Questions tagged [ginger-beer]
The old-fashioned fizzy ginger-flavoured drink, carbonated with yeast; this comes in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions.
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Ginger beer fermentation produces thick, white foam, becomes viscous
I’m making a batch of ginger beer from a bug. 5l water, 400g white sugar.
Within just over a day, the fermentation started foaming heavily. The foam has a consistency and taste of egg whites beaten ...
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Is there any potential risk in making beer/mead in the same way as it was done in historical recipes?
To preface, I have zero experience with homebrewing. I mainly am interested in these recipes specifically because they seem super simple and don't require any specialty equipment.
I enjoy watching ...
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Is it common to refrigerate after 2F with ginger beer?
I've been having luck brewing kombucha this past year and am interested in trying out ginger beer since I have been lead to believe the processes are quite similar (besides the 1 way valve for 1F). ...
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Exploding ginger beer?
I made some homemade ginger beer using a ginger bug and bottled in a glass flip top bottle. I brought a bottle to a friend we drank half and it has now been in the fridge sealed for a month and a half....
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Wild Ginger Bug Smells Like Buttered Popcorn. Keep or Toss?
This is a two week old Ginger bug developed from organic store-bought ginger (not a SCOBY). I've kept it in a warm cabinet, not my fridge while it got established. I'm new to fermentation and brewing, ...
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Cold Brew Coffee with Ginger bug fermentation
I like experimenting with different liquids aside from ginger tea and was wondering if cold brew coffee would be viable for a fermentation.
I was not sure if the acidity of the instant coffee would ...
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When do you refrigerate your ginger beer?
The standard instructions are: Make your bug; brew your sweet ginger 'tea'; cool; add bug to your tea, and bottle for second fermentation; let ferment, at room temperature, to your desired level, ...
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When should ginger beer's second fermentation start producing pressure?
I am trying my first batch of ginger beer, using what seems to be a pretty standard "fool proof" recipe.
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2 cups filtered water; 2 tbsp chopped ginger; 2 tbs refined sugar
The ...
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Is my ginger beer safe to drink?
While fermenting ginger beer I found out after 24 hrs of fermentation there's this white layer on the top of surface has grown.Is it safe to drink?
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Stuck ferment - gingerbeer - or just strange yeast?
I've just (as in 2 days ago) laid down a gingerbeer (kit build - first time) - est finished ABV should be 4.0%.
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2 x Brigalow Gingerbeer Packs
3 kg Dextrose mono
43L Sterile Water
2 packets ...
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Dehydrating ginger bug
I was wondering whether it would be possible to dehydrate a ginger bug or the yeast part of it. The end goal is to be able to store it in powder form for longer periods of time. I am aware it can be ...
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How to find out if there is vinegar in a beer brew
I am brewing ginger beer for the first time ever. In fact this is the first time I am brewing ever. I used 200 grams of sugar, 100 grams of yeast, a few mint leaves, and a whole lemon (sliced) in 1.5 ...
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Home brewing for the first time ever
I am home brewing for the first time ever. I had the following queries pls. Hope someone will answer:
I mixed 200 grams of white sugar, 100 grams of ginger, 2 complete lemons, mint leaves and 1 ...
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Ginger Beer - How long can it be stored, can it be frozen and what do you do with the yeast?
I have made my 3rd, 4th and 5th Ginger Beer brews today!
The first one was a success, the second one I ruined it (used honey for fermenting and sweetening but didn't think it out properly) but now I ...
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Why is my ginger beer not sweet yet?
So I didn't follow a recipe as such for my Ginger beer but here is what I did:
Champagne Yeast, grated ginger, honey and water fed every day for about 1 week (created GBP)
Topped up to 2L with water ...
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