Kegging Ginger Ale..

[aekdbbop]

not sure where i should have posted this.. but

i orderd a ginger ale extract kit from northern brewer.. and just wanted to know if any of you guys have kegged this before? What serving pressure should I use? Any other knowledge would be great on this...

 

[98EXL]

I don't keg, but I put in 4 gallons of water, the extract, and 3/4 cup priming sugar and bottled immediately

 

[rdwj]

Don't have an answer, but please let me know how it turns out. I drink more Ginger ale than anything else. I want to know if it's comparable to something like Schweppes.

 

[olllllo]

not sure where i should have posted this.. but

i orderd a ginger ale extract kit from northern brewer.. and just wanted to know if any of you guys have kegged this before? What serving pressure should I use? Any other knowledge would be great on this...

25-30 psi.
I recommend using a cobra for this simply because it can retain soda flavor long after the soda is done.

In the future, know that you can make a real easy ginger syrup by boiling water with brown sugar, lemon and fresh cut ginger. Make it to taste.

Also 5 gallons is alot of soda. I usually force carb and bottle alot of it.

See my sig for a moscow mule.

 

[olllllo]

Somewhere in this thread Yuri posts a recipe. I don't use one.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=27454&highlight=ginger

 

[aekdbbop]

25-30 psi.
I recommend using a cobra for this simply because it can retain soda flavor long after the soda is done.

Is that the same for the serving psi?

And are you talking about the lines and keg retaining the soda flavor after it is done?

 

[olllllo]

Yep x2.
I've actually seen 35psi posted here.

 

[rdwj]

In the future, know that you can make a real easy ginger syrup by boiling water with brown sugar, lemon and fresh cut ginger. Make it to taste.

Do you happen to have aprox amounts of each and a boil time? Then what? Mix with water and carb?

 

[olllllo]

I think Yuri has proportions in that other thread. This isn't like brewing. The boil is for sanitation, to liquify the sugars and flavor blending. This is more like cooking in that you can taste along the way and see what needs to be added or if the sugar has liquified.

IMO, the only need for a recipe is... to...

post it here for your brew budz. Sorry man.

 

[dantodd]

I run lots of soda through my kegs. 25 psi is fine for carbing and serving. To do it "right" you need a lot of beer line but I just run 10' and a cobra tap and I'm happy with the results.

I haven't done a ginger ale before but I use zatarain's root beer extract and diet coke syrup. I've also tried to make my own cream soda but haven't been successful yet, tried twice. It is best to have dedicated equipment for soda. It's an absolute requirement for root beer. You will want to rebuild your kegs, replacing all rubber parts if you go from root beer back to beer or another soda type. A good cleaning (except for the lines, which will have to be replaced) is usually plenty to go from coke or cream soda back to beer.

 

[evanmars]

Yeah, I made a keg of root beer and then used the same lines for a Begian ale. The Belgian tasted like root beer.

 

[andyyork]

I run my sodas around 20 psi for carbing and serving, and I use the standard five or six foot bev hose and one of my old beer faucets.

I don't switch back and forth with soda and beer just to keep it separate. But if you think about it, all the kegs started with soda... so it can be done quite successfully if you have the need.

When you upgrade your faucets (and you will), using the old one for dedicated soda is as good of a use as I can think of.

My next soda is going to be a ginger ale with soem sort of butterscotch flavoring. I haven't worked out what the butterscothc is going to be yet. I will be attempting to make a *Butterbeer*, thank you Harry Potter.

I don't have any problem switching between sodas, but rootbeer has the strongest flavor of them. I have one 'rigging' purely for rootbeer and one other for all other soda.

Presently I have a Dreamsicle soda that was an Old Fashioned Orange Soda Extract with 1/2 bag of Gnome clear cream soda made up to 5 gal with cane sugar.

I don't boil anything. Just mix and carbonate.

If you don't have the ability for 2 regulator pressures, just run the soda off of whatever you have your beer at. It will still be ok, just not as fizzy. You may even like it better.

Have fun and definitely experiment!

And, yes, 5 gal is a lot of soda.

 

[dantodd]

And, yes, 5 gal is a lot of soda.

That's what I used to think about beer too...

The dreamsicle sounds good. You use 1/2 a gnome cream plus a full dose of orange extract?

I'm looking for a decent scratch cream soda recipe.

 

[RadicalEd]

If I might recommend, adding vanilla syrup to anything makes it taste better. Especially root beer, tastes like a root beer float .