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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Naturally fermented ginger beer
I'm doing ginger beer sodas by using juices: ginger and lemon juices, cane sugar and natural flavours. I pasteurise the blend by cooking it to 150°F (66°C) for a good minute, then cooling it off and ...
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Ginger Bug Expansion
I've made ginger bug before and it makes really good sodas, etc, but how do you expand the bug? I've look all over online and they show how to start and maintain a bug but not how to expand it. I'm ...
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What yeast should I use to make a semi-sweet Ginger Beer with about 5% ABV
I want to make a semi-sweet (a little less sweet than Crabbies) ginger beer that is about 4.5 to 5.0% alcohol, and my plan was that in the end, I want it to be between 1.020 and 1.025 s.g.. Therefore ...
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Ginger bug stopped bubbling so I added some yeast
I had a healthy ginger bug for the first 4 days which was bubbling away nicely until it all stopped for no apparent reason. I kept feeding it as per normal and it didn't do anything for another 4 days....
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Gingerbug issues
I've made a gingerbug many times in the past and been successful, the longest of which I kept alive for over a year until another project took over.
My issue this time is that after bottling my ...
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Choosing a yeast for ginger beer
I'm doing some experiments with ginger beer (this is a alcoholic beer, not a soda). I'm use brown sugar as the sugar source for now, but may experiment with other sugars including malt as I go along.
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Pausing a ginger beer plant
I am making ginger beer, the old fashioned way with a plant. The plant is a jamjar which I feed with one teaspoon of sugar and powdered ginger daily.
I'm going on holiday soon, for several weeks. I'...
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Why is ginger fed to ginger beer plant regularly, what is a good ratio of ginger to liquid?
I'm brewing ginger beer for the first time using a ginger beer plant with
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In this recipe once fermentation begins you feed the plant sugar and ground ginger for 7 days. I understand why ...
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How can I make homemade ginger ale?
Looking to make something really tasty, and also non-alcoholic. Is this possible to achieve at home?
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How to make a fermented, low-alcohol ginger beer to sell in a bar?
I'm about to make my first ever fermented ginger beer. I want to use it in the cocktail recipes of my bar, but it need to be at below 0.5% abv to be legal for me to produce and sell.
My problem is ...
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Bottling hard ginger beer
A few months back, BYO had an article about hard sodas including hard ginger beer. It talked about the necessity of using strengthened bottles with caged tops (ie. like champagne bottles) due to level ...
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How to prevent sulfur odors when brewing ginger ale / ginger beer?
I made my first batch of ginger beer and it was delicious—but with prominent sewer gas undertones.
This was a simple recipe and a quick ferment: ginger, water, sugar, lemon juice, and yeast fermented ...
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Yeast for making (non alchoholic) ginger beer
I'm planning to make some ginger beer. I want it to be non-alcoholic, and I am ordering some wine yeast to ferment it. I have two questions about yeast, though, since I am new to fermenting anything.
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Accidentally mixed ginger in with ginger beer plant grains--how can I fix this?
Fortunately the ginger is pretty finely ground. Should I just leave it in there indefinitely as I cycle through new batches and hope it disintegrates? It doesn't seem like filtering will work very ...
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Ginger Beer Plant and lemon in one container or not?
When making Ginger Beer using Ginger Beer Plant, should I use lemon or not? Some guides just have a step where they add lemon (into the same container as the GBP). Then again there are statements like ...
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