Honey Ginger Beer Recipe - No. 11
by adminGinger Beer Made With Honey
Before I go any further this is not one of my recipes but from a nice site called BigOven.com It is totally different to any ginger beer recipe I have seen and uses hops along with malt and honey.
This is more of a “brew” due to the use of hops. I have not made it but have put this recipe on my site to show the versatility and variety you can get with ginger beer. This one is for the aficionados and the adventurists.
Ingredients
- 6 oz Grated ginger
- 3 lb ( 1.4 kg ) light malt extract
- 1 oz ( 30g) Brewers Gold leaf hops
- 1/2 oz (15g) Northern Brewer hops pellets
- 1/2 oz (15g) Saaz hops pellets
- 4 lb ( 1.8 ) honey
- Yeast
Preparation
Use two brew kettles. In the first, add 4 gallons water, honey, and ginger. Maintain at 180 degrees for 45 minutes.
While first pot is heating, add malt extract to 3 gallons water in the second pot. Bring to boil.
Add 1 ounce of Brewers Gold to boil for 45 minutes.
Add 1/2 ounce of Northern Brewer at 30 minutes.
When second pot is removed from heat, add 1/2 ounce of Saaz hops and steep.
Combine pots, cool, and pitch.
(I also brewed a second batch with the same procedure, except that I used 8 pounds of honey instead of 4, 1/2 ounce of Northern Brewer hops replaced the 1 ounce of Brewers Gold, and 1/2 ounce of Galena replaced the 1/2 ounce of Northern Brewer.)
Six ounces of ginger seems about right to give a nice balanced flavor. The ginger was grated in food processor, but it had to struggle as the ginger tends to break up into strands that get stuck in the blades. (I did not peel the ginger). This beer had an amber color and all flavors were readily apparent—hops, malt, ginger, and light honey.
Originally From: Big Flavors Of The Hot Sun By Chr File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip
Note from Bonnie: I have not discovered or figured where to use the yeast in this recipe.
If you have ever made a ginger beer like this I would be very interested to hear from you.
The taste of this ginger beer will be totally different to the everyday ginger beer soda. This is probably more for the adult beer enthusiast. Cannot see kids liking this one………Adults will probably love it.
Bonnie
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Hello - when they say ‘pitch’ that’s when the yeast goes in. So it’s after the two pots have been combined and cooled down to a temperature the yeast can handle (about 25 degrees or so).