allonblack wrote:Hey crew
I am about to put on a ginger beer, but I want to increase the alcohol content. The can says it wil come out at about 3.5%, but I want to boost it to at least 5%. I was considering adding an extra 500g of sugar, but I don't know if this will make it too sweet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
David.
Chris wrote:allonblack, adding sugar to your brew will not sweeten it. The sugar is fermented down to alcohol, leaving almost zero residual sweetness. It is the best way to kick the alcohol without effecting the percieved sweetness.
I like to use 2 kg of raw sugar- especially when Coles does 2kg bags for $2.
Chris wrote:9.1% by volume.
Chris wrote:I added a bit of LDM as well to keep the body up a bit, and some more ginger for a better bite. And it IS a good winter warmer. It almost reminds me of Stones Ginger wine- fantastic stuff, highly under-rated.
Chris wrote:Love the Stones. Great neat, but also good with a bit of whiskey.
As for the ginger beer, I really recommend adding grated ginger root if you like it stronger, as the flavour can be a bit weak. Otherwise, you can reduce your volume a bit.
Chris wrote:Raw sugar and brown sugar are traditionally less refined than white sugar. Hence, the molassesy stuff is still there in differing amounts. Obviosly more in dark brown sugar than in raw.
Technically, brown sugar is white sugar to which molasses is added now days, as they decided it was cheap to manufacture this way.
But the brown stuff- molasses and other impurities add flavour and even some body to your brew in a similar way to malt (but to a much lesser extent). It will give a degree of residual sweetness to your brew, as well as a toffee/caramel flavour (depending on the amount used).
Boonie, my last recipe for ginger was:
Coopers GB kit- got a stack of them for $4.00
2kg raw (but substitution of some brown for raw works well too)
500g LDM
2 inches of grated ginger root
2 lemons worth of juice
5g of all-spice
It's a hell of a ginger beer.
Chris wrote:Unfortunately I got it from the greengrocer. His name is Con...
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