Growing Ginger

[technobabble66]

Hey RB,
Read the Ginger Beer from Scratch (?) thread.
I happened to read thru it this morning. One of the last posters mentioned he'd done a 25% galangal Ginger Beer. He hated it. Not much info on why, other than it didn't work for him.
Everyone's tastes are different, so i'm not necessarily saying it shouldn't be done, but maybe look at doing a low percentage first, like 5%? Just thought you might like to know of someone else's results.
Cheers! (and let us know how you go if you give it a shot!)

 

[Red Baron]

Thanks mate. I've got plenty, so if it's **** the only loss is my time. I'm still willing to give it a go for the experiments sake, and these will be 100% galangal so I won't be approaching it from a "ginger beer" taste standpoint.

Cheers,
RB

 

[HBHB]

What has your dog been smoking?

My own personal stalker. Can't be out of sight for 30 seconds.

 

[Red Baron]

I've got a massive galangal plant, and it occurred to me after reading this thread that I should give galangal beer a go. When I get around to it i'll report back.

Cheers,
RB.

Well I had a crack at Galangal beer, and I like it. The thread is here. I'll definitely be brewing it from now on.

Cheers,
RB.

 

[LiquidGold]

I forgot to take a pic in peak season but here's most of my ginger harvest this year. The ones still growing I'll eventually re-pot into the blue half barrel.

 

[Glot]

It will take a couple of seasons before you have enough to really harvest. Planting in a big pot makes it easy to harvest. Just dump the whole lot out. Some ginger , like some garlic, is treated to stop shooting when in the shops.
I just buy mine at the market for $5 a kg.

 

[LiquidGold]

Yeah I mainly wanted to harvest so I could use the half barrel instead of the many smaller pots I'd whacked them in last year.