ginger ale / ginger beer
Posted: Tuesday Jan 15, 2008 10:30 amIs there any difference between the two types of ginger soft drink?
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Posted: Tuesday Jan 15, 2008 10:30 amRe: ginger ale / ginger beer
Posted: Wednesday Jan 16, 2008 8:25 amProbably the best way for you to get the answer to this is to get some of each and drink it so you experience the difference. I think ale is much dryer and less fruity than ginger beer. In terms of recipe I suppose ginger ale would have less sweetener (Lactose or artificial).
Re: ginger ale / ginger beer
Posted: Wednesday Jan 16, 2008 9:52 amthe store-bought dry ginger ale is not fermented as far as i know.. bit of a naming fallacy. just ginger flavour in coloured, sweetened carbonated water.
Re: ginger ale / ginger beer
Posted: Wednesday Jan 16, 2008 9:59 amNot sure what the difference was traditionally. Today the only difference I can tell is that Dry Ginger Ale is less sweet and all artificial where as Ginger Beer is all natural and quite sweet. Buy a bottle of Schweppes Dry Ginger Ale and a bottle of Bundaberg Ginger Beer and try them together, you will see what I mean.
Re: ginger ale / ginger beer
Posted: Wednesday Jan 16, 2008 11:51 amThanks guys, was more interested in the ingredients differences.
Re: ginger ale / ginger beer
Posted: Thursday Jan 17, 2008 10:31 amyep, dry ginger ale hasnt even had ginger waved over the bottle, its all essences and carbonated sweet water. Nice with Canadian Club tho....
Bundy ginger beer is sickly sweet old fashioned ginger beer.
What i make is somthing inbetween. Fizzy, gingery, dry and alcoholic. Ticks all the boxes IMHO. Also goes well with Canadian Club!
Bundy ginger beer is sickly sweet old fashioned ginger beer.
What i make is somthing inbetween. Fizzy, gingery, dry and alcoholic. Ticks all the boxes IMHO. Also goes well with Canadian Club!
Re: ginger ale / ginger beer
Posted: Thursday Jan 17, 2008 12:04 pmdrsmurto wrote:yep, dry ginger ale hasnt even had ginger waved over the bottle, its all essences and carbonated sweet water. Nice with Canadian Club tho....
Bundy ginger beer is sickly sweet old fashioned ginger beer.
What i make is somthing inbetween. Fizzy, gingery, dry and alcoholic. Ticks all the boxes IMHO. Also goes well with Canadian Club!
drsmurto, you have to tell me your recipe for this.
I love the CC, and to have a homebrew to blend it with would be like heaven on earth.
Trizza
Re: ginger ale / ginger beer
Posted: Thursday Jan 17, 2008 1:21 pmLink
This is where i got the idea from. I think the recipe i ended up using in on page 2.
Its funny reading that old(ish) thread now knowing what i do now. I assumed 500g light crystal malt was LDME! I was a very dumb noob a year ago! Some might say nothing has changed!
Anyway, i have tried it using actual crystal malt but i actually prefer my ballsed up recipe. 2 kg raw sugar, 1kg ginger. added spices. What could be easier?
This is where i got the idea from. I think the recipe i ended up using in on page 2.
Its funny reading that old(ish) thread now knowing what i do now. I assumed 500g light crystal malt was LDME! I was a very dumb noob a year ago! Some might say nothing has changed!
Anyway, i have tried it using actual crystal malt but i actually prefer my ballsed up recipe. 2 kg raw sugar, 1kg ginger. added spices. What could be easier?