Ginger Beer Beer Recipe | All Grain Alternative Sugar Beer by MWolfy | Brewer's Friend
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Ginger Beer

334 calories 23.6 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Alternative Sugar Beer
Boil Time: 20 min
Batch Size: 6 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 7.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.081 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.102 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 75% (brew house)
Source: Mark Wolfrum
Calories: 334 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 23.6 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday June 3rd 2021
1.102
1.011
11.9%
0.0
4.9
n/a
99.15
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
7 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose7 lb Corn Sugar - Dextrose 1.45 / lb
10.15
42 0.5 43.9%
2 lb Brown Sugar2 lb Brown Sugar 2.00 / lb
4.00
45 15 12.5%
15 oz Lemon juice15 oz Lemon juice 1.00 / oz
15.00
1 0 5.9%
6 lb US - Fresh Ginger Root Shredded6 lb Fresh Ginger Root Shredded 6.00 / lb
36.00
50 0 37.6%
15.94 lbs / 65.15
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
6 gal 65 °F 220 °F 15 min
Starting Grain Temp: 70 °F
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
5 oz Lemon Zest 5.00 / oz
25.00
Spice Mash 15 min.
25.00
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-56
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
9.00 / each
9.00
Attenuation (avg):
72%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
59 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
50 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 192 B cells required
9.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
Method: dextrose       Amount: 2 oz       Temp: 68 °F       CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Tap water from Lake Michigan aquifer.
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes

Brought 7.5 gallons water to boil
Drained 1.5 gallons water for sparge
At boil, add corn sugar, brown sugar. Dissolve both sugars then;
add peeled/shredded ginger root, lemon juice, lemon zest and spices directly to 6.0 gallons water.
Bring to boil and hold boil :15-:20 minutes.
Drain and cool into primary ferment.
Sparge remaining contents of boil with warm/hot sparge water until fermenter is topped at 6.0 gallons.
Remove 1-2 pounds of boiled ginger and place in primary ferment.
When cooled to appropriate temperature- pitch hydrated/primed yeast.
Two week ferment in primary, then transfer malt only (no fruit/root) into secondary ferment. Ferment until fermentation complete.
Prime with 2 oz. corn sugar when bottling.
Brewer's choice- Add 1 cup malto dexatrine to batch when bottling for additional sweetness.
Note: Some recipes state that ginger need not be peeled. If you choose to not peel, at the very least, I would break up and scrub the ginger root with a stiff vegetable brush to remove any remaining dirt.

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