Hi GB fans. Luxo how did the GB turn out you planned?
I am resurrecting this old thread as I am also interested in an all grain beer with ginger. Doing my research I have sampled several GB's but only three that had a malt base and noted the ingredients where possible and listed them in order to my own tastes.
Wychwood Ginger Beard was a nice one. Noted as a Pale amber ale infused with fiery ginger. 4.2% ABV.
Stones Premium Ginger Beer, less body but still very drinkable. Noted ingredients, Carbonated Water, Sugar, Ginger Extract, Malt (Barley), Food Acid (330), Flavours Preservatives (202 211) Hops.
Cabbies Alcoholic Ginger Beer, very similar to Stones. Noted ingredients, Malt beverage contains wheat & barley, natural flavours and caramel colour. 5% beer. 4% ABV
Matsos Ginger Beer, very sweet and an easy drink. Noted ingredients, Sugar, Ginger, Lemon Juice.
Buderim Alcoholic Ginger Beer, very sweet more like a cider than a beer. Noted ingredients, Carbonated Water, Spirit Alcohol 11.3%, Cane Sugar, Fresh Ginger, Natural Flavours, Food Acids (Citric Acids, Malic Acid), Preservatives (Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate)
I do not want to add any extracts, preservatives, colours whatever to keep it fresh and natural!
My plan at this point is mash a 25L BIAB batch at around 68c to get some body for my base malt. I have on hand Marris Otter, BestMaltz Meloidin and Gladfields Med Crystal to go for a rust coloured amber ale similar to Ginger Beard. I will add Enigma hop pellets, fresh ground ginger, fresh chilli, fresh lemon grass, maybe some fresh galangal and honey during the boil. Not sure yet but maybe a dash of cloves or corriander seed. SAF-04 for fermentaion and I also have it on hand. I like it fiery and am a fan of the chilli/galangal/lemon grass combination. Maybe at least 500gms of fresh ground ginger will needed to get the zing I am after. This is very much an experiment and self indulgent as it will be on the spicy side suited to my tastes. I will put a recipe together with quantities but would appreciate comments and advice. I will have to put it down soon as I will be going away for a few weeks at the end of the month.
