Got started early this morning, everything laid out and ready to go last night! I made ginger beer based on the Fiery ginger beer recipe, but with a few adjustments this time.
2 gallon brew:
- 450g root finger, grated
- 1 lemon, 1 orange, sliced
- 250g honey
- 400g white sugar
- 300g brown sugar
- ale yeast, nutrient, 2tsp glycerin, 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 tsp mixed spice, 2 tsp ground ginger, 2 cloves, 1 star anise.
I boiled up the ginger and fruit in the usual way, added the sugar to dissolve, then added the honey after the pan was off the heat. The rest of the ingredients went into the bucket with cold water and the ginger mixed, then the pitched yeast. I took a hydrometer reading which came out at 1.030 or something that seemed very low, so I threw in another cupful of sugar, hydrometer now at 1.040. Quite possibly the temp might have been a bit high or the solution not well mixed so I don't know what abv this will end up as. I may add a cinnamon stick at a later stage, but didn't have one today. This probably won't be ready for christmas but we'll see how it goes!
2 gallon brew:
- 450g root finger, grated
- 1 lemon, 1 orange, sliced
- 250g honey
- 400g white sugar
- 300g brown sugar
- ale yeast, nutrient, 2tsp glycerin, 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 tsp mixed spice, 2 tsp ground ginger, 2 cloves, 1 star anise.
I boiled up the ginger and fruit in the usual way, added the sugar to dissolve, then added the honey after the pan was off the heat. The rest of the ingredients went into the bucket with cold water and the ginger mixed, then the pitched yeast. I took a hydrometer reading which came out at 1.030 or something that seemed very low, so I threw in another cupful of sugar, hydrometer now at 1.040. Quite possibly the temp might have been a bit high or the solution not well mixed so I don't know what abv this will end up as. I may add a cinnamon stick at a later stage, but didn't have one today. This probably won't be ready for christmas but we'll see how it goes!
