Hi guys:
Love this forum. It's the centre of the internet brewing world. And this is my first post on it!
Here's my story: decided that I wanted to brew and that my first brew should be gingerbeer because I like it. Not fermented with malt but rather the actual fermented lemon drink hotted with ginger (so I figured it belonged on this forum).
Grew a (at least to my eyes) perfect bottom fermenting yeast off of a mummified apple on my tree. It's very dry here and it was -35C when I picked the apple, so I'm assuming that it was quite sterile regards moulds/snot; I grew snot off of some organic raisins.
I made a batch with ginger, lemon, cream of tartar, white sugar, and some raspberries tossed in. It's been doing it's primary fermentation for five days and has completely (to taste) used up 4 cups sugar in 9 litres of water. Smells like bubblegum and grapefruit pop and is incredibly dry. No notion of SG. Water is alkaline and I notice a slight bitterness that my wife says I'm confusing for lemon/tartar sour. I'd say there was something around 6% alcohol at this point and I hope lower. It's very cloudy still, too.
I'd intended to bottle prime for carbonation. There's enough carbonation in the brew right now to sparkle a bit on the tongue. I don't want it super sweet and don't want bottles to explode, and can't pasteurize accurately enough so it will be the fridge.
Any ideas on priming content? I left the batch with less water with the intent of mixing a sugar syrup in for priming. I'll be bottling in 2 litre plastic and some Grolsch flip-tops.
-- 2 lbs pureed ginger
-- yellow rind from four lemons, and juice
-- 2 tsp of tartar
-- 3 cups rasberries added at end of boil
-- Apple yeast
-- 9 litres water
Thanks!
Love this forum. It's the centre of the internet brewing world. And this is my first post on it!
Here's my story: decided that I wanted to brew and that my first brew should be gingerbeer because I like it. Not fermented with malt but rather the actual fermented lemon drink hotted with ginger (so I figured it belonged on this forum).
Grew a (at least to my eyes) perfect bottom fermenting yeast off of a mummified apple on my tree. It's very dry here and it was -35C when I picked the apple, so I'm assuming that it was quite sterile regards moulds/snot; I grew snot off of some organic raisins.
I made a batch with ginger, lemon, cream of tartar, white sugar, and some raspberries tossed in. It's been doing it's primary fermentation for five days and has completely (to taste) used up 4 cups sugar in 9 litres of water. Smells like bubblegum and grapefruit pop and is incredibly dry. No notion of SG. Water is alkaline and I notice a slight bitterness that my wife says I'm confusing for lemon/tartar sour. I'd say there was something around 6% alcohol at this point and I hope lower. It's very cloudy still, too.
I'd intended to bottle prime for carbonation. There's enough carbonation in the brew right now to sparkle a bit on the tongue. I don't want it super sweet and don't want bottles to explode, and can't pasteurize accurately enough so it will be the fridge.
Any ideas on priming content? I left the batch with less water with the intent of mixing a sugar syrup in for priming. I'll be bottling in 2 litre plastic and some Grolsch flip-tops.
-- 2 lbs pureed ginger
-- yellow rind from four lemons, and juice
-- 2 tsp of tartar
-- 3 cups rasberries added at end of boil
-- Apple yeast
-- 9 litres water
Thanks!
