EC1118 for TPW and Ginger Beer

AZZA1984

Is 500 grams for AU$65 OK? So I'm buying for tomato paste wash. Can I use it for ginger beer? Is there a recipe on here for ginger beer?

punkin

That's a good price and a block will last a long time.

Nevs Ginger Beer is the standard (You need to log in @ Brew Adelaide to view this thread)

jacksonbrown

Any chance of a cut and paste on that? (not a member)

punkin

sorry didn't know it was a closed thread. It's 5 pages long, i'll find the latest iteration.

punkin

23L into fermenter

1 can of Coopers Ginger Beer (kit)
1 bottle of "Buderim Ginger Refresher"
600-800g of fresh ginger (coarsely grated)
Handful of chillies finely chopped, seeds and all (This bit is subjective, but I find a heaped handfull of "hot" chillis to be ample)
1kg of Dextrose/Sugar
Coopers Kit yeast (although my latest batch uses US05)

Boil the chillies and ginger in ~4L of water for about 30 mins (add in required amount of DAP into boil 5 mins from the end (or old out of date yeast packs work too)), strain into fermenter and add rest of the ingredients.

Piece of piss crowd pleaser!

You're aiming for a very dry finish. I've used (to success) WY1272, US05 and Notto to achieve SG around 1.002-3. This is the key, drying out the finish, however don't go doing that with champagne yeast.

Sorry az, looks like your 1118 is out. :))

Some chat about reducing the chillis for those not into 'hot' and using only half a bottle of the Ginger Refresher Cordial for those who are not into the artificial sweetner taste (even though the company claims there is no atrificial sweetner in it).

jacksonbrown

You're aiming for a very dry finish.

Cheers. So my past experience of home-made ginger beer is you have a choice between a dry finish or a cupboard full of wet shrapnel.

Is there another way? Have you ever heard of people adding lactose or heat treating to retain sweetness?

punkin

Add sweetness to the glass before or after pouring with a simple sugar syrup or even a small top up of the ginger beer cordial from either Budgerim, Bundaberg or Soda Stream.

Simple, predictable and no bottle grenades.

Moonshine

@AZZA1984 said: Is there a recipe on here for ginger beer?

Have a look here.

grim

I use both US05 and EC1118 pretty regularly - US05 is no slouch, but I think that EC1118 beats out US05 in attenuation. If you are going for extremely dry, I don't see why EC wouldn't get you there.

EC goes faster and deeper.

Damn, I did it again.