maltedhopalong
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I hope the title got you interested enough to have a read. The only problem is, I haven't done it yet.... and since I'm currently brewing a ginger beer and have to put a few more beer batches down for my upcoming batchelor party, I won't get around to tryingn it for a little while, so here's where you come in!
I will give you the recipe for the perfect Bundaberg Ginger Beer Clone (Alcoholic) and you can tell me how it went!
Go to Coles (haha, I just noticed this.... err... your local supermarket) and buy "Bundaberg Ginger Beer Cordial" it tastes EXACTLY like Bundy Ginger Beer. In fact, don't bother buying bundy ginger beer bottles anymore, just a heap of homebrand soda water and some of that cordial, it's PERFECT.
It mixes one part cordial to four parts water and has 60g of sugar per 100mLs of cordial. So for a 22.5 Litre batch of alcoholic Ginger Beer, you pour in 4.5L of Bundaberg Ginger Beer Cordial (it comes in 750mL bottles, so you will need 6). This gives you at least 2.7Kg of sugar (any workarounds you can come up with? Maybe try the DIET cordial? I don't know what it tastes like, that's all.) so you will need quite a bit of yeast.
My suggestion is a champagne yeast, and maybe some nutrient? Maybe a few packets of yeast? Even a "turbo" yeast????
It's gonna be some LETHAL ginger beer!!!
So there you go, fill 'er up with water and pitch your yeast and let it ferment.
When it's finished, the yeast will have fermented all the sweetness out of it (IMO this will probably make it taste better, I love a dry, hard ginger beer). But you can always add lactose OR if you're into kegging, add 2.7(!!!!!!) kilos of sugar, and SOMEHOW manage to stir it in then keg it and keep it cool to stop the yeast from fermenting it.
So there you go, PERFECT bundaberg ginger beer, with probably something like 13%abv (looking at that, yeah u'll probably need a turbo yeast).
As I've said, I haven't tried it, so please if you do try it, let me know how it goes. Also, please add your comments regarding sweetening the beer and/or getting the sugar level down at pitching time (what does diet bundaberg taste like?).
FYI:
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750mL GINGER BEER CORDIAL
Nutrition and Ingredient Information
Servings Per Package 15
Serving Size 250mls
Avg per 250mL - 50mL cordial plus 200mL Water
Energy - 521kJ
Protein - < 1g
Fat - < 1g
Carbohydrate
----->total - 31.5g
----->sugar - 31.5g
Sodium - 19mg
Ingredients: cane sugar, water, ginger root, natural flavours, acid (citric acid), yeast, preservative (sodium benzoate), antioxidant (ascorbic acid).
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750mL DIET GINGER BEER CORDIAL
Nutrition and Ingredient Information
Servings Per Package 15
Serving Size 250mls
Avg per 250mL - 50mL cordial plus 200mL Water
Energy - 18kJ
Protein - < 1g
Fat - < 1g
Carbohydrate
----->total - 1.2g
----->sugar - 1.2g
Sodium - 24mg
Ingredients: water, cane sugar, ginger root, natural flavours, yeast, maliac acid, preservative (sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate), sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose) antioxidant (ascorbic acid), stabilizers (xanthan gum, guar gum).Phenylketonurics: Contains Phenylalanine
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I will give you the recipe for the perfect Bundaberg Ginger Beer Clone (Alcoholic) and you can tell me how it went!
Go to Coles (haha, I just noticed this.... err... your local supermarket) and buy "Bundaberg Ginger Beer Cordial" it tastes EXACTLY like Bundy Ginger Beer. In fact, don't bother buying bundy ginger beer bottles anymore, just a heap of homebrand soda water and some of that cordial, it's PERFECT.
It mixes one part cordial to four parts water and has 60g of sugar per 100mLs of cordial. So for a 22.5 Litre batch of alcoholic Ginger Beer, you pour in 4.5L of Bundaberg Ginger Beer Cordial (it comes in 750mL bottles, so you will need 6). This gives you at least 2.7Kg of sugar (any workarounds you can come up with? Maybe try the DIET cordial? I don't know what it tastes like, that's all.) so you will need quite a bit of yeast.
My suggestion is a champagne yeast, and maybe some nutrient? Maybe a few packets of yeast? Even a "turbo" yeast????
It's gonna be some LETHAL ginger beer!!!
So there you go, fill 'er up with water and pitch your yeast and let it ferment.
When it's finished, the yeast will have fermented all the sweetness out of it (IMO this will probably make it taste better, I love a dry, hard ginger beer). But you can always add lactose OR if you're into kegging, add 2.7(!!!!!!) kilos of sugar, and SOMEHOW manage to stir it in then keg it and keep it cool to stop the yeast from fermenting it.
So there you go, PERFECT bundaberg ginger beer, with probably something like 13%abv (looking at that, yeah u'll probably need a turbo yeast).
As I've said, I haven't tried it, so please if you do try it, let me know how it goes. Also, please add your comments regarding sweetening the beer and/or getting the sugar level down at pitching time (what does diet bundaberg taste like?).
FYI:
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750mL GINGER BEER CORDIAL
Nutrition and Ingredient Information
Servings Per Package 15
Serving Size 250mls
Avg per 250mL - 50mL cordial plus 200mL Water
Energy - 521kJ
Protein - < 1g
Fat - < 1g
Carbohydrate
----->total - 31.5g
----->sugar - 31.5g
Sodium - 19mg
Ingredients: cane sugar, water, ginger root, natural flavours, acid (citric acid), yeast, preservative (sodium benzoate), antioxidant (ascorbic acid).
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750mL DIET GINGER BEER CORDIAL
Nutrition and Ingredient Information
Servings Per Package 15
Serving Size 250mls
Avg per 250mL - 50mL cordial plus 200mL Water
Energy - 18kJ
Protein - < 1g
Fat - < 1g
Carbohydrate
----->total - 1.2g
----->sugar - 1.2g
Sodium - 24mg
Ingredients: water, cane sugar, ginger root, natural flavours, yeast, maliac acid, preservative (sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate), sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose) antioxidant (ascorbic acid), stabilizers (xanthan gum, guar gum).Phenylketonurics: Contains Phenylalanine
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