Recent content by Whitevanman

Hi all Currently brewing some ginger beer. I have added some ginger powder and cinnamon powder for flavour, also added some grated ginger directly into the wash. I have noticed a foamy matter on the top. I stirred it in hoping it would go away but has returned. What is it and what do I do...

I didn't think of cinnamon either! A small amount do you reckon?

Thanks both Iain, I see from your previous recipe that you appear to have grated the ginger, I will try this alongside some dried ginger and cayenne. How did you remove the grated ginger once you let it sit? Thanks

Hi all, I have fermented a Ginger Beer and it's time to backsweeten. So far it is gingery, but not as gingery as I would like! The recipe i'm using advises (when backsweetening) adding ginger gems into boiling water then straining into the FV to get more fire...

Okay thanks Should I add a stabilizer before backsweetening? Thanks Thank you for the tips! Re the sweeteners, why would I add these to the FV as opposed to the bottles to backsweeten? And would I scrap the maltic acid? I'm not very clued up re backsweetening so I apologise if those are...

Thanks Nick I'm going to use Harris cider yeast. This may sound like a stupid question but regading backsweetening.. I'm intending to use white sugar to carbonate the bottles, will this also act as a backsweetener? Thanks in advance

Hi all Going to attempt and make a cider at home, done some reading on the forum but I suppose I'm just asking for any further information before I start.. Briefly, I'm aiming to make a blackcurrant and apple cider, similar to a famous sweedish brand (adventurous/stupid), with an abv of 6-8%...

dark spots are reflection from roof and are not in the *beer*

Thanks for the reply I cannot see the bottom of the FV Removed sediment of my *beer* from primary to secondary FV, added turboklar but still looks like a thin watery gravy.. Added the turboklar approx 20 hours ago, it is in a cold garage at 6c Thanks again Edit: added photo

Hi all Having an issue with turboklar, doesn't appear to have worked. Does the *beer* need to be clear in order to *drink*? Although it is probably easy to decipher what my post is actually asking, I'm aware that posting specifically is against the forun rules so I'm hoping this is PG...