Hawks
Landlord.
I've done some searches on here and on tinternet and found quite a few ideas, but a bit of a lack of feedback on which worked and which didn't..
But to cut to the chase, I tried a bottle of Wychwood Ginger Beard last night and I want to make something along those lines, which would appear to basically remove hops and replace with ginger...
My plan so far is mostly pale malt with some added Caramalt and maybe a touch of crystal
Bittering hops to around 15 - 20 EBU
Replace all late hop additions with grated root ginger
Possibly add a touch of coriander, cinammon and / or lemon zest/ juice
Maybe a bit of chilli and some ground ginger to up the heat a bit at the end
Ferment with S-05
But how much ginger - has anyone done anything along these lines? From what I found for 5 gallons it seems to vary from 120g up to 1KG.
Based on the fiery ginger beers I have made from the forum recipes in the past I think nearer the KG per 5 gallons is going to be right, but at the same time I don't want to totally overpower the malts. I'm happy to guess if needed, or ever run a gallon of wort off from a next suitable brew and do a test batch, but if someone has done this and had success I'm game for doing 2 cornies :thumb:
Any thoughts on this would be great
Cheers
Paul
But to cut to the chase, I tried a bottle of Wychwood Ginger Beard last night and I want to make something along those lines, which would appear to basically remove hops and replace with ginger...
My plan so far is mostly pale malt with some added Caramalt and maybe a touch of crystal
Bittering hops to around 15 - 20 EBU
Replace all late hop additions with grated root ginger
Possibly add a touch of coriander, cinammon and / or lemon zest/ juice
Maybe a bit of chilli and some ground ginger to up the heat a bit at the end
Ferment with S-05
But how much ginger - has anyone done anything along these lines? From what I found for 5 gallons it seems to vary from 120g up to 1KG.
Based on the fiery ginger beers I have made from the forum recipes in the past I think nearer the KG per 5 gallons is going to be right, but at the same time I don't want to totally overpower the malts. I'm happy to guess if needed, or ever run a gallon of wort off from a next suitable brew and do a test batch, but if someone has done this and had success I'm game for doing 2 cornies :thumb:
Any thoughts on this would be great
Cheers
Paul