Ginger beer

[CrealCritter]

I think I should start brewing ginger ale! It sounds wonderful. I add blueberries to my morning smoothies often, so I'm covered there and glad to see how beneficial they are too.

You should give it a try Sumi. I thought of my ginger bug as a fish in a bowl, feed it every day. When growing your bug just remember to peel the organic ginger root. The skin comes off easy scraping with a spoon. Start with as much water as you need for your batch of ginger ale. At least 1 cup of bug juice to 1 gallon of ale seems to be a good ratio.

Feed your bug 1 tablespoon peeled and grated organic ginger and 1 tablespoon white sugar everyday until you set it loose in the ale.

Beside you can add raisins too

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Even when drinking carefully with a straw, I'd be worried about a bit of back slopping. If I were going to harvest the yeast from the bottom of the bottle, I'd start a suction with a sterile tube, siphon off the trub, then enjoy the rest of the contents.

 

[CrealCritter]

I wanted to add that my daughter left her 8 bottles on the kitchen counter until yesterday (9 days since bottling). She keeps her house cool like we do 65 during the day 62 at night. We cracked one of the bottles open tonight and it poured a nice creamy white head in the glass. It tasted very good and left us with a foam mustaches.

I bottled in plastic pet bottles which is really handy because you can squeeze them and get a good feel for how the carbonation is coming along. I told her to check them daily and when the bottles get rock hard. Put them in the refrigerator to slow the carbonation down so they don't explode.

I just wanted so say thank you @sumi for pointing me to the cream of tarter tip for making cream ale.

I hope batch #2 turns out as good as this batch. I love not having my hands and finger hurting, its quite a relief.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Nice!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

So sorry about your dad's medical issue - that totally sucks. But, sounds like he had a good time enjoying that beer!

 

[sumi]

So sorry about your dad's medical issue - that totally sucks. But, sounds like he had a good time enjoying that beer!

Thanks, FEM. It was incredibly hard for him, but though he struggled, he stayed positive too. His favourite radio station called him one day and interviewed him. He told the broadcaster, "I can do ANYTHING! I just can't climb stairs" He passed away nearly 13 years ago and we miss him so much...

And yes, he did really enjoy that ginger beer! Gosh, we teased him and my mom over that incident for a long time afterwards...

 

[sumi]

@CrealCritter I'm not seeing raisins in there? That's how I learned it's made. Or maybe it's an S.A. thing? Recipe from "home" https://www.my-easy-cooking.com/2008/03/09/3-cheers-for-ginger-beer/

 

[sumi]

You are a lady of high character, glad your our admin!

 

[CrealCritter]

Day 4 - just beginning to die down. Trub is getting deeper in the bottom, which is good. No visual signs of secondary infection. So far so good. Looking forward to drinking some, I'll most likely bottle Friday. Then I can have a taste test of flat beer.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Cool process! Hope it turns out really tasty!