Ginger beer

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Ben Cutlet

Ginger beer

Post by Ben Cutlet » Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:07 pm

Does any one have a recipefor good alco ginger beer-or /and a recipe for beer with ginger. I'm off work for two weeks so will be brewing anyway. OOPS should have read through recipes !!!

dave-o

Re: Ginger beer

Post by dave-o » Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:35 pm

3000g pale malt
500g crystal
500g wheat malt

(any bittering hop to about 30ibu) - Full boil
500g cubed, frozen root ginger - 20 minutes (and in fermenter)
20g Bobek - 5 minutes

Ben Cutlet

Re: Ginger beer

Post by Ben Cutlet » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:57 pm

Did your recipe for GB today- never seen so much trub!!!! Blocked the boiler strainer- Generaly bad brew day though. Used 750g of cubed ginger root though. "Some like it hot"

dave-o

Re: Ginger beer

Post by dave-o » Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:13 pm

Ben Cutlet wrote:Did your recipe for GB today- never seen so much trub!!!!
I can't see why the ginger would affect that.
Ben Cutlet wrote:Used 750g of cubed ginger root though. "Some like it hot"
Good. 500g was not, in my opinion, that hot. I like Old Jamaica strength GB.

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