On Ginger Beer - Drinking Batch 3

[danieldwilliam]

Batch 3 - White is a lively brew.

Bottled on the 1st March it's been fermenting for 2 and a half weeks.

It is VERY fizzy. The first bottle I opened jetted like badly opened Champagne and landed 6 feet away. 6 feet to the left and 6 feet upwards. I got less than half the bottle in the glass.

The second bottle, opened over the bath, blew the cap off the bottle but I was ready and got 9/10ths of it in the glass.

It tastes very nice. Sweet gingery with a little bit of sharpness from lemon.

I'll need to make sure I properly chill these things before opening and find a way to open them with little more control.

Warned my dad about the fizziness. Got a helpful text back "Yes, I discovered that last night." Thanks, thanks for that dad.

EDIT: to add that chilling the ginger beer in the fridge for an hour or so seems to have controlled the effusive fizz and the brew is delicious and very bright.

Comments

[armiphlage]

You may want to store the remaining bottles inside a plastic bag.

My father's experiment with ginger beer ended when a bottle burst (while sitting on a shelf), and sympathetic detonations destroyed the entire batch. A sticky mess of glass shards coated the basement.

[danieldwilliam]

Yeah - I think I might drink all of the lively batch quickly as possible and do more of the storage in dad's garage.