XS - 3XL - Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship Luggage Tags
Custom Handmade Earrings - 2 Pairs available. Crafted by the one and only Crafty Archivist, WagsFTW.
Winner's info will be provided to the proper parties to ship asap after the drawing. Gift cards will be provided via email.
Ryan, Zebbie, Mass, GQ and RJ: See I told you if you came back later it will be a lot more interesting.
BobbyDigi
Re: The Great Icrontic Bake-off!
NY style cheesecake topped with dream whip and crab apple wine shatter/hard crack! 
EDIT: Here's a breakdown of the experience!
Cheesecake - Cheesecake is super simple to make so I won't get into too much detail and basically any recipe will work. Biggest thing is mixing everything well with a mixer so it starts to fluff as it incorporates air and then spreading it evenly over your crust.
The Crust - This is a bit harder (I used honey gram cracker crumbs and butter) to get right. I didn't grease the bottom of my bunting pan quite enough so there was a bit of stickiness. I was going for a crust that "peaked" in order to make it look like a pizza so I gave quite a bit of more squishing than I normally do. Worked out fairly well I think, 8/10.
**The Hard Crack!**
This was the dangerous part as I was "boiling" off the alcohol in the wine so I'll give quite a bit of detail. Attempt at your own risk.
Required Things: 2 cups of crab apple wine (13% ABV), 2 cups water, 4 cups sugar, IR thermometer, Metal stick thermometer, parchment paper, metal pans, a flame less heating source, a very well ventilated area
1) Combine wine, water and sugar into pot. Stir until dissolved (may require slight heat)
2) Bring temperature up slowly to 175F and hold for ~35 minutes. Use IR thermometer to check temp of inside pot slightly above liquid. Use stick thermometer to check temp of the liquid itself.
DO NOT GO OVER 200F AT ANY POINT AS ALCOHOL VAPOR MAY SPONTANEOUSLY IGNITE
VAPOR ALCOHOL IS HEAVIER THAN AIR AND WILL POOL ON THE FLOOR IF NOT VENTILATED PROPERLY
3) Once the alcohol is burned off (the swirling "mini tornados" in the liquid will have ceased) heat to a minimum of 280F and a max of 310F without stirring. A large increase in volume will occur at this stage due to the liquid vaporizing and getting trapped within the sugar. Mine increased 5x. Plan accordingly
4) You can check the consistency of the hard crack by getting some on a spoon and dropping a few drops into cold water. It'll form either long hard strings instantly or small hard balls.
5) Once desired consistency is reached turn off heat and transfer contents immediately to pans lined with parchment paper to cool completely. Do not get liquid on anything other than the parchment paper or you'll be in for a fantastic cleaning job.
ISSUES: I initially only heated my liquid to 230F so I ended up with a thick maple syrup consistency. To fix it I transferred it all back into a pot and added 1 cup corn syrup and 1 cup water to thin it out again and then reheated it. I had to stop at 282F due to some esters in the wine that started to smoke. If using a pure sugar/water mix you'll be able to get to 300F without issues (Roughly the point of 99% pure sugar). Varying wines will have different esters that may not withstand temperatures of that magnitude. Keep that in mind.
All in all it was a fantastic experience. The cheesecake was a hit and I learned way more about candy making than I should of for a bake off! Thanks @GnomeQueen for putting it on and I hope we can have another showdown in the future!
MrTRiot
Re: The Saucening II: Revenge of the Sauce
@RyanFodder Amar Pizza. Bengali, not Indian, but very similar ingredients. 
Re: Another One
Thanks, fans look great.
Big couple weeks, got the patio slider installed, everything closed up textured/painted, trimmed, and the flooring down through the kitchen/dining room. Got the cabinets in place, counter top company is coming tomorrow to measure.
Also, safety update, railing is installed. Very happy with how it turned out.
MAGIC
Re: NotEpic2020, Let's Have Some Fun With Icrontic!
This is awesome. Only thing missing from this lineup is how we virtually recreate my favorite Expo activity - sitting on the front porch drinking a beer and shooting the shit with @Sonorous @Thrax and Aaron.
UPSLynx
Re: Happy Birthday Lincoln!
Am I gonna bump this DECADE OLD-ASS THREAD to wish General Matt Lincoln Keebler Russell a happy birthday?
You bet your eggplant. 🎂
Thrax