Warthaug
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I'm trying to design a recipe to replicate the ginger beers you encounter in the Jamaica; only I'm looking to make an alcoholic one. These 'beers' (really sodas) tend to be cloudy, and have a real ginger kick to them - i.e. it burns a little while it goes down.
I've been reading through the many ginger beer recipes on the forum, and have not yet seen anyone who has claimed to achieve this. A few have said theirs was 'too strong'; but I don't know if that's an overpowering kick-in-the-pants, or if they were going for a subtle ginger flavour and overshot.
So my question: can anyone recommend an addition schedule/quantities to get the strong ginger kick I want? I suspect I need both flavour and aroma-like additions (30min, 15min, 5min?), but am unsure of amounts/timings/etc.
Any advice is appreciated.
Bryan
I've been reading through the many ginger beer recipes on the forum, and have not yet seen anyone who has claimed to achieve this. A few have said theirs was 'too strong'; but I don't know if that's an overpowering kick-in-the-pants, or if they were going for a subtle ginger flavour and overshot.
So my question: can anyone recommend an addition schedule/quantities to get the strong ginger kick I want? I suspect I need both flavour and aroma-like additions (30min, 15min, 5min?), but am unsure of amounts/timings/etc.
Any advice is appreciated.
Bryan