[iriverdude]

Looking for strong ginger beer tried this one but want more kick. Anyone know of one?

 

[Uncle Erik]

Try Bundaberg Ginger Beer from Australia. It has a bit of a kick.

If you Google, there are several recipes available. Brewing soda is not difficult and you can make it for next to nothing. The catch is sterilizing and capping the bottles, but it's worth it.

 

[manaox2]

I've enjoyed this stuff:

Blenheim's HOT HOT Ginger Ale - Ginger Beer/Ales - Soda Pop

They have many more as well.

I'm not a big fan of the Jamaican styles.

 

[appophylite]

Natural Brew - Outrageous Ginger Ale

I've always rather enjoyed this one. There aren't too many choices up here to begin with though...

 

[limpidglitch]

Personal favourite:

 

[ericj]

My preference is Stewart's but you can't get it everywhere. Last place i saw it was in Phoenix.

You might try Reed's Extra.

 

[LeftyGorilla]

x2 brew your own. Just to be clear, kick means heavy ginger content, or alcoholic? Because when you brew your own, you can have either. Or both.

It's a little time-consuming, but very easy. You need only ginger, sugar, and water. Maybe a couple limes and some molasses. You don't actually have to worry too much about sterilisation, and if you can get ahold of some flip-top bottles (1 litre bottles are a good size) you don't need to muck about with capping. I have a setup to do 2 gallon batches that cost under $30 to put together.

If you're really interested, PM me and I'll do a proper How-To.

 

[limpidglitch]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeftyGorilla /img/forum/go_quote.gif x2 brew your own. Just to be clear, kick means heavy ginger content, or alcoholic? Because when you brew your own, you can have either. Or both. It's a little time-consuming, but very easy. You need only ginger, sugar, and water. Maybe a couple limes and some molasses. You don't actually have to worry too much about sterilisation, and if you can get ahold of some flip-top bottles (1 litre bottles are a good size) you don't need to muck about with capping. I have a setup to do 2 gallon batches that cost under $30 to put together. If you're really interested, PM me and I'll do a proper How-To.

Don't forget the yeast. A bit of standard baking yeast will do fine.

 

[fzman]

D&G, which i think was a jamaican company called desnoe and geddes iirc. not sure if they are still in biz. it's been a while, but it was yummy

 

[floydenheimer]

This one was good. Are you making Dark N Stormies?

 

[LeftyGorilla]

Quote:

Originally Posted by limpidglitch /img/forum/go_quote.gif Don't forget the yeast. A bit of standard baking yeast will do fine.

No, you can use wild yeasts off the ginger root. You can use an ale or champagne yeast from a homebrew store, but it isn't necessary.

Lacto-fermentation rocks.

 

[limpidglitch]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeftyGorilla /img/forum/go_quote.gif No, you can use wild yeasts off the ginger root. You can use an ale or champagne yeast from a homebrew store, but it isn't necessary. Lacto-fermentation rocks.

Interesting, but that's not yeast, but some sort of lactobacillus (bacteria), and will behave quite differently during fermentation. One of the big differences is that lactobacillus will produce lactate instead of ethanol, not critical I suppose if you're not particularly interested in an alcoholic beverage, but one of the beauties I find with using yeast is that you can decide wether the end product will have an alcoholic content from very low (practically nothing), up to ~11%. Other aromatic byproducts will differ too, giving them different aromatic characteristics.

 

[LeftyGorilla]

Yeah, I agree if you want control over the process a commercial yeast is the way to go. Especially if the OP's "kick" means a high alcohol content.


But for easy and cheap, lactobacillus is where it's at.

 

[atothex]

Oooh I like this thread. Moar plz.

 

[leveller1642]

Stones Ginger Wine deserves a mention. The thought of it takes me back to my youth. Nice with dry ginger ale and maybe a little scotch.

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