First shaky steps into the scary world of home brew

[Adiecain]

I took my first steps into home brew at last... I've just bottled 16 pints of fiery alcoholic ginger beer.. I didn't want to go too mad in case it all went **** and get in trouble with the wife for nicking her dressing gown to cover it for the week ... I kinda winged it a bit really, recipe wise....

1kg root ginger
1kg caster sugar
500g organic honey (we have 7 hives on my allotment)
6g yeast
9ltr bottled water

I've done the abv calculation and it comes out at 5.6%... how does that sound? I tried a little as I bottled it and it actually tastes absofeckinlutely gorge!!!!! I put half a teaspoon of caster sugar in each bottle to prime and a teaspoon of splenda to sweeten it up a tad... now we wait to see if I made beer bombs :pray:

I was thinking of leaving it a week at room temp before cooling and testing... does that sound about right?

I just got an edme german type lager kit from wilkinsons for £7... I'll give that a go next

cheers big ears

 

[Mark1964]

sounds grand welcome

 

[evanvine]

and get in trouble with the wife for nicking her dressing gown to cover it for the week

Sounds like you are getting your priorities right :thumb:

 

[Kyral210]

Ginger beer sounds great! edme german type lager kit less so. Enjoy though! Next time go for beers of the world and then take the step into proper extract brewing. Buy yourself a copy of John Palmers How to brew. Ok, it gets a lot of hate here on the forum, but I love it, and with this forum to help guide you then you cant really go wrong.

 

[Adiecain]

Thanks chaps... does waiting for the brew get any easier

 

[Moley]

Yes, if you can get a production line going and some stocks laid down. As soon as you've got a fermenter emptied, get it cleaned up and re-loaded.

 

[Baz Chaz]

Thanks chaps... does waiting for the brew get any easier

Nope, the waiting is just as tedious :whistle: You need a sense of yuma

Yes, if you can get a production line going and some stocks laid down. As soon as you've got a fermenter emptied, get it cleaned up and re-loaded.

Even then I find it difficult, I'm brewing about every 10 days or so :thumb: but there again I'm a generous person by nature, visitors are plied with 'samples' : and you have to join them, it's only polite :lol:

 

[jonewer]

Buy yourself a copy of John Palmers How to brew.

Why bother? Its free online.

http://www.howtobrew.com/

 

[Adiecain]

Thank you both for the tip on john palmers book, I'm devouring it at the moment... I can see this getting very expensivevery messy and totally addictive.. :party:

 

[evanvine]

Thank you both for the tip on john palmers book, I'm devouring it at the moment... I can see this getting very expensivevery messy and totally addictive.. :party:

The fisrt two disappear with time. the third.................... :twisted: