How to make Ginger Beer

[2steps]

Found this on my teenagers presents search, thought it might be useful :)

http://www.vurt.co.uk/Articles/GingerBeer.html

[Biscombe]

Looks easy enough! thanks for the link, I'll try it next weekend

[pomegranate]

I also appreciate the link. I will try it this way, as the last time I made ginger beer some of the bottles exploded.

[2steps]

I'm making up a kit to give my brother for xmas. mum will kill me if it explodes

[TheLancsLass]

This looks like a great easy recipe that I can get the kids involved with - going to try it at the weekend! Thanks for the link!

[Dendrobium]

Cool! All I need now is to grow some limes, make my own rum and figure out what's in angastora bitters and I can make as many 'Dark and Stormy' cocktails as I want! Yum!

[Andy Hamilton]

I also appreciate the link. I will try it this way, as the last time I made ginger beer some of the bottles exploded.

As with any drinks fermenting air on the side of caution and get thick bottles - You can get them at the local home brew shop if you have one. Otherwise save some of the thicker bottles that you use up, I have a few thicker bottles left over from parties cream sherry seems pretty thick.

Don't shake it either, my mum made it when I was a kid and I shook it once; the whole bottle full ended up on the celing.

[TheLancsLass]

I also appreciate the link. I will try it this way, as the last time I made ginger beer some of the bottles exploded.

As with any drinks fermenting air on the side of caution and get thick bottles - You can get them at the local home brew shop if you have one. Otherwise save some of the thicker bottles that you use up, I have a few thicker bottles left over from parties cream sherry seems pretty thick.

Don't shake it either, my mum made it when I was a kid and I shook it once; the whole bottle full ended up on the celing.

EEK!

Well I am trying this today so I will let you know if I get exploded on, wish me luck! I think I am going to need it now!

[the.fee.fairy]

I made mine using a kit from Hawkins Bazaar.
It had powdered ginger and yeast in it.

You boiled some water first, then put some in a sterilised bowl (don't remember the exaclt amounts). Then you fed it every day with a spoonful of ginger, a spoon of yeast and a spoon of sugar.

After 7 days, you them filtered it and added more water. Then after another 7 days, you bottle it.

I bought 12 grolsch style bottles from a local homebrew supplier, that way i can use them again and i don't have to get a corker/topper and buy more stuff.

You then leave the bottles for a week, then open and drink!

Yumy!

When i'm at home, i'll see if i can dig out the instructions and write them out properly.

[chadspad]

Im making ginger beer the way Fee has said. I have to feed the powered ginger and yeast every day with sugar into a jam jar. The instructions, tho, dont state whether I need to leave the lid on or off the jam jar - any ideas please? Thanks

[flower]

can't you put it in recycled plastic pop bottles?
surely that would be safer?

thanks for posting the recipe....I love ginger beer

[chadspad]

The instructions tell me to put it in a jam jar half full of water and to feed for 10 days with 1 tsp sugar and ginger every day. Then I add more water after that. Could have prob done it a different way but thought easier to just try to follow instructions. Personally cant stand the stuff, just making it for my hubby - its the only thing he misses from UK - bottles of fiery ginger beer lol

[chadspad]

OK my instructions for making ginger beer told me to fill the bottles to 3 inches from the top & leave for 2 hours before screwing on the lid - 10 days later its ready for drinking. I bottled it 7 days ago as per instructions. The bottles are very tight! Now, how come loads of liquid is missing from the bottles? There is a clear mark on all of them with the scummy top stuff where the original top-up mark was and then theres the liquid - I would say Ive lost at least a quarter from each bottle. Theres no liquid on the floor and no explosions. I dont think theres a leak as the bottles wouldnt be as pumped up as they are. So where the ginger beer gone?

[hoomin_erra]

Build up of pressure compressing the liquid?

Build up of pressure making the botles expand?

Combination of the 2 might make up for your lost quarter if there is no spillage.

[chadspad]

Hadnt thought of that - thanks. Gonna let hubby open them, Im gonna stand well back lol