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I definitely recommend using the full amount in the recipe. I filled a growler and took it to a shindig for folks to sample and they all really enjoyed it. It's very fragrant and the ginger heat lasts for a good bit after you have swallowed.

Well, I may have just been under the impression that ginger beer was somewhat sweet. The only one I've had is Crabbie's and I thought it was pretty sweet. I tried mine this weekend as I was kegging it and it tasted like regular beer, but with a ginger kick. The wife happened to pick up a pack...

Yeah, I'm just going to let it do its thing and hope it'll all work out. I did the secondary because I wanted to add a bit more ginger. Fingers crossed.

I'm gonna revive this thread for a minute! I made this recipe about 10 days ago. I made it almost exactly as written, except I was drinking while I was doing it and accidentally skipped the part where you're supposed to put in the first round of hops and boil it for 30 minutes. I just added...