Ginger beer please! - Page 2

kenche · 06-15-2008, 10:02 AM

I think that I will give this a shot too. My tap-a-draft bottles would be perfect for this.

I have been looking for a good use for them ever since I got the kegerator.

**Yooper** · 06-15-2008, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by slim chillingsworth

is that force carbonated? how's the flavor?

I've only bottled them- I made a gallon at a time, so I bottled in 20 oz PET bottles (used about 1/4 of a package of champagne yeast). I think I will force carb the next batch, though. What happens with root beer and ginger ale is you have lots of sugar. You add the yeast, and when the bottle is hard (in as little as 24-48 hours for ginger ale), you stick them in the fridge to retard further carbonation. That's ok for one gallon, but I don't have room for 5 gallons of bottles!

And, it was really GOOD!

homebrewer_99 · 06-15-2008, 03:18 PM

Soda?

I just emailed the OP with a Ginger Beer recipe...

slim chillingsworth · 06-16-2008, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by homebrewer_99

Soda?

I just emailed the OP with a Ginger Beer recipe...

appreciated nonetheless!

i'm going to try to put a batch together tomorrow, i think. probably keg a 3 gallon batch. i'll post my results and recipe.

slim chillingsworth · 06-16-2008, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by YooperBrew

What happens with root beer and ginger ale is you have lots of sugar. You add the yeast, and when the bottle is hard (in as little as 24-48 hours for ginger ale), you stick them in the fridge to retard further carbonation.

I want to avoid using yeast so I have more control over the amount of residual sugar, and because I've been able to taste the yeast when I've tried this route.

Danny013 · 06-16-2008, 04:11 PM

hb_99, can you post/pm your ginger beer recipe? I've been looking around for a good one.. Thanks!

homebrewer_99 · 06-16-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Danny013

hb_99, can you post/pm your ginger beer recipe? I've been looking around for a good one.. Thanks!

I would if I could. The format gets garbled in the pasting...send me an email: homebrewer_99@yahoo.com

Zymurgrafi · 06-18-2008, 08:25 PM

You will have to scale it up but this is my recipe. Very sharp ginger bite, not too sweet.

2 liters of water
4 oz. of Ginger sliced and bruised (smash it with the edge of the blade)
1 Cup of white sugar
approx. 1/4 cup of lime juice (to taste really)
1 tsp of vanilla extract
a dash of cracked white pepper (gives it some more bite and zing. Complements well I think)

Bring the water, ginger, sugar and pepper to the boil. Reduce heat add lime juice and simmer for 30-40 minutes. Strain out solids. Stir in vanilla extract.

Cool. I then add it to a 2 liter soda bottle set it in the fridge til cold and force carbonate with a homade carbonater cap

enjoy.

slim chillingsworth · 06-19-2008, 05:01 AM

Thank you!

slim chillingsworth · 06-20-2008, 02:36 AM

after a test batch last night I'm making a scaled up 3 gallon batch right now. i liked the vanilla but it wasn't what i was looking for. i also couldn't find any white peppercorns at my local grocery store, so i skipped that.

i work in a restaurant and saved a bunch of lime rinds that we had juiced, so i used that for the lime addition.

here's my recipe

3 gallons water
1.75 # ginger root, sliced and bruised
3 limes worth of rinds
6 cups sugar

brought to boil, simmered for 40 minutes, cooled

i'll be force carbonating this later tonight and i will post my results.