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Is your's rather yellow and cloudy same as mine? The beer that is, not the sheet. :lol:

Update on mine: Still hadn't quite got the fiery taste i wanted so I liquidised another 800g of root ginger and then squeezed it through muslin into the almost done beer. Left that for a few days and i'm happy to report it's now got a much more distinct ginger flavour. I strained and squeezed...

First go at FGB and reading this with interest; Mine is 5gals comprising: 1.1kg of root ginger, grated, 2 oranges, sliced and squeezed, 2 lemons, sliced and squeezed, 1/2 a spice container of ground ginger (i didn't measure it), Cinnamon stick, 3kg of sugar, (i'm aiming for about 6%-7%) Wine...

Indeed it is. Long time since i've been in though. Last years crop of fruit was almost a non-starter compared to other years so i've not had to stock up with stuff.

Long Eaton. Can i ask you, when you prepped your fiery ginger beer did it taste gingery straight away? Or did the fire develop during brewing? Mine seems to be quite watery even though i used 1.1kg of grated root ginger and quite a few tsp of ground ginger. Maybe i should ask in the thread?

Wow, what a flurry of responses. Thanks very much. Just written down the fiery ginger beer recipe and firing up the cooker as i speak. No.2 Son got me a load of root ginger for free and it just seemed rude not to. Unfortunately i only appear to have some Gervin GV4(26) yeast in stock so i'll...

Hi All, Been brewing wine for quite a while with limited success but wanted to give cider and ginger beer a go and a Google search brought me here. Usually more of a car nut (hence the username) but after a hard day twirling spanners and engine computers it's nice to sit back with the other...