Hello all, I'm looking for a ginger beer recipe that turns out similar to Stones ginger wine.I've tried a kit that was gingery and sweet but the other home ones I've tried haven't turned out ( so far ) as i hoped. I like ginger wine on its own but also in whisky for whisky macs. Can anyone help?
I accidentally brewed a pretty decent ginger wine using the River Cottage ginger beer recipe. Instead of using 2L plastic bottles and releasing pressure daily I decided to be lazy and use a DJ. Only I forgot about it for a couple of weeks and it had fermented out. Think it was about 12-13% in the end and dry as hell! https://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/ginger-beer
This was my first attempt at a country wine but turned out quite decent. It tasted a bit thin when I had a slurp during bottling but dramatically improved after aging for about six months - even better after 12. Recipe is for 10 litres (12 bottles plus a few tasters along the way) 1kg ginger, peeled, chopped and roughly minced 1.5 kg white sugar 0.5 kg soft brown sugar 200 g raisins 200 g dark sultanas Juice and rind of 2 lemons Juice and rind of 2 limes Juice and rind of 1 orange 3 hot citrusy chillies Boil in 5 litres water for 15 mins Top up to 10 litres with cold water 2 TSP Pectolase 2 TSP yeast nutrient Gervin GV4 yeast Stir daily After 7 days strain mixture onto another 1 kg of sugar Leave to ferment out Rack when required (I prefer to start off in plastic FVs then bulk age in DJs) Came out at about 14.5% so sugar can be adjusted if that's a bit much. The chillies add a bit of extra heat without making the ginger taste too cloying (IMHO).
