Ginger Beer Force Carbonation

[JasonY]

What was the final verdict on this kit asudb? Pondering wether to try a ginger beer sometime soon. I noticed the coopers ginger beer kit in TWOC today.

 

[dreamboat]

I wanted to bump this to the top of the heap again..... I am looking at trying to make a non-alcoholic ginger beer, and want to have it to serve from a keg.
All this talk of making bugs and feeding every day is all well and good, but can the whole yeast process be bypassed as I have the option to force carbonate?

I was thinking a little boil of a few litres with the ginger / lemon + spice and something for sweetness... probably honey..... straight into the keg up to 18 litres or so with water, carbonate and drink.

Any thoughts on this for a process???



dreamboat

 

[deadly]

I do this with some lemons, cloves, grated ginger boiled in some water add to fermenter,then add kit and let it do its thing.When its done into a keg and carb a little higher than beer.

 

[jgriffin]

I wanted to bump this to the top of the heap again..... I am looking at trying to make a non-alcoholic ginger beer, and want to have it to serve from a keg.
All this talk of making bugs and feeding every day is all well and good, but can the whole yeast process be bypassed as I have the option to force carbonate?

I was thinking a little boil of a few litres with the ginger / lemon + spice and something for sweetness... probably honey..... straight into the keg up to 18 litres or so with water, carbonate and drink.

Any thoughts on this for a process???



dreamboat

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Note - i have never done this myself. However the guy at my old lhbs told me that he took the Morgans ginger beer kit, added it to water, force carbonated it, and served it up as a regular on tap item for guests that wanted a NA drink. He reckoned it was a hit.

 

[Tseay]

Just to add to the kit recipe list. Her indoors loves the following:

Coopers Ginger Beer Kit
750g Raw Sugar
300g Dextrose
approx 25g of sliced ginger steeped in Vodka for 10 minutes before adding ( Vodka and all) to fermenter.

Makes 19l

First batch i did using the ale yeast that came with the kit. The current batch I started off with an English Ale yaest, went nowhere so have added another kit yeast.

Primed first batch with 250g - far too high will plan for 200g this time(21l batch)

Cheers

T

 

[Ross]

I wanted to bump this to the top of the heap again..... I am looking at trying to make a non-alcoholic ginger beer, and want to have it to serve from a keg.
All this talk of making bugs and feeding every day is all well and good, but can the whole yeast process be bypassed as I have the option to force carbonate?

I was thinking a little boil of a few litres with the ginger / lemon + spice and something for sweetness... probably honey..... straight into the keg up to 18 litres or so with water, carbonate and drink.

Any thoughts on this for a process???



dreamboat

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I'd love a good recipe as well - My wife doesn't drink alcohol & would love me to make a decent ginger beer. I tried once, but it was disgusting...

cheers Ross...