LucienA Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hey all, Newbie here, recently inspired by a few friends who have been brewing for a few years. I just put down my third brew. Does anyone have recipes for ginger beer using honey instead of or as well as sugar? A friend's uncle has his own hives and makes a killer ginger beer with the honey from his bees but I don't have his number. I couldn't find anything on this site so just winged it, my recipe (and I have no idea what it'll taste like) was: Coopers ginger beer starter 3 lemons, juiced and zested 2 cinnamon quills 100g fresh ginger, grated. 1kg honey (a favourite type) 350g dark brown sugar 200g raw sugar I boiled the cinnamon, ginger and lemon juice, pulp and zest, put the solid bits into a mesh bag, then made it all up to 20L as per the instructions. My OG was only 1.025 so I think it was just a bum hydro reading, the label on the honey read 85% sugar so I assume it contains 850g of fermentables (and therefore my whole brew contains about 1400g + sugar from lemon and ginger juices). Any predictions as to alcohol content/(more importantly) your own recipes? Thanks! Lucien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I like the ginger taste so try doubling the coopers ginger beer extract and try 2kg honey (23lt volume). Use champange yeast and let it ferment right out for a couple of weeks minimum. also bottle condition for as long as you can as will get much better with age. 6 months for a minimum, good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weggl Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I was wondering how gingerbeer would go with some DME added, say 500g. Weggl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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