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Title: Ginger Ale
Post by: blackheathbrewing on August 02, 2013, 08:54:17 PM
still working my way through the last lot of this ginger ale. Goes down well on a hot sunny day if we get any more of them!

600g root ginger, grated
juice of 3 lemons, rind of 1
juice and rind of 1 lime
1 stick of cinnamon,
20g cascade,

All into a hop bag and boiled up for 60 mins

Chucked in 800g of brew enhancer I found in the cupboard about 10 mins from the end

Cool and chuck into the fermenter, bag and all, with a can of extra pale LME. Top up to 20L, had planned on this being a smaller batch to start but with this much fermentables it would knock me flat!

Set some white labs Irish ale yeast to work on it for a couple of weeks, then bottle n enjoy  :)
Title: Re: Ginger Ale
Post by: Metattron on August 02, 2013, 09:00:28 PM
It's the future, I've tasted it!  :)
Title: Re: Ginger Ale
Post by: Greg2013 on August 02, 2013, 10:17:50 PM
i have tried two different versions of ginger beers now Black and they were both very cloudy. Did this ine turn out cloudy for you?
Title: Re: Ginger Ale
Post by: blackheathbrewing on August 02, 2013, 11:22:58 PM
I'm looking at one right now and its not see thru! Kinda looks like a weis if I'm being descriptive
Title: Re: Ginger Ale
Post by: Greg2013 on August 03, 2013, 05:06:33 PM
Quote from: blackheathbrewing on August 02, 2013, 11:22:58 PM
I'm looking at one right now and its not see thru! Kinda looks like a weis if I'm being descriptive

That is exactly how both mine turned out, the one in the keg now is even cloudier. I am putting that down to the fact that i pulped the root ginger with water in a blender first to get better utilisation. May just rough chop it next time?  :-\
Title: Re: Ginger Ale
Post by: irish_goat on August 03, 2013, 05:54:37 PM
Nice recipe. A few more spices and maybe a bit of dark malt and you'd have a nice winter beer I'd say.
Title: Re: Ginger Ale
Post by: blackheathbrewing on August 03, 2013, 07:52:13 PM
Quote from: irish_goat on August 03, 2013, 05:54:37 PM
Nice recipe. A few more spices and maybe a bit of dark malt and you'd have a nice winter beer I'd say.

now there's a very good idea. Might have to get going on that once the nights start to draw in again. Maybe even split it and do different spices in each  ;D