Zest the fruit and add it just the zest, not the white pith along with the juice of the fruit to the hot water before fermentation. You can also add additional zest after fermentation. Spices can also be added, and the possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Grains of paradise or pink peppercorns make excellent additions to a summer ginger ale, while holiday spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and clove would make a wonderful holiday ginger ale in the winter.
Always add spices in moderation. Ginger ale is a light, refreshing beverage, so neutral ale yeasts that throw off minimal esters and phenols are best. If you use dry yeast and keep the OG around 1. Again, it is crucial to set the yeast up for success. After fermentation you will have a very dry ginger ale with an FG in the 0.
The recipe below calls for granulated baking Splenda, which measures out like sugar and produces a good ginger ale that any brewer can make. If you keg, however, the best way to backsweeten would be to use potassium sorbate to stabilize the ginger ale after fermentation is complete potassium sorbate will not halt a fermentation in progress and add sugar at kegging time.
Whatever sweetener you use, it should be dissolved in water first so it will mix evenly. Just like dry hopping beers, adding spices and other flavorings after fermentation is an excellent way to add a final burst of flavor and aroma to your ginger ale. Spices can be added directly to the fermenter and steeped for weeks before racking off. Alternatively, you can soak spices and zests in a vodka tincture for weeks and then add the entire mix to the fermenter, bottling bucket, or keg.
Finally, the recipe! This will yield 5 gallons of medium-flavored alcoholic ginger ale with an ABV of 6. The recipe below takes weeks from brew day to bottle. Primary fermentation will be done long before that — properly cared-for yeast make short work of those simple sugars — but as with beer, extra time will give the yeast time to clean up after themselves. Stir in sugar and yeast nutrient until well dissolved. Once the sugar is dissolved add the ginger root, lime zest, and lime juice.
Steep for 15 minutes. Strain and pour the mixture into primary fermenter and top off to 5 gallons. OG should be about 1.
And after fermentation, it contains probiotics which are great for your gut. To make it alcoholic, yes. Due to the probiotics from fermentation, it will get things moving in your gut. Ginger is also great for soothing an upset tummy. You can use a hydrometer tool to figure out how much alcohol volume is in your batch of beer. This ginger beer recipe makes about one and a half gallons. Stir it up and turn off the heat after a minute or two. Keep the lid on and let it sit and cool overnight.
Step 3: Begin the Fermentation Process Grab a teaspoon and add in your cream of tartar, champagne yeast, and yeast nutrition. Step 4: Prepare Your Ginger Beer Bottles Once your ginger beer completes fermentation, use the large funnel and cheesecloth to strain the fermented mixture into the second one-gallon bottle.
Here most of our yeast packets are 5 grams, so yours are about the same. When using bread yeast, though, you might find some of the yeast taste is left in the final brew. You can use white sugar instead of brown; I just like brown sugar personally because of the flavor it gives. Can I put the ginger in a muslin bag during primary or does it have to be loose?
I think use of a muslin bag would keep it a lot cleaner and make it easier to transfer to secondary. Thanks in advance, really looking forward to making this! I have quite a bit of the ginger some of which I used in this batch of brew. If you wanted to scale this recipe up for a five gallon batch.
Any recommendations on how to have two cases of 12 oz capped bottles, carbonated with out taking up gobs of fridge space for one month. That will stop any remaining fermentation process, but leave the CO2 pressurizing the bottle. Take a look at this article: Should you Pasteurize Hard Cider? Hi Can I use dextrose instead of brown sugar? Yes, but dextrose being a glucose rather than a sucrose will probably not give you as sweet a finished product.
I did a little twist on this recipe; half the ginger beer recipe and half the hard apple cider recipe. Also added a half a cup of lavender for some infused goodness. I used your recipe plus the pulp of one orange; also a plastic primary fermenter bucket.
Very excited and want to start another batch soon. Thanks for a great informative and inspiring how-to!!! I used this recipe for a 1 gallon amount. The honey addition makes it taste a little better in my opinion.
I used a bucket to ferment instead of a jar because it is easy to get the ginger out. I got over 5. The hydrometer is great for knowing how much alcohol is in the brew. So I made a one gallon batch, have bottled it, I am still waiting on the carbonation to start happening and it has been 10 days at room temp, how long does it generally take to happen? Still tasting flat? Assuming you added additional fermentable sugar before bottling, it should have started fermenting and carbonating again very quickly within a day or two.
Would it be safe to put in my compost? Or do you have any other suggestions? Thanks for this recipe and in depth directions. Yes, the yeast in beer, wine and cider feed the bacteria fueling the composting process, and actually help to speed up decomposition.
If I wanted to do a 5 gallon carboy batch, how would you recommend scaling up the ingredients? Thanks much! For a larger batch, I would definitely recommend using both a primary and secondary fermenter.
Just finished bottling my first attempt at this. Very impressed so far! Hi we followed your instructions faithfully and are racking this now. We taste tested it and it honestly tastes horrible. Can we expect the flavor to improve over time? Is there something that may have gone wrong? Is brewers concentrated corn sugar acceptable for this recipe in attempts to increase the abv but not the sugary flavor?
Yes, you can use corn sugar or even just a greater quantity of any sugar to increase the alcohol percentage, just test with a hydrometer before starting the fermentation.
You can increase the amount you make just by multiplying all of the ingredients except for the yeast — yeast multiplies, so a single packet works just as well for 1 gallon as it does for 5.
This tutorial is so much better the all the other ones that I have seen on the Internet. This is like a real beer not just a sweet ginger flavored drink. I cannot wait to try it! I bought a ginger beer in a store once but it was way too sweet. I will leave out the non-fermentable sweetener because I do not like taste of sweetness in my drinks. Thanks for the cool article! Yes, more sugar will yield a higher alcohol by volume percentage.
Thanks for the recipe! I want it to hurt a bit! Maybe if i use an cider or beer yeast would work?. I am following this recipe for the first time and the initial fermentation has just finished. Today I will transfer it to the secondary fermenter but I have some questions: What is the purpose of leaving it for 2 weeks? Is this just to let it settle fully to remove the majority of the sediment? Should I attach the fermentation lock again or just seal the bottle? When I top up the bottle with water, should I boil it first and allow it to cool to ensure no contamination from the water?
Finally, will the yeast stay alive even without sugar for the 2 weeks? I am concerned that after I bottle the ginger-beer I will not get any carbonation. But yes, the main purpose is to allow it to settle. You still need to use a fermentation lock. Hi, I grow ginger so would love to try this.
Mine came out super gingery and during the brew process, the ginger took up almost half of my gallon container as it floated. Did this recipe call for 2. I like a pretty serious ginger flavor to me, Canada Dry is watery! If you want less of a ginger bite, then just cut that down to maybe 1. When you say to let it sit for a month do you mean let it sit out for the full month or wait until the the water bottle is rock hard and then transfer to the fridge and let them sit for a month?
Need some help actually. Me and a friend made a batch of ginger followed the instructions here to the T. How can we slow down the fermentation process after bottling so that the ginger does not everytime we open a bottle?
Are you sure the fermentation was completely finished before bottling — did you have any bubbles still happening in the airlock? Any pressure that is built up inside the bottles will still be there.
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