Ginger Beer Help.......

[~lee~]

Ok, where do I start...........

HELP........

I think that should cover it................... :lol:

Basically I had the amazing idea to do a ginger beer for xmas, but like all good ideas of mine I have no idea what i`m doing!!

I basically have had a wort brewing for about a week now and firmentation has slowed right down, its still bubbling through the lock but not very much. Should I be stirring the wort? I tried a little mouthfull last night just to see how it was going and it tasted very watery, will it condition a bit more as it continues to brew or will it get better once in the bottles with some sugar?

It has been sat in a water bath at a constant 24 degrees, what should I be doing :wha:

Any help or advice would be great!!

Thanks in advance :thumb:

Lee

 

[keith1664]

What was your recipe?
What was the starting gravity, whats the gravity now?
If it's the same recipe I used first time ie. basically just sugar, ginger and lemon then it will turn out quite thin and dry. It improves if you add sugar syrup to it on drinking!

 

[~lee~]

The recipe is from here..........

http://www.liquorcraft.com.au/webfiles/Liquorcraft/files/GingerBeer.pdf

The only thing I didn`t do was put in the Lactose as I don`t like the after taste from it and I don`t mind dry tasting drinks, I should imagine maybe a bit of honey and sugar when it goes into the bottles to condition will help too?

I`m not sure what the gravity was when I started (noob error) and have only just borrowed a hydrometer tonight to test where it is now (I`ll be doing this tomorrow)

 

[~lee~]

Any Idea`s.............................Anyone?..................................Has stopped fermenting now so need to bottle tonight..............

 

[jamesb]

What's the gravity?