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Hi all, Imay have missed this but has any one noted the % strength for this recipe? Really tempted to try it out! Thanks

My 5L is all bottled now, it tastes great! I added carbonation drops to try and give it some fizz, now I'm torturing myself deciding if I've waited long enough for it to get fizzy, or not! I added 1 drop per 500ml bottle and it's been 2 and a half weeks. I'm a bit worried about it though as the...

Wow! Thanks for all the help! I'll be sure to use the calculator and do a few different variations when priming. Thanks for sharing your experiences. To try and get some sweetness back, have you ever tried any 'non-fermentable' sweeteners, e.g Splenda? It seems a bit 50/50 on here...

I think I may have been too careful on the amount of priming sugar, after reading about exploding bottles! 😝 I have another batch that I set back by a few weeks so should be bottling soonish. I was thinking about priming with brown sugar to give it a bit of a different flavour. Do you...

I used white sugar in my recipe...the colour looks beautiful. However the fizz has gone so I will be using carbonation tablets for bottling. As for taste, it's quite sweet and fiery. I'd image it to be perfect on a hot day. The only downside is that is a tad watery, not sure how I could...

Thanks for the reply. Just tested...started at 1070 and is now at 996. Shot down quite fast. Just racked it to the secondary and now looks a lot more like ginger beer!

Hi all, I know this is a very old thread....but I hope someone out there can help! I started fermentation on sunday and has almost finished on the thursday...so four nights. This seems extremely short to me...I have only ever brewed wine and that usually takes a lot longer. Does anyone know...