Recent content by Lampy

The observation that ingredient prices are up 36% since 2020 is pretty much in line with a recent WSJ piece that described food inflation since 2019 (I think) as up 33%.

I usually have 2 or three different types of beer bottled at a time, with one or two ciders as well. I make small batches (6L finished product) so I tend to brew fairly often but also go through my bottled batches quickly. Beer-wise, I stick to ales, mostly pale, amber, adjunct, stout, and...

1.75 gal cream ale (?) - 42% two row, 33% rice, 25% cornmeal; Cascade and OG 1.045 1273.75 + 1.75 = 1285.5

Honey Bunches of Ale. Somewhat sweet, but slightly undercarbed.

1gal Wheat Ale (I plan on bringing it up to 2gal with lemonade for a shandy-type beverage) 1102 + 1 = 1103

Lychee Nectar wine. I think it needs a bit of sweetening because it is DRY.

Bought ingredients and StarSan (also brewed). My "dirty secret" is that I've only used dish soap and water to clean and "sanitize" all my stuff for the past 2.5 years. But I got unlucky and managed to get my first infection recently and had some LHBS credit to use, so I took the leap and reached...

1.5gal Smoked Porter - my first smoky beer. 974.5 + 1.5 = 976

Edit: Oops, double posted - thought my first one was erased when my toddler got a hold of my phone! My first IPA (infected pale ale) Had a dry white pellicle after about 2 weeks, bottled it anyway. Pretty meh, but not awful. I made another mistake with this brew that resulted in a quite low ABV...

My first IPA (infected pale ale) Meh! Probably will use the remainder for beer bread.

Correct! I also made a pinhole box camera, which gives a very good single image, but the photos from that are not as nice.

Drove 7 hours Sunday to OH and arrived to find my hotel had cancelled my room without telling me. Found another (pricier) one and spent the eclipse on the shore of Erie. Got a few nice Pinhole effect pictures and was amazed to see totality, 360° twilight, and the "diamond ring". Worth the crazy...

It is with a perverse pride that I show you Mountain Dew Hooch. Tried some that didn't fit in the bottles. Not much flavor, and what there is isn't that nice.

My T58 fermented "Dubbel"

My first alcoholic drink since St. Valentine's Day/Ash Wednesday - an experimental strong rice ale. Happy Easter everybody!