Ginger beer priming

[AlliDelta]

I'm currently fermenting a Coopers ginger beer kit and my wife likes the Crabbies that has raspberry in it.

Does anyone have a recommendation for giving this kit a raspberry twang? I was thinking I could prime it with some form of raspberry syrup to flavour it and prime it at the same time...

Would Jam work? I could make some thick syrup using jam...

:wha:

All thoughts welcome!

 

[RobWalker]

jam is likely to make it cloudy, it's full of pectin.

i think the flavour she will be looking for is a false taste. assuming it's already sweet, something like these may suffice;

http://www.barnitts.co.uk/products/deta ... adid=25717
http://www.thepolishvodkacompany.co.uk/ ... id%3D82%26 (available in morrisons + tesco)

fresh or frozen raspberries will work too. mash em up, pour boiling water over them, then let it ferment again for another few weeks. :thumb:

 

[AlliDelta]

Will get myself to Tesco and see if I can find the syrup. Will do some of the bottles just in case it's no good.

 

[AlliDelta]

I managed to get some syrup from Asda for flavouring the ginger beer. Anyone got a clue about how much to add? I was thinking one priming drop and a teaspoon of syrup per 500ml.

 

[AlliDelta]

Ok I have just bottled my ginger beer. I did 15 bottles with the raspberry syrup and the rest without.

The long haired general wanted it fizzy so a teaspoon of sugar and 15ml of the Lowicz syrup should do the trick!

I'm bottling in plastic so should be ok if I have overdone it slightly! :hmm: