AG#3 S.G.R

[snail59]

Going to get this S.G.R brewed on Sunday all being well.

 

[rickthebrew]

I watch with interest :?

Good luck with it Mick - i haven`t brewed for ages and stocks are low plus i have no grain so i need to get my act together before i`m on shop bought :lol:

 

[Dieseljockey]

It's going to be hot on Sunday :thumb:

All the best ..let us know how you get on :clap:

 

[Tony]

Interesting recipe that, be very interested in how it turns out! What does SGR stand for (probably being very thick here)? I imagine that the g stands for ginger? I'm a big fan of all things ginger, I'd be tempted to bung some chillies in there too

Have a good one snail, don't forget the suncream! (That's on you, not in the boil!)

 

[snail59]

Tony im trying to produce something like THIS

You are correct about the G being for Ginger The rest is complicated . It is to do with something that happened while I was racing bikes :whistle: . A member of the club's staff once mentioned that the insertion of Ginger into an orrifice would highten pleasure :shock: . This then became an in joke amongst some of us and gave birth to an imaginery race team STEM GINGER RACING :whistle: . There are still some T shirts bearing the legend being worn at race meetings . This is my tribute to S.G.R :thumb:

 

[Tony]

heh heh, great story. I believe that trick has been used on racehorses... Caligula experimented with ginger too supposedly and not necessarily on himself

Never seen that beer snail ... but it sounds incredible! Good luck with it and the tribute to all things racing!

 

[snail59]

It's clouded over and the temp has droped considerably from yesterday so It's Brew On :thumb:

 

[Tony]

Have a good one snail .... hope everything goes smoothly!

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[rickthebrew]

Have a good day Its sunny and hot in devon

 

[snail59]

Sorry but no early Brew Porn for this one. Left phone swithced on over night and the dam thing is flat. :whistle:

Mash on at 8.30 bang on 66C. :thumb:
Making a couple of changes though. Useing 500g chopped Root Ginger in the mash but going to add another 500g in the boil and not going to use any hops at all. The original im trying to copy dosn't use any so I wont.

Time for a cuppa and some toast. :thumb:

 

[snail59]

Thats that done then. Hit my targets as well so happy with that 15lts at 1.032 @ 26C .

Word of warning though dont leave a burco with the lid on while you go watch the start of the F1. When you gat back it wont be so much a rolling boil more a rocking from side to side boil :shock: :nono: .

Initial taster from the trial jar is very promising. A heavy malty taste backed up with ginger then a little ginger heat at the back. Im hoping the maltyness will subside a little.

Have changed the recipe slightly but nothing Major other than steeping the last 500g for an hour prior to the boil. (had to go to B&Q to get some bits to fix the leaking outside tap that had flooded the conservatory). Uped the ground ginger to 15g from 10g.

1st runnings 1.060.

3rd runnings .998

This is slightly darker than the original but ive used crystal malt and they dont.

Chopped and ground ginger waiting to go in

Rocking Boil

We now have 15lts of this at 1.032.

 

[corby_brewer]

Nice one mick :thumb:
By the way, dont forget to remove the lid from your burco :rofl:

 

[snail59]

Nice one mick :thumb:
By the way, dont forget to remove the lid from your burco :rofl:

Dave I didn't forget the lid. I put the lid on while it got up to a rolling boil while I went and watched the start of the F1. By the time I got back to it it had got up to rather more than a rolling boil. It was so vigours im supprised it hadn't rocked itself off the beer crates it stands on .

 

[rickthebrew]

:thumb: Looks like you had a good day hope it turns out how you want it to :thumb:

 

[jamesb]

That sounds like a FIGGING good brew! :evil:

 

[snail59]

Oh Dear. Think this could have gone tit's up :cry: . It has not managed to work up a yeast head but has droped to 1.010 from 1.032 in 4 days. Seams to have fermented more like a wine than an ale (used SO4). The smell is good but the taste is not good at all. Not sure if it's infected or if the recipe just dosn't work. I wonder if I should have just brewed a pale beer then just infused it with ginger after fermentation. Oh well we live and learn. Going to leave it for the next few days and see what happens.

 

[Tony]

Sorry to hear it snail, what a shame. Love to hear and see people experimenting... but every journey is a learning one! Strange ferment!

Don't give up yet though, you never can tell. Give it a couple more weeks :

 

[snail59]

Quick up date on this. Decided to leave it and see what happened. Glad I did. Its turned out rather well.

Thanks to Tony who mentioned Riddle's Ginger Compound in a different post. Added a bottle of it to the bottling bucket along with the batch primeing sugar mix. On the right is the brew straight from the FV nice but not quite what I had hoped for a little lacking in ginger taste (which was strange as it had more ginger taste before fermenting). On the Left is the brew with the Ginger compound. It has made a massive difference. The ginger taste is now awesome exactly what i've been aiming for. I just hope it stays this way through carbonation as the brew lost some ginger taste dureing fermentation. Thanks for the tip Tony :thumb: . Will update the recipe to include this.

 

[micmacmoc]

skinners do a 'figgys brew' no ginger involved. ahem. i read somewhere about freezing root ginger before adding to the brew for big flavour.

 

[snail59]

skinners do a 'figgys brew' no ginger involved. ahem. i read somewhere about freezing root ginger before adding to the brew for big flavour.

Worth a try. I think putting the Ginger in for the whole boil may have depleated the flavour somewhat. May be better to just put it in for last 15 same as you would with hops.