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This Im keen to try. I am debating about doing it in a similar style to my Gingerbeer or using the oats and boil recipe. I assume that the oats is used to give the "creamy" feel / taste to the brew. I would possibly boil the oats and sugar together and not the orange juice. Ive been wanting to...

Update on my GB. Backsweetened with Xylitol. (Should have put just a little more in. maybe another 3 grams per liter). That said I only had one complaint about the dryness out of 10 people who tasted it) Bottle carbination was perfect! The best carbinaton was with the carb drops I used...

I just use a very small amount of yeast in it. The recipe comes from my great grandmother I think. Ginger, water, sugar and some brewers yeast. Mix it all up and let it stand for a week or two then chill and enjoy. My non-alcoholic batch didnt turn out right. I put to much sugar in it. Im...

I bottled all of my GB! Was dry as hell, so I backsweetened with a bit of xylitol. Unfortunately getting hold of Lactose is very hard. Even my health store cant get it from any of their suppliers. I think its because a lot of medicines have it in to sweeten. I took some to a brewing friend, we...

Sorry to put this in the Cider forum but I know it wouldn't fit in the beer forums. I made a test batch 8 liters (2 gallons? +/-) of Ginger beer. fresh ginger grated ( 7cm +/-) should have paid attention. 2 cups of brown sugar 7.9 liters of water. Local Bread yeast (10grams or 1...

I need to find space. My wife has been very supportive of my brewing efforts so I dont want that to change. She has lost a bit of space in our laundry area to my primaries. Happy wife happy life. Ill do it once my Lager is done brewing in a few days.

Ok awesome! I dont quite know about high gear but I have 3 brews going and one or two other experiments. I keep chickens and I'm breeding rabbits and ducks in small quantities. So we will see how the brewing goes. I have a kit beer going so I assume atleast that one will turn out good. The...

Im pretty new at this but from what Ive read, if you are worried you need to test every few days until the desired carbonation is achieved then either chill it or pasturize it to kill the yeast. Then they will become bombs. I have been reading a lot in the cider forums so it might not work the...

Im trying a non alcohol ginger beer and one with kick. I dont quite know how they will turn out but the one with kick smells awesome after 3 days in the primary. My non alcohol brew is carbing nicely and the bottles are getting harder every day (platic 1 liter bottles. If they turn out nice...

I wish I had found this thread before starting my Cider. That said the recipe I used is almost identical. Looking forward to tasting!

Naga 77777, My moms ginger ale uses the yeast just to carb it. Its a tiny amount and Im sure it does give a bit of an alcohol rating, I dont think that its enough to be noted. Ive drunk a good few bottles and not even felt a tingle. lol. I will post when mine is bottled, carbed and chilled...

There is a bit of a brewing community in Cape Town. I met a guy today who has been brewing for 10 years. He sells brew kits from his health shop. Someday I'm sure we will be able to hold comps and the like as long as the laws don't become to crazy.

Hi all. I first saw an article on home brewing a few weeks ago in a newsletter I subscribe to. Anything that involves do it your self gets me going so I started reading up on brewing, watched every youtube video on brewing I could locate. Ive started with 3 brews. 1. Hard Apple Cider...