Turbo ginger ale

[sunners1]

Hi guys,
Just started a ginger ale from a recipe on 'Instructables' in a 4.5l demijohn
1kg sugar
11g Gervin yeast
200g ginger
2 lemons
Added half orange juice, teaspoon chilli and some zest

So I've just taken my ABV at 40°C (1.086) and used the temp adjustment calc on brewers friend it has come out at 1.091
Does this sound correct?
Will this be mega strong? Uh ohhhhh haha


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[Razor]

Sounds good. 1.091 fermented down to 1.00 is 11.94% so it's a pretty strong Ale but isn't for a wine. Adding less sugar next time will lower the ABV.


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[sunners1]

Cheers Razor! Think I'll bottle into Budweiser size then just to ensure I'm not responsible for too much hahaha


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[Clint]

Sounds dangerous. ..why the chilli?

Cheers

Clint

 

[sunners1]

Thought it went well hahaha I want to do all grain having only done a kit with two different demijohns after hopped, which I'm currently bottling!! I just want to experiment really though!


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[Razor]

Cheers Razor! Think I'll bottle into Budweiser size then just to ensure I'm not responsible for too much hahaha


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I made a similar mistake with my pear and apple mulled cider. Came out 12.6%. Shouldn't have put it in 500ml bottles. :lol: :drunk:


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[Callumbo]

Sounds dangerous. ..why the chilli?

Cheers

Clint

If it's anything like the ginger beer I'm brewing then it's to make the ginger extra fiery. Only difference is that I used some Cayenne pepper

 

[sunners1]

Do you use normal sugar or any other variation callumbo? Interested to make this for the summer possibly


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[Callumbo]

Do you use normal sugar or any other variation callumbo? Interested to make this for the summer possibly


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I'm not sure if I'm the best for advice as my first one is currently in the FV. However I did check out a lot of recipes before hand and some great tips. I used 970g of golden syrup and 1kg of granulated sugar. This filled my two demijohns then used gervin wilko's yeast.

For bottling I'm going to do a low co2 prime as I've never done it before I don't want them exploding. As it has the potential to be quite dry and fiery I'm also going to sweeten the batch when I bottle with some stevia as it's a non fermentable sugar. So it will sweeten the beer but not ferment.

Hope this helps. But I am very much testing this out for the first time myself. I will keep you posted on if it comes out any good.