Why does this mod have a strict dependency on REI? Normally mods don't require a recipe manager, they simply use the recipe manager's API. This causes issues when I want to use another recipe manager such as EMI.

Some machines like the distillery require REI recipe selection to work and EMI isnt supported anyways so why use it?

I'm using EMI partly for its recipe tree feature, and partly because another mod I like--Yttr--only supports EMI. Regarding the Distillery interface...is there any reason you couldn't add a GUI element of some kind to select the recipe?

See also #326.

No backports, no. Also, the distillery was not changed. You still need JEI or REI to use it.

Will the distillery change be backported? 1.18.2 is more stable for me right now.