Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer Recipe - Ginger Beer

Recipe Info

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Ginger Beer

by on
All Grain
5 Gallon(s)
6.5 Gallon(s)
30 min
75%
First stab at a ginger beer. Lactose added at cold crash to backsweeten

Fermentables

72% - 2-Row - US
9
37
1
Mash
16% - Honey Malt - CA
2
37
25
Mash
4% - Flaked Corn - US
0.5
37
1
Mash
8% - Lactose - Milk Sugar - US
1
41
1
Late

Hops

No hops in this recipe

Yeast

Wyeast American Ale 1056
75%

Other Stuff

Ginger
4
oz
Boil
Ginger
2
oz
FlameOut
Ginger
2
oz
Secondary
Lime juice & zest
1
each
Bottle
Lime Juice & Zest
4
each
Bottle
Cream of tartar
1
tsp
Boil

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Decoction
155
60 min
Mash-Out
Infusion
150
15 min

Special Instructions

1.
Mash grains with 4.7 gal water at 170
2.
Steep grains at 155 for 60 mins
3.
Sparge with 3.82 gal water at 168
4.
Add 4oz thinly sliced ginge and 1tsp tartar. boil 30 minutes
5.
At flame out, add 2 more oz of fresh ginger and steep 15mins
6.
Cool wort and pitch yeast. Aerate.
7.
Let ferment for 7 days before transferring to secondary.
8.
Transfer to secondary and move to refrigerator to 3-4 days. Steep more ginger if necessary.
9.
Add 1lbs lactose and lemon/lime juice. Transfer to keg. Carbonate.

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Recipe Facts

Ginger Beer
Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 30  min Boil Time
  • 1.072 OG
  • 1.018 FG
  • 0.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.00 BG:GU
  • 8.3° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 7.0% ABV Alcohol
  • 246 per 12oz Calories
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