Recent content by Lampy

I have been experimenting with making about 5-7% sugar washes and backsweetening/flavoring w/ Kool Aid powder... it is a work in progress. I would imagine without careful nutrient additions and re-suspension of sedimented yeast it would be hard to reach 15% at all, much less without weird flavors.

3.5gal Popcorn Kentucky Common 2254.5 + 3.5 = 2258

HB Brut ale as I grill the Friday fish. Why so hazy? I asked my 4-year-old to fetch the bottle and he dropped it, then rocked it around a bit... tastes fine!

If you reply to this thread you should be able to click the Insert Image button and then add an image file from your device. I'm no expert on wild fermentations (only do this for non-alcoholic products like tepache or sauerkraut), but the typical response I see to this question is "Don't mix it...

Today I bottled up my microbatches (~1.5L) of Redbud Wine/mead and Serviceberry Wine/mead. Each had just enough left over that I combined them into roughly 400mL, added ice, sweetened, and have found pretty good! I just need to let my bottles age for a while now.

Update: removed the berries (basically just a bunch of seeds now) and transferred to new jugs. Color looks great!

I made a couple pan pizzas today and my wife requested Hawaiian on half. My four-year old helper sees that and asks, "Hey daddy, why is there pineapple on that pizza?" My friend remarked, "See, he just knows to question it without having had any bias trained into him!"

Homemade cider (honey sweetened) while grilling the Friday fish. I love ending the week this way!

NO, I'm not the brightest because it should say uncooked rice!

I have a couple 1 gal carboys. For stuck on gunk, I soak it with StarSan and then put in some uncooked RICE and shake a bunch. This might not work for bigger carboys.

We keep a running total that includes everyone's mead, so our new number is 133 + 2.6 + 1.3 = 136.9

1gal Wild Raspberry hydromel 132 + 1 = 133

1 gal Wild raspberry cider 160.45 + 1 = 161.45

Yesterday I split my 10lb frozen wineberries (plus a few wild blackberries) into two buckets (bagged the berries and smashed them after thawing). One bucket got 1.25lb honey and 3L water, the other got 3qt apple juice. Both got 1c black tea with yeast nutrient and campden. Today I took the OG...

Wheat Stout while grilling the Friday fish. I left the green brush (unused) next to my glass and came back to find my 4 yr old painting the table with it. There was beer residue on the brush so I asked if he had dipped it in the beer. He was silent for a few seconds then said, "I'm not answering...