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Ginger Beer

305 calories 19.2 g 750 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Boil Time: 30 min
Batch Size: 47 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 55.5 liters
Post Boil Size: 52 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.042 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.045 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Hop Utilization: 93%
Calories: 305 calories (Per 750ml)
Carbs: 19.2 g (Per 750ml)
Created: Wednesday July 27th 2022
1.045
1.003
5.5%
0.0
1.6
n/a
89.55
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
1.50 kg Briess - DME Golden Light1.5 kg DME Golden Light $ 10.00 / kg
$ 15.00 		44.6 4 27.3%
4 kg Cane Sugar4 kg Cane Sugar $ 2.25 / kg
$ 9.00 		46 0 72.7%
5.50 kg / $ 24.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
3.15 kg Ginger $ 17.00 / kg
$ 53.55 		Spice Boil 20 min.
8 each Lemon Zest Spice Boil 5 min.
8 each Lemon Juice Flavor Mash 5 min.
$ 53.55
 
Yeast
Wyeast - American Ale 1056
Amount:
4 Liters
Cost:
$ 3.00 / L
$ 12.00
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
16 - 22 °C
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
20 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 395 B cells required
$ 12.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: co2       Amount: 1.19 bar       Temp: 4 °C       CO2 Level: 3 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
ACT - Gungahlin - 2019 Water Report Mean
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Trialling this one with my tap water.
Very low mineral.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 49.85 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 4.45 L sparge/top-off.  
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg  
Mash volume with grains  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 47.3 L) 53
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 3.4
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 49.9 L) 55.5
Boil off losses -2.9
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 47 L) 52
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 52 L) 47
Total: 53  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

First Ginger Beer without extract tin.

Ginger is finally finally a decent price. It has been $40 - $60 per kilo!!

I did lots of reading and I don't want this to be too dry and harsh.

Thats why I chose to use a good fermenting American Ale yeast Vs Champagne yeast which is designed to dry it right out.


Update

It was still very dry and required some back sweetening with a Ginger Syrup (e.g. Sodastream) at the time of serving.

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  • Last Updated: 2023-02-04 04:11 UTC