I have always wanted to make an alcoholic ginger beer, I tried following the recipe from the book wild fermentation and ended up with a bunch of moldy bottles. (it involved fermenting ginger root with wild yeast and adding it to a sugary gingery liquid. Not my cup of tea.
just hashing it out...
OG 1.060ish
pilsner, 1 lb vienna
25 IBU bittering addition
1/2 lb-1lb cane sugar
unknown amount of ginger in the last 10 minutes of the boil. (1/2 lb?)
Fermenting with us05.
Any suggestions on ginger amounts? I want a strong warming ginger bite.
Ginger Beer?
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Chalmers and I brew a Lemon and Ginger Wit beer and have good success with it. We treat the Ginger like hops, so the later in the boil the more ginger snap. We have been having good success with just using chunks of ginger but this time we put it in a magic bullet and made ginger slurry for our additions. We use 2oz ever 15 mins in the boil (about a pound in 5 gal) . We'll let you know how the slurry turns out this time.
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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a pound eh? wow can you rate the spicyness relative to propeller soda?
and the lemon? just add the juice at the end?
I was planning on magic bullet but maybe a slap chop would be enough
I'm hoping to start brewing it in a couple days so maybe we can trade a pint in the fall.
and the lemon? just add the juice at the end?
I was planning on magic bullet but maybe a slap chop would be enough
I'm hoping to start brewing it in a couple days so maybe we can trade a pint in the fall.
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My mother made hugely alcoholic “ginger beer” when I was a kid. She knew a famous biochemist, who taught her how to “double ferment” it. I used to take a gallon jug of this “ginger beer” on the carrier of my bike to the disco in the seventies (I was 16), and we all got drunk on it on a regular basis. It would be passed down the line of my friends. Sometimes they had trouble lifting the gallon plastic jug to their mouths because they were too sloshed. It tasted very dry and quite awful, but was very alcoholic. This was in the UK.
One night I spent my one and only night in a police cell, with the door open, and it was only because they found me outside the disco on the verge of being unconscious and didn’t know who I was. A Bobby with his tall helmet took me home in the morning in a blue Morris Minor police car and my parents received a verbal warning. Those were the days! That seventies music and young love!
One night I spent my one and only night in a police cell, with the door open, and it was only because they found me outside the disco on the verge of being unconscious and didn’t know who I was. A Bobby with his tall helmet took me home in the morning in a blue Morris Minor police car and my parents received a verbal warning. Those were the days! That seventies music and young love!
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Here is the recipe we typically use. It's for 40L so you may have to scale.
Batch Size 40.00 l
Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4.50 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.2 SRM) Grain 1 50.0 %
4.50 kg Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 2 50.0 %
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 60.0 mins) Herb 3 -
75.00 g Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 20.7 IBUs
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 45.0 mins) Herb 5 -
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 30.0 mins) Herb 6 -
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 15.0 mins) Herb 7 -
6.00 Items Lemon Zest (Boil 12.0 mins) Spice 8 -
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 0.0 mins) Herb 9 -
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.047 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.7
Bitterness: 20.7 IBUs
Est Color: 4.1 SRM
Mash In Add 30.00 l of water at 161.1 F 152.0 F 90 min
Mash Step Add 32.11 l of water at 188.7 F 170.0 F 10 min
Batch Size 40.00 l
Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4.50 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.2 SRM) Grain 1 50.0 %
4.50 kg Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 2 50.0 %
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 60.0 mins) Herb 3 -
75.00 g Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 20.7 IBUs
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 45.0 mins) Herb 5 -
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 30.0 mins) Herb 6 -
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 15.0 mins) Herb 7 -
6.00 Items Lemon Zest (Boil 12.0 mins) Spice 8 -
2.00 oz Ginger Root (Boil 0.0 mins) Herb 9 -
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.047 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.7
Bitterness: 20.7 IBUs
Est Color: 4.1 SRM
Mash In Add 30.00 l of water at 161.1 F 152.0 F 90 min
Mash Step Add 32.11 l of water at 188.7 F 170.0 F 10 min
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Ps. You’re not related to my mother are you, with your interest in alcoholic ginger beer? She’s from Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, small British islands of the coast of France, Her brother was the keeper of Gorey Castle. He had the biggest front door key EVER. Sorry I’m rambling on, sitting back with a brew at the end of the day, which is what LeafMan 66_67 says you are supposed to do.
What’s the story behind that name LeafMan 66_67? I bet it’s an exciting one!
What’s the story behind that name LeafMan 66_67? I bet it’s an exciting one!
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No it's not exciting at all. It sucks every year consistentlyGuingesRock wrote:What’s the story behind that name LeafMan 66_67? I bet it’s an exciting one!
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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I think what the unruly Habs fan is trying to say is that I'm a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Last time they won the cup was 66-67 season. Not exciting. Just a reminder to be patient and don't lose the faith! GO LEAFS!LiverDance wrote:No it's not exciting at all. It sucks every year consistentlyGuingesRock wrote:What’s the story behind that name LeafMan 66_67? I bet it’s an exciting one!
The lemon ginger wit sounds interesting. If be interested in a ginger pale or cream style ale, something with a bit of bite like Maritimer described.
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I suppose if I was Canadian I would have known what the fuck you were talking about. I need to go back homeLeafMan66_67 wrote:I think what the unruly Habs fan is trying to say is that I'm a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Last time they won the cup was 66-67 season. Not exciting. Just a reminder to be patient and don't lose the faith! GO LEAFS!LiverDance wrote:No it's not exciting at all. It sucks every year consistentlyGuingesRock wrote:What’s the story behind that name LeafMan 66_67? I bet it’s an exciting one!
The lemon ginger wit sounds interesting. If be interested in a ginger pale or cream style ale, something with a bit of bite like Maritimer described.
Thanks for explaining.
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Yes! 
Never! thought I'd become a hockey fan. But this is fun!
Never! thought I'd become a hockey fan. But this is fun!
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Oh just you wait till we start the pool! I'm putting on a regular season pool this yearGuingesRock wrote:Yes!
Never! thought I'd become a hockey fan. But this is fun!
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: Ginger Beer?
Alright Hockey fans, here's what I'm planning...
I'm going for a ginger punch in the face with some residual sweetness.
9lbs Maris otter
2lbs Munich
1lb Crystal 30
1 lb Melanoidin
2 oz Black Printz
1 oz Hallertauer tradition 7%AA 21.3IBU
4oz Ginger @ 15min
4oz Ginger @ 10min
4oz Ginger @5min.
ferment with us-05
OG 1.057
FG 1.011
6%, 13 SRM
I'm going for a ginger punch in the face with some residual sweetness.
9lbs Maris otter
2lbs Munich
1lb Crystal 30
1 lb Melanoidin
2 oz Black Printz
1 oz Hallertauer tradition 7%AA 21.3IBU
4oz Ginger @ 15min
4oz Ginger @ 10min
4oz Ginger @5min.
ferment with us-05
OG 1.057
FG 1.011
6%, 13 SRM
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