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I have learned that using a heating blanked under the box of bottles that are carbonating speeds up the process a great deal, like twice as fast.

I just put this ginger beer recipe together from looking at several other recipes online and after a few failed attempts on my part. This batch turned out perfectly, in my opinion. All of my friends who tried it also loved it. Ingredients • ½ pound of ginger • 2 cups of sugar...

The curiosity is killing me. You have to let us know what happened.

The place where I store my bottles is about 70 degrees (F) and my root beer was taking a long time to carbonate. So, I put an electric heating pad under the box of bottles during the carbonation process. The heating pad has an automatic shut-off feature so I had to keep checking on it to see...

If you slice the ginger into thick disks, peeling it is super easy with a paring knife. If you want to grate the ginger, it helps to partially freeze it first. A regular hand grater will make short order of partially frozen ginger.

I have had problems with my root beer taking a LONG time to carbonate. The room where I store my bottles is about 70 degrees F so I put an electric heating pad under the box of bottles and set it to medium. The pad has an auto shut-off feature so I had to keep checking it to make sure it was...

What does the shaking of bottles do for the process? Does it help the yeast to do their stuff?

I am having the same problems and I think it is because I activated my yeast in water that was too cold. The first batch didn't carbonate because (I was told) I used clorox and water solution to clean teh bottles. I used soap and water next time and my Ginger Ale carbonated ok. Now I have roon...

I am going to get some new bottles for the next batch. Thanks

Thanks for replying so fast. When you read the procedure I followed, did you notice that I did anything wrong? Also, should I refill the plastic bottle with root beer from one of my glass bottles so I have a gauge?

Failure #2 Can somebody please answer a few questions for me? I would really appreciate it. OK, so my daughter accidentally opened my tester plastic bottle. It was getting pretty firm so I figured no big deal. No fuzz at all. I bottled it on the evening of the 9th and it was opened on the...