Nevalicious
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Hey there. Now, having brewed anough beer for the moment I want to try my hand at brewing a Ginger Beer.
I have checked out all the other threads on Alcoholic Ginger Beer and what people have suceeded in and what they have failed in and believe I have come up with a recipe to suit, but a few threads had me a little worried. Some have mentioned they have had bottles explode on them whilst conditioning. Clearly would like to avoid this!!! I dont know whether or not it is the information supplied or whether I am just a little thick, but can anyone who has brewed a successful GB please tell me whether or not this has a chance of a) being any good and b)will I have the possibility of bottle bombs (coopers tallies)
Recipe and methods as follows
Coopers Kit and Yeast
1 kg of Coopers Brewing Sugar (as its in the cupboard and I would like to see it gone)
500g LDME
250g Raw Sugar (or dark raw depending on what I can lay my hands on)
1 x 750ml Buderim Ginger Refresher
600g of coarsely grated ginger
3-4 chillis chopped and seeds included
1 x lemon, zested and squeezed
Boil 3lt water and add chillis, coarsely grated ginger, 1 kg of brew sugar, 500g LDME and zest/juice all at once (is this a good idea??? All at once??), add a standard coopers kit yeast to boil for nutrient?? and boil for 30 mins, cool and prepare kit as instructed on pack. Strain boiled fermentable etc into fermenter and pitch packet yeast at 18-20*c (or as low as possible considering the temp here at the moment!!)
Guys any help here is appreciated. This is my first attempt at a GB and love the stuff. I dont wana be too deterred by a bad/boring/unflavoured batch, let alone bottle bombs. I also know this has sorta been covered to death in various posts around the site and I have taken many notes but am starting to suffer a litlle bit of information overload...
Cheers again
Tyler
I have checked out all the other threads on Alcoholic Ginger Beer and what people have suceeded in and what they have failed in and believe I have come up with a recipe to suit, but a few threads had me a little worried. Some have mentioned they have had bottles explode on them whilst conditioning. Clearly would like to avoid this!!! I dont know whether or not it is the information supplied or whether I am just a little thick, but can anyone who has brewed a successful GB please tell me whether or not this has a chance of a) being any good and b)will I have the possibility of bottle bombs (coopers tallies)
Recipe and methods as follows
Coopers Kit and Yeast
1 kg of Coopers Brewing Sugar (as its in the cupboard and I would like to see it gone)
500g LDME
250g Raw Sugar (or dark raw depending on what I can lay my hands on)
1 x 750ml Buderim Ginger Refresher
600g of coarsely grated ginger
3-4 chillis chopped and seeds included
1 x lemon, zested and squeezed
Boil 3lt water and add chillis, coarsely grated ginger, 1 kg of brew sugar, 500g LDME and zest/juice all at once (is this a good idea??? All at once??), add a standard coopers kit yeast to boil for nutrient?? and boil for 30 mins, cool and prepare kit as instructed on pack. Strain boiled fermentable etc into fermenter and pitch packet yeast at 18-20*c (or as low as possible considering the temp here at the moment!!)
Guys any help here is appreciated. This is my first attempt at a GB and love the stuff. I dont wana be too deterred by a bad/boring/unflavoured batch, let alone bottle bombs. I also know this has sorta been covered to death in various posts around the site and I have taken many notes but am starting to suffer a litlle bit of information overload...
Cheers again
Tyler