Coopers ginger beer info.

[nigel_c]

Got a can in a kris kindle over Christmas and have never had it before. Anyone have any experience with it? I'm thinking of hacking the arse out of it and using it along with some fresh mango in a nice spicy saison. Is the kit over powered with ginger or is it more of a background thing?

[LordEoin]

It's not particularly overpowered with ginger, but an extra pound of ginger and some chili fix that.
It is the only Coopers kit with artificial sweetener added and that fake sweetness is too much for my taste.
So remember, your saison will end up very sweet.

[nigel_c]

Artificial sweetener. Crap. Any idea what the FG ends up at in the unhacked kit?

[LordEoin]

it ends up low. somewhere around 1.004 i think

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

I'll be adding some chilli to mine too - it's be nice to hear people's suggestions on how to use chilli to hack this kit.

[LordEoin]

peel&dice your ginger, add the chili and boil in 2 o r3 liters of water for 10 minutes. Strain and use this hot water to wash out the can.
That's how i'd do it

[Shanna]

peel&dice your ginger, add the chili and boil in 2 o r3 liters of water for 10 minutes. Strain and use this hot water to wash out the can.
That's how i'd do it

Ginger is a bastard to chop. I would suggest you wash & grate it instead. Ginger is a very strong flavour so think long & hard about how much you use.

Shanna

[molc]

Shanna still having flashbacks?

[DEMPSEY]

I do believe that Shanna still has some of his epic ginger beer

[Shanna]

I do believe that Shanna still has some of his epic ginger beer

No thankfully its all gone, but the memory lingers & won't easily be forgotten Grating will expose more surface area to allow more flavour be released.

Shanna

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

add the chili and boil in 2 o r3 liters of water for 10 minutes. Strain and use this hot water to wash out the can.

Did you just use the seeds?
I went with the Mangrove Jacks Ginger Beer kit in the end.

[LordEoin]

i just guess it with chili powder. a little goes a long way. it's just to give an edge back to the ginger burn