Mostly successful ginger beer!

[trixtah]

I cracked the first of my ginger beers today, and should probably have done that a few days ago - the results were fountainous. Oh well, my kitchen floor (and bench, and sink, and splashback) needed a wash anyway. Thank god for the Grolsch bottles, because they didn't break of themselves. I've depressurised all the others, and have lost about 1/4 of the contents in the process.

The one I've drunk is ironically not quite as fizzy as I would like, undoubtedly due to the nice bubbles exhausting themselves everywhere else but in the glass first. ETA: the second one has perfect fizziness, with the bubbles having a chance to recover a bit in the next bottle.

Also, not quite as gingery as I would prefer - I started off with fresh ginger, but supplemented with fairly old powdered ginger, which was probably not the best thing to do. Maybe a tad less lemon as well (I'm amazed at that - I like lemon), but I got the sweetness exactly right - i.e. I used only 2/3rds of the recommended amount of sugar.

Still, it's very refreshing and nom. When I refine the recipe a bit further, I'll post it up.

Comments

[micheinnz]

My mother used to make ginger beer and at least one of every dozen would explode. It was just One of Those Things.

Grolsch bottles or plastic soft drink bottles are much better for this sort of thing.

[trixtah]

Yes, one of those traditions. :-) Of course, in my flat, it'd be better if things didn't go splody in my kitchen/living area!

But you've given me a lightbulb moment - plastic bottle! I'll get one for next time, and use its swelling as a gauge of when to decompress the rest of the ginger beers.

[filkferengi]

Yum!