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Start Date: 26 November 2006
| 1 | Coopers Ginger Beer kit (bought on special ) |
| 1 sachet | Coopers brewing yeast 7g (kit yeast) |
| 1kg | Raw sugar |
Followed instructions from kit. I swear they're dumbing these down more and more though.
Apparently we should now wait 6 days to allow fermentation to end, but based on the recent lager and the warm weather, I think we should be able to bottle by Friday (4 days time).
Tin can contents include: ginger flavour, food acid (330), sodium cyclamate (952), vegetable gum (415), sodium saccharin (954), malt, water added, citric acid (again). One day we'll have to get a ginger beer plant and do this for real.
| Date | SG | % Alcohol |
|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-26 | 1.027 | 0.00 |
| 2006-12-04 | 1.004 | 3.72 (includes bottling sugar) |
2006-12-04 It tastes like ginger beer but there's a sharp taste as well, almost bitter. I fear this might be due to the artificial sweetners which would be a big shame. With luck it'll be nicer when cold and fizzy.
2006-12-20 It's very nice if you don't try to taste it. In the forward part of the mouth it tastes exactly like ginger beer should, however at the back of the tongue the artificial sweetners taste bitter. I expect that most people won't notice. :). Very fizzy, in fact we had a bottle blow up today. With a few hot days pending, this is of some concern.
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