Homemade Ginger Beer

[Shotgun Rider]

I made some home made ginger beer on Sunday night which I left to stand overnight and bottled yesterday morning. Are there any home brew experts on here that can tell me when this would be best to drink?

[RichB]

What bottles did you use? I made some once and used lemonade bottles and they exploded under the pressure from the brew. Seriously, I used proper brown stoppered quart beer bottles after that! Oh, leave it for a week or so...

[Shotgun Rider]

A 2 litre plastic bottle. I'm aware of the danger of it exploding so I've cracked the top a couple of times, to make sure that if it does go that I don't have too much mess, it spends a fair amount of time in the bath.

[RichB]

Ah right. I made a dozen or more bottles of the stuff, of course the first bottle expding rattled a few others and they exploded too and it was like a chain reaction. Seriously I was frightened to go into the room, there were shards of glass in the ceiling and walls! Eventually I lobbed a few stones at the remaining bottles and smashed the lot from a safe distance

[Wadeski]

You want a cork with a valve from a home brew shop

[Shotgun Rider]

RichB said:

Ah right. I made a dozen or more bottles of the stuff, of course the first bottle expding rattled a few others and they exploded too and it was like a chain reaction. Seriously I was frightened to go into the room, there were shards of glass in the ceiling and walls! Eventually I lobbed a few stones at the remaining bottles and smashed the lot from a safe distance

I've started off on a smaller scale. Mainly because I didn't have a big enough pan! If I want to make it alcoholic, is it simpply a case of giving it plenty of time?

I bought some kilner swing top bottles to use till I found out that glass was a big no no.

[RichB]

Did you put yeast in the brew? That's what makes the alcohol.

[Shotgun Rider]

RichB said:

Did you put yeast in the brew? That's what makes the alcohol.

I did. I used this recipe.

http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/old-fas...

[RizzoTheRat]

The Mrs tried it with a kit that had a power mix to put in. We used glass bottle and metal lids with a crimping tool that you put on the top and smack with a hammer to seal. If one does blow up it makes a hell of a mess. We had a cap come off one bottle and it virtually emptied the bottle. A pint of ginger beer goes a long way and is very sticky

[SwanJack]

Did you read the recipe

'The ginger beer is ready to drink when fizzy, which will be within 12-36 hours, depending on how hot the weather is. Chill, then serve with plenty of ice and drink within 3 days (don’t drink if it smells old and yeasty).'

[Shotgun Rider]

SwanJack said:

Did you read the recipe

'The ginger beer is ready to drink when fizzy, which will be within 12-36 hours, depending on how hot the weather is. Chill, then serve with plenty of ice and drink within 3 days (don’t drink if it smells old and yeasty).'

Of course I didn't, I'm a man.

I just wanted the opinion of people who have brewed some for themselves.

[SwanJack]

Why not try giving this a go

http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Coope...

Longer instructions though