/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>9346608
is it just a slightly different ginger ale?

>>9346624
Ginger ale is much weaker and sweeter. Ginger beer has a lot more ginger, it's nice and spicy.

You callin' me a poof?

>>9346629
THEY WILL GO THROUGH BONE LOIKE BUTTAH

>>9346608
spicy beverages are trash

>>9346759
Go drink some sugar water fag

>>9346608
I'm transferring my 7%ish ABV ginger beer to tertiary as I type this. Hurray for siphons!

Ginger beer is great and a crucial part of my summers. Also makes my tummy feel nice

>>9347046
Would love to try it anon, let us know how it comes out

>>9346759
Children need not apply

>>9347057
Yup, it's both delicious and soothing

>>9346608
Fucking love it! Pic related is my favourite that I've tried, Bundaberg is pretty good too though

>>9346608
Love it, can't get anything but the shit verson of Old Jamaica that tastes like soap unless I go to World Market

>>9347649
Josh gtfo

>>9347046
What was your recipe? I know how to brew so just give the ingredients.

>>9347649
I've tried this one but didn't like it, something off-putting about the taste to me

>>9347653
World market has ginger beer? I need to look into that

>>9347880
Dude they got Bundaberg by the liter or 12 pack, and a bunch of random singles

my gramps gave me one of these when I was visiting a week or two ago
one of that nastiest soft drinks i've ever had, do all ginger beers taste like that?

>>9347914
No that's one of the worst ones, tastes like pure black pepper rather than anything resembling ginger beer

>>9347912
By the liter? Shit I'm heading there soon

>>9347914
No man that is not a good ginger beer at all, I've had it before it's sugary as fuck and not enough ginger

>>9347914
Crabbie's is the only ginger beer I've been able to drink without mixing it. You're supposed to mix ginger beer though, not drink it straight

>>9347649
That shit's weak and doesn't taste like much to boot.

Get this shit if you want a weak gingerbeer that actually tastes good.

>>9347914
>he doesn't enjoy a nice cock and bull in his mouth

>>9347995
Really? I couldn't imagine enjoying a diluted ginger beer, probably has something to do with eating spicy food all my life

>>9348009
Well you're generally mixing the ginger beer with a hard alcohol so the beer is the one doing the diluting

>>9348014
Ah you mean like a moscow mule, that makes a lot more sense

>>9348014
yeah thats why my grampa had them but he said he still enjoys them straight. maybe it was just what people drank when he was young

>>9346608
I also love ginger beer and today I will try Fever Tree Ginger Beer. Hope it is hot and spicy.

>>9346608
Yes, it’s awesome but hard to find in middle Tennessee, I always have it when I’m in the UK

>>9347046
I made some hard ginger beer last year, it was fucking amazing

>>9348220
Give us a review, bud

>>9348250
Yeah it is a lot more popular in Canada and the UK. I live in a big city though so it's easy to find. Maybe you could order some off the internet though.

>>9348270
It's extremely easy to find here in New England Moscow Mules are fairly popular here too.

>>9348220
I just tried Fever Tree! It's much less sweet and more spicy/ginger-y than others, like Reed's or Barritt's. I liked it a lot!

>>9348305
>Moscow Mules are fairly popular here too.

Why would you settle for Moscow Mules when you could be making Dark 'n Stormies?

Maine Root is best. Fever Tree tastes medicinal.

>>9348308
Those are good too, but I just drink them less. Not huge on rum, to be honest. Bourbon is superior, and I could just have a Kentucky Mule.

>>9348305
>It's extremely easy to find here in New England
Yep, I noticed that every store carried it when I was in Maine, the local brands are excellent

>>9348009
Try it with rum, makes a drink called a Dark & Stormy

I make my own.
No secret to it. I take minced ginger and boil it down to a reduction a few times until the ginger peices are bland but the tea is strong.
Works out to 50 to 80 grams to the liter depending on your ginger.
I'll go 150 grams of sugar per liter too. Juice of half a lemon or more of you like.
1 spoon of tomato paste to 10 liters.
Helps with the nutrients during fermentation and gives a nice color.
Yeast of choice (dry ale works great)
Mine ferments dry well above 6%.
You can sweeten it later or drink it young at 4 to 5%.
Cut the sugar in half if your making the soda type ginger beer.

>>9348389
A lot of people underestimate New England's capacity for alcoholism.

>>9348451
>not using a SCOBY

Gross.

>>9348457
I guess you could. I've never tried that myself. I've tried using the yeast nutrients for mead (I make that too) but found tomato paste works better for ginger beer.
We don't have commercial ginger beer here but mine is always a hit at parties.

>>9346829
i haven't drank soda in many many years

>>9348416
Recommend any specific rums for that?

>>9348456
Well Boston is full of Irish and the other states are so humdrum, it's not too surprising

>>9348004
This boy knows how to drink alc. ginger beer. Best stuff right here.

Non-alcoholic wise Bundaberg is the best I've had.

>>9348506
Goslings' Black Seal® is what Bermuda's export industry would like you to use, but any black strap type rum will work fine.

>>9348516
Thanks I'll have to try that tomorrow or the day after

>>9347692
it's basically a pale german ale with pounds of ginger instead of ounces of hops. Munich malt, Altbier specific yeast, a touch of chocolate malt to give it a bit of a "sunburn" and literally pounds of ginger... might make my bottling/priming syrup very gingery as well, just to ensure proper spiciness of the finished product (the test batch while transferring to secondary wasn't up to snuff).