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I just bottled the ginger brew I have been brewing for the past few months, and I have some results. Replacing some lemon with lime was a bad idea in my case. Lime didn't work well with the somewhat bitter ginger flavour. Second problem is that most of the taste dies off quickly, and there...

Mixed in another box of honey two days ago, and gravity went up to about 1.095. A low-reasure weather system hit, and outside temperature rose from -5C to +10C. I had to turn off the mild floor heating, as the room temperature was climbing towards 20C. It's back at around 17C now :) And of...

Started the mead just now! Sterilized equipment, Boiled water (with the juniper), added honey (the water took ages to cool, so it might have been a bit warm when honey was added. Around 50 degrees C. I hoped the honey would cool it enough to not affect the taste much), let it cool to 27C, and...

Went to the local brewing shop to buy yeast, but they did not have 71b. They only had EC-1118, lots of beer yeasts and a couple of non-beer liquid yeasts from White Labs. I went home empty handed, and after reading a bit I decided to rather go for the D-47. Ordered a few packs off Ebay. Winter...

After trying some small batches of ginger brew last month, I've decided it's time for a bigger batch of Mead! It will totally not be done till Christmas, but perhaps I'll have a try next Christmas. Went for a flower-honney, as this kind can be bought in 1kilo buckets over here. This...

Small update. After a hydrometer reading, the plain one hasn't changed in 5 days allthough it's bubbling constantly. The experimental batch is at half it's sugar converted. I would guess the plain one has halted, but why is it still bubling then?

Thanks! Yeah, there was a national microbrewery boom some years ago, and today you can find local breweries all over the country. Just around the city where I live there is around a dozeen of them. I mean, the local hobby-brewer store also have their own microbrewery! Nice! Out of...

Good ginger beer is almost impossible to get around these parts, so I decided I'd be best of making my own. After reading all over the internet, from the most hideous recipes* to the more sensible ones, I've decided on starting with a small 5 Liter batch of a basic plain ginger and lemon/lime...

Hi! I'm Frode from Norway, the land of rain and mountains. I'm all new to brewing, and just recently got interested in this ancient craftmanship. A couple of days ago I got myself a starter set, and I've already set in motion my initial plan to get some small batch of ginger beer going for...