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The ginger beer I make is a 1 gallon batch. I use 4 cups of sugar (roughly 28.4oz) and 2 lemons, zested and juiced (roughly 1-2oz juice). On a ABV calculator, based on 1 gallon and at least 85% efficiency (which should be more than enough, considering you're not mashing grains), it comes out...

I'll have to give this a try, thanks for posting.

I WILL be trying this this weekend. My favorite drink is mountain dew, and I really hate myself for drinking because of the caffeine and the calories (mountain dew is the reason I need to lose about 20lbs right now). If this is even close to the taste, I can make batches of this and...

Does anyone have a recipe for hard root beer using root beer extract? I'm looking for a gallon recipe, and one that doesn't include using other extracts or grains and other such things. I've searched through the forum, and haven't been able to find anything like this...almost all of the...

Thanks to you two, about the white grape. Maybe I'll try that next time. I already have the white grape cherry, so I'll have to go with that for now. :)

Wow - ignore the sheepish red face I have right now. Yeah, when I did the conversion, I used ml to quart, and I put in 750ml. It didn't come out to a full quart. It was early morning, and I didn't realize I had gotten the two backwards in my head. Man, I hate when I do crap like that...

Interesting. I'll keep an eye on this thread, just for the info. :) Good luck with that business, by the way.

I am assuming you are making carbonated soda (why else make soda, right?)? I ask only because I used mason/canning jars to "bottle" some hard lemonade and some wine. I really don't care about my homebrew alcohol having carb in it, so I was able to pasteurize it in the canning jars and let...

Not sure if this is the right place for this...I chose the extract sub-forum because, well...these are extracts, essentially. I was wondering if anyone has thought about or tried making anything using liquor essences, like an Irish Cream essence. I know it wouldn't be the real...

For this wine I used Red Star Premier Cuvee. I am trying out Lalvin EC-1118 right now, and will probably use it for my second wine this week (a white grape cherry). Thanks for the tips. I currently only have two 1 gallon carboy, and not much space to let anything else sit. I hope to get a...

UPDATE Well, once again, impatience took over. I opened up the first quart jar I had bottled of this first attempt at wine. It had an under-aroma of yeast still noticeable, but very little flavor of it. I could tell the aging was really doing the thing. This wine actually came out quite...

Sorry to get off subject - but you found white grape juice without preservatives? What brand? I've looked at several brands, and all straight white grape juices I can find have preservatives, which, if I understand correctly, means no fermentation. I did find a Welch's White Grape Cherry, but no...

For what it's worth - this had thinned out a lot by last night. I still might end up throwing it out, though. It's not horrible tasting, but I ended up getting the stomach bug from my kids, and after throwing the little taste up several times...I just don't know if I can go through with...

I doubt you'll be using normal drinking water bottles - but just in case: I put water from a kurig into one, and while it didn't melt, it deformed greatly and easily. Can't say what it leached into the water, but it can't be good.

Gavin C - thanks for the link to that thread - just read through that. Good info there for me.

Right, because someone who asks questions and believes what he's read of several websites just HAS to be a troll. Just to sooth your paranoia, I've been brewing for about 7 weeks now. I've made a few ginger beers, a hard lemonade, and a wine that have all come out pretty good. I also made a...

Revvy - Thanks. I'll take a look at your brown ale recipe.

As for this not being beer - I know the powers that be say without barley it is not beer - I paraphrase numerous people (even on this site) who say that they made "beer" long before they used malted barley for the grain. I get the point, though, and I already have plans to buy some barley...

It is a recipe I made, a gingerbread beer. I used oats for the grain, and the initial liquid came out white and watery-pasty, almost like what you would see in a watered down paste/glue for a kindergarten class. This was 4 cups of liquid. I added 3 cups of water to this, then started adding the...

I brewed my first beer on Sunday, and taking a look at the last couple of days, I can tell it is going to be really thick when it is finished fermenting. I assume now is not the time to add anything to it...wait for it to finish fermenting, right? Will there be any problems caused by adding...