Comments on: Brewing Ginger Beer http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/2009/07/14/brewing-ginger-beer/ Because its always happy hour somewhere! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/2009/07/14/brewing-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-603 admin Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:54:05 +0000 http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/?p=786#comment-603 @Tony Glad it all worked out for you. Ginger beer often won't throw up a big Krausen like beer when fermenting so you always have to test with a hydrometer to be safe. Good luck with the modifications part of ginger beers allure is how easy it is to make all sorts of additions like honey and spices. Best just to try everything until you find that "perfect" recipe. @Tony Glad it all worked out for you. Ginger beer often won’t throw up a big Krausen like beer when fermenting so you always have to test with a hydrometer to be safe. Good luck with the modifications part of ginger beers allure is how easy it is to make all sorts of additions like honey and spices. Best just to try everything until you find that “perfect” recipe.

]]> By: Tony http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/2009/07/14/brewing-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Tony Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:01:28 +0000 http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/?p=786#comment-602 Ooops...yes I jumped the gun on this one a bit...took your advice and did an SG and it was perfect for bottling. The no throthy bit had me perplexed until I did some further reading and found out that GB brewing is a bit like that. Thanks Admin...its a simple recipe I shall be tweaking to suit my personal tastes in the future. Ooops…yes I jumped the gun on this one a bit…took your advice and did an SG and it was perfect for bottling.

The no throthy bit had me perplexed until I did some further reading and found out that GB brewing is a bit like that.

Thanks Admin…its a simple recipe I shall be tweaking to suit my personal tastes in the future.

]]> By: admin http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/2009/07/14/brewing-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-596 admin Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:05:05 +0000 http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/?p=786#comment-596 @tony I can personally vouch for the recipe, some recipes use Cream of tartar to balance the acid some don't. As for using sugar its required if you want the fizz and alcohol, as long as the yeast has eaten all the sugar from the primary ferment and you don't over prime when bottling you will be safe from "bottle bombs". Boiling rather than grating is one option although some people feel boiling for extended periods will lessen some of the aroma and taste. Not sure how you are checking if its fermenting, its an idea to go to a brew store or Big W and get a hydrometer if you don't have one already as the change in in specific gravity is the only sure fire way to test if its fermenting or not. @tony I can personally vouch for the recipe, some recipes use Cream of tartar to balance the acid some don’t. As for using sugar its required if you want the fizz and alcohol, as long as the yeast has eaten all the sugar from the primary ferment and you don’t over prime when bottling you will be safe from “bottle bombs”. Boiling rather than grating is one option although some people feel boiling for extended periods will lessen some of the aroma and taste. Not sure how you are checking if its fermenting, its an idea to go to a brew store or Big W and get a hydrometer if you don’t have one already as the change in in specific gravity is the only sure fire way to test if its fermenting or not.

]]> By: Tony http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/2009/07/14/brewing-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Tony Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:26:18 +0000 http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/?p=786#comment-595 Can anyone actually vouch for this recipe...I tried it and nothings happening...I even tried adding more yeast after several days and still nothing a week later. I checked out other GB recipes and none mention "cream of tartar" but all suggest its not a good idea to use plain sugar as a bottling up fizz producer as it tends to make the bottles explode...but not having reached that stage I can't vouch for that advice. Yes it would be a nice simple recipe and even simpler if you just boil all the chopped ingredients and filter instead of farting around with grating as is suggest by the mainstream home brew suppliers. Oh and yes I followed the rules and have fermented plenty of basic beer before without any failures. Can anyone actually vouch for this recipe…I tried it and nothings happening…I even tried adding more yeast after several days and still nothing a week later.
I checked out other GB recipes and none mention “cream of tartar” but all suggest its not a good idea to use plain sugar as a bottling up fizz producer as it tends to make the bottles explode…but not having reached that stage I can’t vouch for that advice.

Yes it would be a nice simple recipe and even simpler if you just boil all the chopped ingredients and filter instead of farting around with grating as is suggest by the mainstream home brew suppliers.

Oh and yes I followed the rules and have fermented plenty of basic beer before without any failures.

]]> By: admin http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/2009/07/14/brewing-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-144 admin Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:19:58 +0000 http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/?p=786#comment-144 Yeah it turns out between 5 - 6% Alcohol depending on how accurate you were with measuring the sugar, and what the exact strain yeast you used. Yeah it turns out between 5 – 6% Alcohol depending on how accurate you were with measuring the sugar, and what the exact strain yeast you used.

]]> By: David http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/2009/07/14/brewing-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-143 David Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:42:45 +0000 http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/?p=786#comment-143 Is this ginger beer recipe alcoholic Is this ginger beer recipe alcoholic

]]> By: Cre8ive Commando http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/2009/07/14/brewing-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Cre8ive Commando Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:24:33 +0000 http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/?p=786#comment-91 Cool! I think I might give it a go sometime :-) Cool! I think I might give it a go sometime :-)

]]> By: hydrometer http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/2009/07/14/brewing-ginger-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-64 hydrometer Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:29:46 +0000 http://www.sydneyhappyhour.com/?p=786#comment-64 Great post, (; Great post, (;

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