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  • Alcoholic Ginger Beer Advice

    Hi Guys,
    I'm a newby and dont know that much, I'm still learning.

    I'm a bit confused with results I'm getting with my lockdown experiment.
    I started a batch of alcoholic ginger beer on Sunday(19/4)

    My recipe was:
    250g fresh ginger
    1kg brown sugar
    4.5l water
    juice of 2 lemons
    I used a mead yeast that I had in my fridge for a year.

    My OG was 1.082
    Day 2(20/4) my SG at 1.060.(tasted sweet and refreshing)
    On the 3rd day(21/4) I tested it again and my SG is 1.030(tasted sweet, but is quite sour)

    (I know I'm not suppose to test/taste that often, but I did it out of interest sake and to see if something went wrong)

    My fermenting temperature was between 21-24 degrees

    I was expecting to see a SG of 1.030 in a week or longer.

    Did I just get a batch of super yeast?
    What should I do now, I dont want a dry beer?

  • #2
    The longer you ferment it, the drier it gets.........

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    • #3
      I'll assume that the "mead yeast" is wine yeast or champagne yeast, it should finish dry on 1.000 or lower as mead is akin to wine.....honey wine. The attenuation % of the yeast should indicate where your fermentation is heading. That's quite a bit of ginger you added there, grated?

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      • #4
        the drop in SG generally follows a very exponential curve. Like, a reverse covid19 curve
        Cheers,
        Lang
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        "Dudddde...Hold my beer!".... ; "I wonder what will happen if I ...."

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        • #5
          Yes it was grated

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          • #6
            If you hit fg of 1.000 your 10.8% abv beer will certainly be gingy. It would be kicking on two fronts.

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            • #7
              I had one end dry it was terrible. I'd pull out the grated ginger now if I was you. You need to remove any nutrients so the yeast cannot chew on the remaining sugar. Or add a fake sugar. Or pasteurize.

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