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 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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What is the ginger bug, actually?
Recipes for spontaneous (wild) ginger ale sometimes refer to the starter as the "ginger bug". What is the ginger bug? Is it just an ordinary lactobacillus; is it a type of yeast? Is it something that ...
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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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tips to improve my Ginger Beer
Good day mates,
Just had my very first batch of GB. I have basically followed the stove-top recipe at (http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Ginger-Ale). I forgot botton-upping it to mix it all before drinking ...
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Ginger Beer ABV from Bakers Yeast
I’ve made ginger beer a few times. I usually make it with just fresh ginger and raw honey. Usually the I get well less than 2% ABV.
This last week though I used a different honey, sourced from a farm,...
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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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Why are there raisins floating in my ginger beer?
When I buy homemade ginger beer (in South Africa), there are often small black raisins floating in it, about 1cm in diameter. Why did the makers decide to put them in?
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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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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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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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Any way to deal with bitter taste from turbo yeast?
I had some turbo yeast left over, and figured I'd try make a couple litres of ginger beer (sugar, grated ginger, a little lime juice) and elderflower wine (sugar, elderflowers, lemon juice and zest) ...
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Will bigger feed give faster increase in ginger bug?
I started making my first ginger bug a week ago and it finally produced a bubble on the 7 th day!
I’m planning to brew a big batch of ginger beer in a 5 gallon carboy and I’m need 7 cups ginger bug ...
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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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Crabbies ginger beer clone recipe
A few years back I tried brewing my first Ginger beer hoping to get a result that would come close to the one that Crabbies makes (which I love). The result ended up very bitter and it just wasn't a ...
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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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Ginger Beer Not Carbonated
I have made ginger beer from my own "ginger bug" but did not get much carbonation. I think I put it in the refrigerator too soon, so I took one bottle out, let it sit for 2 days and VIOLA, carbonation ...
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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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Ginger Bug Smell?
I've made a new ginger bug from some pretty old ginger.
The ginger has been sitting on my counter long enough for some of it to actually sprout new shoots, but it smells fine and doesn't show any ...
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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.
For the bug:
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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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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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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Sugar source and alcohol content in Ginger Beer
Made my second batch of ginger beer the other day, and not sure if different sugars perhaps produced a little more alcohol..
For my first batch, I used 2 cups of pure cane sugar and 1 packet of dry ...
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Ginger bug does not produce enough carbonation
I am using the following recipe to grow an active ginger bug:
2 cups bottled water
2 tbsp grated organic ginger
2 tbs refined sugar
Each day I add 2 tbsp ginger and 2 tbsp sugar to the mix. I wash ...
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Does yeast choice matter as much in ginger beer?
I'm about to brew a ginger beer and was wondering if the choice of yeast is as important in a ginger beer, where the ginger dominates the flavour.
I've got the yeast-under-the-cap packet and a US-05 ...
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How do I make my ginger beer SPICY?
I've made tons of ginger beer (often just like this http://ieatfood.net/2009/12/18/real-ginger-ale/ ), I've tried various different recipes, and they all come out quite nicely. But I want a ginger ...
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does my ginger bug have mold?
My ginger bug had been 3 days bubbling and fizzing, but now it's stopped bubbling and smells too much of fermented ginger, can somebody help me? please?
I need help urgently.
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How to make an optimal fermentation for ginger beer with ginger bug
I'm trying my first batch of ginger beer and decided to make it with ginger bug.
What I want to achieve is a bit sweet ginger beer with max alcohol my ginger bug can handle, I read somwhere it is 4-5%...
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