Ginger Beer

[FelixFire]

Hey All,

Iv made a few batches of ginger beer recently, and although it has received many compliments im a little up happy with it, its not gingery or fiery enough for my liking, iv tried more ginger which seems to do nothing.

Anyone got a decent recipe/method?

 

[aneray]

Try this one mate.

viewtopic.php?f=39&t=5982

I'm going to make some more this evening !!

 

[SamWise72]

Grated fresh ginger will provide the gingerry flavour, ground ginger the fire and bite.

 

[Springer]

Try this one mate.

Thanks A, that looks to be well worth a try. I used to make non alcoholic ginger beer from a "plant" before I knew what I was doing and give it up cos I ended up with dangerous bottles, near exploding with the contents going several feet in the air :shock:
Now I know a bit more :? I'll give it another go, thanks

 

[aneray]

It really is a good recipe. I picked up the ingredients yesterday but was advised to use an ale yeast at my local HBS. I have just started grating the ginger and my kitchen smells like a thai slum already.

My recipe is slightly adapted as I am using 800g of fresh ginger and two 26g refill boxes of ground ginger. I am also using five lemons and limes instead of the normal two.

 

[Springer]

It really is a good recipe. I picked up the ingredients yesterday ..................grating the ginger and my kitchen smells like a thai slum already.

I'm in...............looks like a trip into Leicester to source some proper ingredients at the right price, and other stuff whilst I'm there. Never been to one of those places mentioned, don't know what you mean :shock: :lol:

 

[SamWise72]

That sounds like a LOT of ground ginger! You'll find it way cheaper to buy a big bag from an Indian supermarket.

 

[Springer]

Indian supermarket.

Exactly my thoughts Sam and get plenty of other stuff whilst there

 

[FelixFire]

Thanks everyone for there input, i ended up just reading a few recipes, closing it all down and just going with my gut feeling. Iv written it down in case its good though. Then i can work off what i end up with, then its a truely home made recipe rather than a copied one.

I wish i had read the suggestion of ground ginger before i made it, its been fermenting for about a day now, do you think if i added the ground ginger now it would be too late.

1KG of ginger does sound alot.....

I used 200g of fresh root ginger for 2 litres of water, but doubled both for this batch.

I heated it all up in a pan, as when i have made it before the flavours haven't come out very well.

I added half the zest from a lemon to each 200ml, then squeezed the lemon into each.

I then slowly added 200g of sugar to each 2litres and stirred to dissolve.

and finally added to teaspoons of cream of tartar to each.

Iv bottled it up and added the yeast which i sneakily stole from work, and its sat in front of me now, got a great colour and a great smell, im going to leave it for a few days then see what percentage its come out as!

 

[FelixFire]

Ginger beer is settling well although its not gaining much fizz due to having a rubbishy top on the container, im hoping it will gain some fizz when i bottle it.

opinions on filtering it, or bottle conditioning it?

 

[wurz]

Bottle condition; it's better that way.

Works suprisingly well mixed with amaretto.