Ginger beer

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

My first lot of home made ginger beer , will let you know what its like in 3 days time

[stantheman 0]

i see youve left room in the bottles for the vodka top ups

[XS1100 0]

Is this Ginger Alcolic or Enid Blyton Ginger beer I want a swig any way.Swap yer for some home made Mushroom soup its tasty and after will you see strange colours!

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@XS1100 wrote:

Is this Ginger Alcolic or Enid Blyton Ginger beer I want a swig any way.Swap yer for some home made Mushroom soup its tasty and after will you see strange colours!

its Enid Blyton

[tubthumper 0]

I love ginger beer me! Gunna bring some to the rideout mate?

[XS1100 0]

MMMM tasty I am more in to Root beer it tasts weird

[madsod 0]

im sure with some Rum in the glass it will be well nice , Dave

[XS1100 0]

Have you knocked up some Macaroons to

[steph42 0]

MMM....home brew'd good stuff

[RichardH 0]

i think you've turned a bit Ginger Beer

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

my ginger beer tastes nice I froze the plant while I went away and thought i had killed it, but its come to life again so i now have endless supply , just need to find people to give half the plant to every 6 days or so when I split it, seems a shame to chuck it away

[RichardH 0]

So what do we do with it then?

[smilinjack 0]

Word to the wise Dave-brewing in plastic pop bottles is a dodgy business. We once lost about a gallon of elderflower champagne when a bottle exploded. Sounded like the gas main had gone up!

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

you get a jam jar with a lid and poke a hole in the top with a nail ,

sanitize the jar with boiling water

then you add the plant which is yeast, ground ginger, granulated sugar ( this is what the half is that i throw away ) and add 275ml (10fl oz ) of water , give it a good stir screw the lid on then leave at room temperature for 24 hours , it will come cloudy as the yeast comes to life and starts to live of the sugar,

every day for 6 days feed the plant with 1tsp of sugar and 1 of ground ginger, and stir, after the last feed leave to stand for 24 hours,

line a sieve with a clean tea towel , let the plant liquid pour through and keep the sediment back in the jar, in a saucepan, over a low heat, dissolve 600g of sugar in 1 litre of water, stir well with a whisk and bring to a simmer, at the last minute pour the juice of 2 lemons and the strained liquid from the plant into the hot mixture, dilute the mixture with water to make 9 pints of ginger beer , stir well and pour into plastic sift drink bottles,

it is matured after 3 or more days and ready for drinking, use half the reserved sediment as the new plant to start the next batch, and share the other half with a friend so they can start theres

[darkember 0]

@Davehutch wrote:

you get a jam jar with a lid and poke a hole in the top with a nail ,

sanitize the jar with boiling water

then you add the plant which is yeast, ground ginger, granulated sugar ( this is what the half is that i throw away ) and add 275ml (10fl oz ) of water , give it a good stir screw the lid on then leave at room temperature for 24 hours , it will come cloudy as the yeast comes to life and starts to live of the sugar,

every day for 6 days feed the plant with 1tsp of sugar and 1 of ground ginger, and stir, after the last feed leave to stand for 24 hours,

line a sieve with a clean tea towel , let the plant liquid pour through and keep the sediment back in the jar, in a saucepan, over a low heat, dissolve 600g of sugar in 1 litre of water, stir well with a whisk and bring to a simmer, at the last minute pour the juice of 2 lemons and the strained liquid from the plant into the hot mixture, dilute the mixture with water to make 9 pints of ginger beer , stir well and pour into plastic sift drink bottles,

it is matured after 3 or more days and ready for drinking, use half the reserved sediment as the new plant to start the next batch, and share the other half with a friend so they can start theres

In paragraph 3 highlighted in bold how much sugar/ginger & yeast is added to the first plant mix in the jar of 275ml of water. The feeding thereafter is well clear.

[Chadatious 0]

Yuck hate ginger and cinnamon lol

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@darkember wrote:

@Davehutch wrote:

you get a jam jar with a lid and poke a hole in the top with a nail ,

sanitize the jar with boiling water

then you add the plant which is yeast, ground ginger, granulated sugar ( this is what the half is that i throw away ) and add 275ml (10fl oz ) of water , give it a good stir screw the lid on then leave at room temperature for 24 hours , it will come cloudy as the yeast comes to life and starts to live of the sugar,

every day for 6 days feed the plant with 1tsp of sugar and 1 of ground ginger, and stir, after the last feed leave to stand for 24 hours,

line a sieve with a clean tea towel , let the plant liquid pour through and keep the sediment back in the jar, in a saucepan, over a low heat, dissolve 600g of sugar in 1 litre of water, stir well with a whisk and bring to a simmer, at the last minute pour the juice of 2 lemons and the strained liquid from the plant into the hot mixture, dilute the mixture with water to make 9 pints of ginger beer , stir well and pour into plastic sift drink bottles,

it is matured after 3 or more days and ready for drinking, use half the reserved sediment as the new plant to start the next batch, and share the other half with a friend so they can start theres

In paragraph 3 highlighted in bold how much sugar/ginger & yeast is added to the first plant mix in the jar of 275ml of water. The feeding thereafter is well clear.

i see where you are coming from you need the plant , then you start feeding it

[darkember 0]

@Davehutch wrote:

@darkember wrote:

@Davehutch wrote:

you get a jam jar with a lid and poke a hole in the top with a nail ,

sanitize the jar with boiling water

then you add the plant which is yeast, ground ginger, granulated sugar ( this is what the half is that i throw away ) and add 275ml (10fl oz ) of water , give it a good stir screw the lid on then leave at room temperature for 24 hours , it will come cloudy as the yeast comes to life and starts to live of the sugar,

every day for 6 days feed the plant with 1tsp of sugar and 1 of ground ginger, and stir, after the last feed leave to stand for 24 hours,

line a sieve with a clean tea towel , let the plant liquid pour through and keep the sediment back in the jar, in a saucepan, over a low heat, dissolve 600g of sugar in 1 litre of water, stir well with a whisk and bring to a simmer, at the last minute pour the juice of 2 lemons and the strained liquid from the plant into the hot mixture, dilute the mixture with water to make 9 pints of ginger beer , stir well and pour into plastic sift drink bottles,

it is matured after 3 or more days and ready for drinking, use half the reserved sediment as the new plant to start the next batch, and share the other half with a friend so they can start theres

In paragraph 3 highlighted in bold how much sugar/ginger & yeast is added to the first plant mix in the jar of 275ml of water. The feeding thereafter is well clear.

sorry 1tsp of each

Just to be sure tsp is teaspoon correct not tablespoon??

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@darkember wrote:

@Davehutch wrote:

@darkember wrote:

@Davehutch wrote:

you get a jam jar with a lid and poke a hole in the top with a nail ,

sanitize the jar with boiling water

then you add the plant which is yeast, ground ginger, granulated sugar ( this is what the half is that i throw away ) and add 275ml (10fl oz ) of water , give it a good stir screw the lid on then leave at room temperature for 24 hours , it will come cloudy as the yeast comes to life and starts to live of the sugar,

every day for 6 days feed the plant with 1tsp of sugar and 1 of ground ginger, and stir, after the last feed leave to stand for 24 hours,

line a sieve with a clean tea towel , let the plant liquid pour through and keep the sediment back in the jar, in a saucepan, over a low heat, dissolve 600g of sugar in 1 litre of water, stir well with a whisk and bring to a simmer, at the last minute pour the juice of 2 lemons and the strained liquid from the plant into the hot mixture, dilute the mixture with water to make 9 pints of ginger beer , stir well and pour into plastic sift drink bottles,

it is matured after 3 or more days and ready for drinking, use half the reserved sediment as the new plant to start the next batch, and share the other half with a friend so they can start theres

In paragraph 3 highlighted in bold how much sugar/ginger & yeast is added to the first plant mix in the jar of 275ml of water. The feeding thereafter is well clear.

sorry 1tsp of each

Just to be sure tsp is teaspoon correct not tablespoon??

sorry Will you need the plant first you can not make this , then you feed it , and yes it is teaspoon (the small one you use for stiring your coffee )

[RichardH 0]

step 1. take car to Tescos
step2, pickup bottle of ginger beer
step3 drink it
Yep that sounds much easier

[dick65 0]

been years since i had ginger beer we used to make it at junior school before the summer hols then when we went back we would find the tops had blown off and there was sticky goo everywhere

[Stue11 0]

ITCHY wrote:

step 1. take car to Tescos
step2, pickup bottle of ginger beer
step3 drink it
Yep that sounds much easier

[darkember 0]

Isn't the plant simple to make?? Throw the ingredients together with some yeast & it will start to grow unless I'm mistaken

[lee1 1]

good on ya dave

[dick65 0]

@darkember wrote:

Isn't the plant simple to make?? Throw the ingredients together with some yeast & it will start to grow unless I'm mistaken

you can get a ginger tuber from most supermarkets or greengrocers just pot it up and they usually grow.not sure on daves technique

[RichardH 0]

@dick65 wrote:

@darkember wrote:

Isn't the plant simple to make?? Throw the ingredients together with some yeast & it will start to grow unless I'm mistaken

you can get a ginger tuber from most supermarkets or greengrocers just pot it up and they usually grow

I've got a ginger tuber but you ain't watching it grow

[dick65 0]

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

@dick65 wrote:

@darkember wrote:

Isn't the plant simple to make?? Throw the ingredients together with some yeast & it will start to grow unless I'm mistaken

you can get a ginger tuber from most supermarkets or greengrocers just pot it up and they usually grow.not sure on daves technique

mine came as a kit so dont know , lol @ dick

[firehawk 0]

so that's where I left my sample. My doctor wasn't impressed