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Hehe,

It was very nice. Very simple to make, but I'd recommend two things:

Firstly, use champagne yeast instead of brewers yeast (brews the alcohol quicker and stronger and gives more sparkle) and (secondly) open the bottles in the bath/shower, as they can be a bit fizztastic.

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Original ginger beer recipe says wait for 48 hours and it is ready to drink. Comments to the recipe says wait for a week, and then decant it, add sugar and wait for another week.

I'm planning to decant tonight (beer was made saturday morning), add sugar and then drink it at the weekend. It'll be fine, won't it?


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Nope. 48 hours is not enough time. You want about 10 days.

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What recipe are you using?

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I'm not too bothered about alcohol content, but I do have two bottles on the go. I'll decant one tonight and leave t'other and compare and contrast in a week or so.


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Yeah, I thought so. That's the one I started with. It will be slightly fizzy and very sugary. It does need longer than two days.

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It will have had 3 and a half days so far tonight. I'll decant it and add some sugar to get it fizzing and leave it for a few more days on one of the bottles. On the other bottle I'll let brew till the weekend, then fizz it for another week.

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haha are you suggesting he will get Ginger poisoning? Does that mean we could end up with 2 Crasters?

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I'm not ginger!


Are you sure?

Well some people seem to think I am female after the last mafia game so :shrug: it will all work out

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Haha, yeah I spotted that.

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I may "brew" some Skittles vodka for the 3BQ.

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Did you add sugar to the bottles? that looks pretty flat to me. (doesn't mean it tastes bad).

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Did you add sugar to the bottles? that looks pretty flat to me. (doesn't mean it tastes bad).


Yeah, it's a bit flat. But, what the hell. It's drinkable, and tastes like beer, so I'm happy.

Things to I'll have to remember when bottling batch 2:

i) Use a funnel so the sugar mostly goes into the bottle and not onto the worktop

ii) Add the sugar after putting the beer in the bottle, not the other way round.


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I wouldn't do ii)! It could fizz up. Why would you do it this way around?


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Add sugar to bottle. Add beer. Replace cap. Invert bottle twice. Store.

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So, just more sugar next time. Got it.


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I add about a teaspoon sugar per 1pt beer. You don't want too much, it can explode. You also need to ensure there is some yeast in the beer in the bottle, otherwise you have nothing to ferment with. (there is normally yeast in the beer in suspension, but if you have been keeping it very still this may have dropped out).


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Yay!
It's really satisfying to take a sip and think 'I made this!'.

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Batch 3 is my best yet. Over 5%, tasty if perhaps a little too sweet, but a vast improvement on batches 1 and 2. It's also so lively, the last couple of bottles I've opened have spurted straight out of the bottle like the diet coke and mentos thing making my living room carpet smell of sweet homebrew. Better open the next one over the sink I think.


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Over 5%

How do you tell?

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Over 5%

How do you tell?


Specific gravity. Add sugar and then measure the density. Wait. Then measure again. Do maths. Fall over

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Or do what i used to do and put it on work's gas chromatograph.

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Kern wrote:
Over 5%, tasty if perhaps a little too sweet ... It's also so lively.
you should leave it well alone for another 2-3 weeks. Active yeast plus tasty sugar means more flavour to come.

Unless one explodes. Then you should drink it all at once and call in sick for as long as is necessary.


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Should I hydrometer it now?

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This is not really home brew, but I do Sloe and Damson Gin

Sloes are just smaller members of the same family that Damsons come from, given the pain in the arse it is to pick Sloes due to their size I go for Damsons these days.

First thing is to get a jar to make it in something like this http://www.kilnerjar.co.uk/range/show/cliptops-round/

I use 3 litre ones, some recipes say to use a Gin bottle, avoid this as its a pain in the arse to get the liquid out when ready.

The assuming you are using a 3 litre jar, put 2 litres of Gin (can be any cheap supermarket stuff) 2lbs of Sloes or Damsons and 12oz of sugar (add more if you like sweeter taste)

Some people will say prick every piece of fruit, again this is a waste of time, freeze the fruit before you add it to the jar, then the berries will burst as they defrost allowing the juice to come out.

Stick the jar in a dark place and turn it every day until the sugar dissolves, they after 3-4 months pour everything through a fine sieve. Then take the liquid and pour in through muslin cloth or coffee filter paper and bottle in dark glass bottle (I use green wine bottles)

You can drink at this point, but I always put a bottle away for a good year as the taste changes with age.

I find Gin is vile on its own, you can eat Damsons but Sloes are disgusting to eat, but mix them together with sugar and you get a great drink!!


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S'weird innit? I feel the same way about gin/sloe gin.

We've got a damson tree growing in our garden now. Awesome. If it ever fruits.


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I've picked up some finings. DO I chuck them in two days prior to bottling, then bottle as normal after all the shit has precipitated out?

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Right.

Better Brew IPA is very good in kit form. Would recommend it. So much so, I suspect I will double the brewing capacity of the Brewtility Garage buy buying a second bin.

Bin A will provide the beer in its standard for and finished product will be stored in a pressure vessel in the Beer Cupboard.

Bin B will be the Experimental Fermenter. In this bin, I will try different kits and methods of making beer taste better. Experimental Brew One will be Wilko's own brand golden ale which I can then use as a baseline. I can investigate bottling (different colored glass; glass or plastic) with this. Experimental Brew 2 will be that kit and 14th grated ginger. Future experiments will use apples, blackberries and honey.

The ultimate aim will be to work out the best way to get interesting flavoured beers whilst still having a supply of nice ale at much cheapness.

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Bin.
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Future projects are to make a mash tun and a boiler. And a bench to keep them on.

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Don't use grated ginger if you want to filter it. Use chunks of fresh root ginger. It will be sat in the liquor long enough to impart flavour, but it is also much easier to remove. Potential to also use a muslin sack (or plastic weave equivalent) to act like a tea bag, but allow easier clean up.


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Bobbyaro wrote:
Don't use grated ginger if you want to filter it. Use chunks of fresh root ginger. It will be sat in the liquor long enough to impart flavour, but it is also much easier to remove. Potential to also use a muslin sack (or plastic weave equivalent) to act like a tea bag, but allow easier clean up.


Ta. Thinking further, I only need the one Fermenter otherwise I will make too much.

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Bobbyaro wrote:
Does not compute


Agreed, but I need to sort the garage.

Any hoodoo. .. Wilko have 20% off so I bought 12 bottles, a capper, 1 bag sugar and this tin. 40p a pint!


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"Drink Homebrew when make Homebrew" is a good rule. I stuck 1.5kg sugar into this because fuck yeah!


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Down to 1020 from 1040 which is 2.63% since Friday night. Might be a bit young at cottage, this one.

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Down to 1020 from 1040 which is 2.63% since Friday night. Might be a bit young at cottage, this one.


1010 means 4%. Will check again tomorrow.

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Down to 1020 from 1040 which is 2.63% since Friday night. Might be a bit young at cottage, this one.


1010 means 4%. Will check again tomorrow.

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That was some work. Next time I will work out better way to clean bottles.


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Bath full of sanitiser and just leave them to soak? Then rinse.

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Bath full of sanitiser and just leave them to soak? Then rinse.


Not a bad idea. Will consider it.

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Bath full of sanitiser and just leave them to soak? Then rinse.


Not a bad idea. Will consider it.


Would this help?

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Bath full of sanitiser and just leave them to soak? Then rinse dishwasher.

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