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A few years ago we finally bought our own place on the sunshine coast and with a few acres and a shed i was able to get into it. Here is our recipe for a tangy alcoholic ginger beer.
Our recipe below is for a classic ginger beer at around 4 5 alcohol content but you can also make an alcohol free version for the kids and you can even substitute malt extract for honey or raw sugar to make a gluten free version read our notes at the bottom of the page first.
Home brew ginger beer alcoholic. With 1 cup of brown sugar in the mix plus the naturally occurring sugars in the ginger you ll wind up with a ginger beer that is about 3 4 abv alcohol by volume. If you want to know the exact alcohol amount then you can determine it by using a hydrometer. What yeasts can you use to brew ginger beer.
To make ginger beer you can use brewing yeast or baker s yeast. That said many homebrewers tend to use the well respected safale us 05 ale yeasts or champagne yeast. How to make a ginger bug.
Add 20 grams of grated ginger leave the skin on and 30 grams of granulated sugar to a mason jar. Thanks for visiting the warfellow craft co youtube channel. Here is our recipe for a tangy alcoholic ginger beer.
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Enjoy this home brew alcoholic ginger beer recipe its our favourite. So i always wanted to get into home brewing and we just never had any space in the numerous places we rented over the years. A few years ago we finally bought our own place on the sunshine coast and with a few acres and a shed i was able to get into it.
This will yield 5 gallons of medium flavored alcoholic ginger ale with an abv of 6 4. For a lighter crisper ginger ale like alcoholic canada dry use about 2 3 of the ginger and limes recommended below. For a fuller craft ginger ale flavor use about 1 1 2 times as much ginger and citrus.
Alcoholic ginger beer recipe for 5l 1 bring to boil and simmer for about 15 mins. 200g ginger chopped or sliced i use a food processor with a bit of water. You can use more if you want.
Skin of 2 4 lemons or limes avoid the white pith i use potato peeler juice of 4 lemons or limes. Chillies fresh or dry. Our recipe below is for a classic ginger beer at around 4 5 alcohol content but you can also make an alcohol free version for the kids and you can even substitute malt extract for honey or raw sugar to make a gluten free version read our notes at the bottom of the page first.
1 kg white sugar granulated for an interesting flavour combination try 500 grams brown and 500 grams white sugar. 200 grams fresh root ginger add more for a stronger ginger flavour 2 fresh lemons or use 2 oranges to add more flavour dynamic 4 5 litres of water. 11 grams beer yeast i use gervin.
Some manufacturers ferment the mixture longer and make other adjustments to increase the alcohol content but for our purposes this ginger beer is more akin to ginger ale. If you re concerned make the ginger syrup as noted below but skip the fermentation process and mix it with seltzer water instead to produce a fermentation free beverage.