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Full Magazine Ginger Beer

This is a variation on a Ginger Beer recipe from _Zymurgy_ in an article on Mild Ale, and was suggested for
making a shandy...I like ginger ale or beer to be extremely gingery,
like Vernor's ginger ale in Michigan (in the bottle, not the can).

Brewer: Morgan Pierceheart Email: morgan_piercehrt@hotmail.com
Beer: Full Magazine Ginger Beer Style: -
Type: Extract Size: 5 gallons
Color:
15 HCU (~9 SRM)
Bitterness: 11 IBU
OG: 1.052 FG: 1.008
Alcohol: 5.7% v/v (4.4% w/w)
Water: None, plain old Malden Ma. water...
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.104 2.5 gallons
3 lb. Light malt extract
4 lb. Amber malt extract
Add one oz of willamette for 60 mins (28. whatever grams (I use a
gunpowder scale, so....)) and half an ounce for aroma...
55 grams grated ginger for the entire boil, another 55 for aroma...
Hops: 28.4g Willamette (5% AA, 60 min.)
55g Fresh grated Ginger Root (60 min.)
14.2g Willamette (aroma)
55g Fresh grated Ginger Root (aroma)
Yeast: Any good ale yeast
Carbonation: 1.5 volumes Corn Sugar: 54.2g for 5 gallons @ 74°F

Recipe posted 11/24/99.