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by Uncle Joe
Monday Jan 01, 2007 7:38 pm
Forum: Cider, ginger beer, lemonade, wine, mead . . .
Topic: Flat Ginger Beer
Replies: 3
Views: 4489

Cheers Guys, Will do.

Regards

Uncle Joe
by Uncle Joe
Saturday Dec 23, 2006 2:50 am
Forum: Cider, ginger beer, lemonade, wine, mead . . .
Topic: Flat Ginger Beer
Replies: 3
Views: 4489

Flat Ginger Beer

Gday Guys,

I bottled a Ginger Beer Brew about three weeks ago. I sampled 5 of them this evening, and none of them show any sign of carbonation. I have the sneaky feeling that I may have forgotten to add the priming sugar to the bottle, though I can't be sure. Can this brew be saved at this stage ...
by Uncle Joe
Thursday Dec 14, 2006 11:13 am
Forum: Cider, ginger beer, lemonade, wine, mead . . .
Topic: Ginger Beer Recipe
Replies: 6
Views: 8669

I recently (as in bottled on tuesday) did a GB using a champagne yeast and its too dry. Highly recommend lactose whilst boiling up sugars, malt etc and my HBS guru says at least 30 mins of boiling or an hour if you can.

I would suggest at least 250g of lactose. You dont want it to be too sweet ...
by Uncle Joe
Thursday Dec 14, 2006 12:24 am
Forum: Cider, ginger beer, lemonade, wine, mead . . .
Topic: Ginger Beer Recipe
Replies: 6
Views: 8669

Chris,

I would like a hint of sweetness, so to speak. If I was to add lactose, how much do you think I should add.

Regards

Sarath
by Uncle Joe
Wednesday Dec 13, 2006 2:34 am
Forum: Cider, ginger beer, lemonade, wine, mead . . .
Topic: Ginger Beer Recipe
Replies: 6
Views: 8669

Ginger Beer Recipe

Gday all,

A quick question here from a noob. I recently, last week, bottled a country brewer ginger beer. The sugars added were 700g raw sugar and 300g Maltodextrin. I was considering doing another to the following recipe.

Country brewer Ginger Beer Concentrate
1kg light dry malt
250g honey
250g ...
by Uncle Joe
Sunday Dec 10, 2006 2:17 am
Forum: Grain brewing
Topic: Finally my first is in!!
Replies: 36
Views: 28694

Gday Lethal and all,

I have been lurking around this forum now for a couple of weeks, and this is my first post. I have two questions for you lethal...
1. What does 80% efficiency relate too, and
2. how much did your AG brew cost you ?

I hope that it brews up well for you,

Regards

Uncle Joe