The old-fashioned fizzy ginger-flavoured drink, carbonated with yeast; this comes in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions.
Questions tagged [ginger-beer]
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How can I make homemade ginger ale?
Looking to make something really tasty, and also non-alcoholic. Is this possible to achieve at home?
CodeToGlory
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Looking for a WARM ginger beer
recent homebrewer and even more recent SE member. Hoping for a little advice...
I've been searching and searching for a ginger beer with a strong, warm burn. I had some in Canada and have been unable to find anything close since, so I decided to…
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Gingerbug issues
I've made a gingerbug many times in the past and been successful, the longest of which I kept alive for over a year until another project took over.
My issue this time is that after bottling my drinks I find the bottles become as tight as a drum…
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Ginger Beer Plant and lemon in one container or not?
When making Ginger Beer using Ginger Beer Plant, should I use lemon or not? Some guides just have a step where they add lemon (into the same container as the GBP). Then again there are statements like
Many times it can be irritating
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How to increase quantity of Ginger Beer Plant
I'm looking to increase my quantity of GBP to share with a friend. I've brewed a few batches of ginger beer, but I always end up with the same amount or slightly less GBP than I started with. What needs to be done to come out with more GBP after a…
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What is the purpose of the ginger bug?
Ive been reading numerous recipes in preparation for my first brew, and im confused between two types of recipes:
The first generally involves boiling ginger, adding sugar, champagne yeast, fermenting, backsweetening with nonfermentable sugars,…
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Ginger Beer recipe, how do you finish up?
I made a two gallon batch of ginger beer, based on a recipe I found on Stack Exchange. It fermented dry, is quite tasty, but obviously still full of yeast. I plan to make a dry, fizzy, alcoholic drink, do I need to let it clear, prior to priming…
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How do I increase the quantity of Ginger Beer Plant using ingredients I would use anyway?
Very similar to this question I would like to know how to best make my Ginger Beer Plant grow. Another but related question would be what the most important factors for growth are. Water? Temperature? Sugar? Citric acid? I would like to not add lots…
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