A handful of raisins if you can find the ones that still have their seeds it will aid the fermentation process peel and juice of 1 lemon. Ginger ale is basically fizzy water that s been flavored with ginger.
Alcoholic ginger beer recipe for 5l 1 bring to boil and simmer for about 15 mins.
Homemade alcoholic ginger beer recipe. Make your own alcoholic ginger beer. 500g 2 cups sugar. 150g dried ginger crushed or 300g fresh ginger sliced.
A handful of raisins if you can find the ones that still have their seeds it will aid the fermentation process peel and juice of 1 lemon. 4 litres of freshly boiled water. 10ml 2 tsp dry yeast not instant yeast.
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. Homemade alcoholic ginger beer recipe.
By admin december 21 2020 0 12. Thanks for visiting the warfellow craft co youtube channel. Here is our recipe for a tangy alcoholic ginger beer.
You can do at home with minimal equipment and a low budget. Let us know if you like the video in the comments and leave a suggestion for what you d. You ll probably want to carbonate your ginger beer you could drink it still flat but bubbly is so much better.
Heat 1 cup of water and add cup brown sugar. Mix the sugar and water until they are completely dissolved then set them aside to cool down to room temperature. Once they are cool stir them into the ginger beer.
A guide to brewing alcoholic ginger beer despite what many recipe sites on the internet may claim ginger ale and ginger beer are completely different drinks. Ginger ale is basically fizzy water that s been flavored with ginger. Ale is not brewed.
Alcoholic ginger beer is a more involved drink that is created by the fermentation of ginger. 2 lbs peeled diced ginger root 5 lbs organic cane sugar 5 limes zest and juice water to make 5 gallons yeast nutrient dose per manufacturer instructions 1 packet s 04 yeast boil 2 5 gallons of water then remove from heat. Stir in sugar and yeast nutrient until well dissolved.
Pour three or four tablespoons more or less depending upon how gingery you like it of your syrup over ice and add 8 ounces of seltzer water or club soda. Bottle the rest of the syrup and store it in the refrigerator. For the full ginger beer experience place a funnel in the top of the bottle.
There are a lot of instructions available for making non alcoholic versions of ginger beer but for those who want to savor this beverage in its pure form you can try these instructions. Ginger beer was one of the most popular beverages in both america canada and europe until 1920 prohibition in america and 1950 s in europe. If you aren t certain then use 2 tbsp which is still quite mild.
Likewise the amount of sugar is optional. Using 4 tbsp will result in a less sweet ginger beer. For a typical ginger beer use the full 6 tbsp.
For a hot and spicy ginger beer add a slice of hot pepper to the ferment then remove it out when bottling. Hi i made this but the yeast seems to have eaten all the sugar and now the ginger beer is very dry and not sweet at all. Infact its pretty gross tasting but the ginger and chili flavour is delish.
I tried just the ginger bug recipe which was delish but the gravity reading was only like 1 in the end.