Ginger beer

[steveo]

Made a nice Ginger Beer tonight.

Can of Morgans, 1kg Dex, 500g finely grated ginger root (several peices of knuckle skin & blood inc.), 2 tbsp honey, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 2 tbsp golden syrup, 2 tsp ginger powder, 2 tsp cinnamon, 6 cloves, 2 chilli's from the garden. Boiled the lot for 30 min, then all in.

Smells real strong, tastes bloody beautiful.

[Dogger Dan]

Stevo,

Thanks, was looking for a good recipe

Dogger

[steveo]

Give me a month or so, I'll let you know how it goes.

[grabman]

steveo forgive my stupid question but can of morgans what?? Just so I get it right!

[steveo]

Morgans Ginger Beer. Tapped some off tonight, beautiful! I think adding the chilli was a stroke of genius. Gives it a nice spicy little bite.

[steveo]

Sorry, just ginger beer, not ginger flavoured beer. Although now that I think about it, I will try a lager, something with not too much flavour, and all the ginger & stuff added. Could be a good one!

Bubbling out thru the air lock for 2 days now. Crap everywhere. OG 1.022, down to 1.004 and still going strong. Tastes magnificent!

[grabman]

sounds good must give it a shot soon!

cheers

[tommo]

Made a nice Ginger Beer tonight.

Can of Morgans, 1kg Dex, 500g finely grated ginger root (several peices of knuckle skin & blood inc.), 2 tbsp honey, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 2 tbsp golden syrup, 2 tsp ginger powder, 2 tsp cinnamon, 6 cloves, 2 chilli's from the garden. Boiled the lot for 30 min, then all in.

Smells real strong, tastes bloody beautiful.

G'day steveo,

Er indoors has requested a nice GB for the summer months.

Got any tasting notes for this one, sounds ok.

cheers

tommo

[steveo]

Been in the bottle for 6 weeks or so, still flat as a tack mate!

Opened 1/2 of them and added 1 tsp of Pale Ale sediment to each bottle from the fermenter after bottling last weekend, so I'll give her another few weeks and let ya know.

If that fails I might buy another yeast and put some of that in each bottle.

[tommo]

thanks for the speedy reply mate.

reading these earlier posts ( here and other sites ) there seems to be no middle ground as far as carbonation is concerned

it's either glass grenades or, as you say, flat as.....

just a couple of more Q's for ya

what yeast did you use, and what was the priming rate ?

cheers

tommo

[Clintsc9]

Tommo, something else to try, I brew quite a bit of Brigalow's ginger beer (available in Coles). Only additive I throw in is a small packet of sugared ginger chips. It makes it a bit of a bugger to bottle sometimes as the chips clog up the filler, but it gives it a better flavour and is slightly more alcoholic.
The wife loves it. The son won't give it to his missus as she gets too pissed on it. Kids!!
A few of my friends are non-beer drinkers (maybe I should just call them acquaintences ) and absolutely lap the stuff up.
It makes sure I don't waste the good stuff - my real brews - on those who wouldn't appreciate them.

Can instructions are for raw sugar instead of dex and white for priming. I just use their yeast and there's a packet of nutrient? in the lid as well. They are always well carbonated.

I might try a few of Steveo's additives soon though. Chilli sounds good. Knuckle skin doesn't.

[GTI86]

I like the sound of the ginger chips did you add em to the boil or just stragiht in

[tommo]

thanks for the info guys

getting pretty close to a good recipe now with all the input.

Clintsc9, do you bottle in glass or PET ?

cheers

tommo

[Clintsc9]

Just chucked the chips straight in. I guess they would be pretty sterile, considering they are boiled several times during manufacture.

I bottle them in glass stubbies. Good thing is, even the dregs at the bottom still taste ok.

[tommo]

cheers mate

[bundybear]

Hey steveo - Any tasting notes on this Gingerbeer yet? Keen to give a good recipe a go!!

[steveo]

Just the yeast that came with the brew. Wasn't sure whether I should try anything else or what to use.

Priming was just the standard I use with all my brews, the old Wander measuring scoop, think it's 2 tsp per 750ml, plain white sugar.

About 3/4 carbonated I reckon. Always bottle a couple in PET so I can 'feel' the carbonation as it builds up. Yeast sediment seems to have done the trick. Maybe a couple more weeks.

[Daron]

Are these just as good without the yeast, ie no alcohol? For my wife... I'd bee happy to get the giggles from ginger beer.

I want to bew something like the Bundaberg GB.

[Clintsc9]

Check the can. They mostly have instructions for alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions.

[Oliver]

Are these just as good without the yeast, ie no alcohol? For my wife.

Daron,

You need the yeast for the carbonation. For the non-alcoholic version you generally mix up the kit, using only enough sugar for carbonation to occur, and bottle it straight away (i.e. no fermentation in the fermenter). The packet should have instructions.

When made like this, there is alcohol in it, but a negligible amount. The missus would probably have to drink about 20 bottles in the first hour to even feel the effects! Her body would be getting rid of the alcohol faster than she could ingest it, I'd reckon!

Oliver