Ginger Beer

[Hilary B]

Ginger beer made by using yeast WILL be somewhat alcoholic, but not very....
When I last made some I gave it a few days in the bottle with lids NOT screwed down. It still gets fizzy, but a bit less violently so, and yes, it will be a bit more alcoholic that way!

[smallfrog]

Smallfrog now owes me a clean kitchen.

whoosp.

So its has a bit of a kick does it.

Note to self: Open bottle outside.

Lovely day to be drinking it though. Friend made elderflower champagne and had to have redecorators in, to redo the whole bathroom after it exploded.

just thought decorators are normally still decorators even when they redo it. Blonde!!

[zazen999]

I will open the next one with a big teatowel over the top and over a brew bucket; I don't want to lose any again.

It's lovely. Even Mr Z has just enjoyed a glass and he doesn't like ginger beer usually.

[Scottishnewbie]

i've got those grolsh type bottles from lakeland - do i need to sterilise them does anyone know? they've never been used but i have had them lurking in the shed for about a year....

[Liza]

i've got those grolsh type bottles from lakeland - do i need to sterilise them does anyone know? they've never been used but i have had them lurking in the shed for about a year....

I would say yes

[Scottishnewbie]

oops! just bottled it! oh well, will need to drink it before it starts to go mouldy...

[zazen999]

oops! just bottled it! oh well, will need to drink it before it starts to go mouldy...

If they'd been in the shed for a year, then I'd assume you'd washed them out.....so they would be clean enough as long as you drink it relatively quickly.

But it's always best practice to sterilise....

[Scottishnewbie]

yup i washed them out - well more of a rinse actually as the bottles were sealed.....too busy today i think! picked up our pigs from the butchers today.....mixed emotions i have to say - on monday they were cavorting around their field and tonight they are in our freezer! strange feeling...... and yes i know, they had a good life.....

[Bramble_killer]

is the ginger just normal ground ginger?

[zazen999]

is the ginger just normal ground ginger?

Mine was.

[binley100]

is the ginger just normal ground ginger?

Yup......

[Colarris]

Ive tried a couple of recipes but none have ever been as spicey and fiery as the ones you buy in the shops. :s

[jemma_charlie]

have you tried feeding it for longer than 7 days or giving it extra ginger everyday? I've currently got 2 plants on the go one i'm over feeding and the other i'll feed over a longer period of time as i like mine hot too.

[zazen999]

Blimey oh reilley.

I just opened 2 liter bottles; they were glass beer flip top types; and I put a fermenting bucket underneath, and one on top and flipped it open with a teatowel over my hand and - well - they went BANG!!!

So, I've transplanted them into a 2 litre plastic squash bottle; the glass is far too scarey.

Next time, plastic bottles all the way....my blood pressure can't cope.

[zazen999]

WOWSER - the second bottle took out the top lip and had glass shards everywhere.

NEVER PUT GINGER BEER IN GLASS BOTTLES