You know what'd worse than the kilt jones?

[Bob C]

Ah yes the homebrew jones. I have not done that in a wee bit. I think I'll work on a batch this week. I like tae make it strong and you can't see through it at all. One pint and yer on the path tae happy. Good luck with your batch.

Ye sound like a man after me own heart. I've had friends joke that they need a fork and knife to enjoy some of my brews.

[Cynthia]

Mmmm, yummy! You guys are making me thirsty! int:

[Pleater]

At one time I made my own ginger beer - the real stuff, with real ginger root -brewed in a gallon jar before diluting and bottling. Glorious drunk cold in summer or warm in winter. I think I still have the recipe somewhere.

The only thing to do is keep on making brews, bottling it up, brewing more, drinking, bottling more, so that after a while you have always got something to drink on hand.

The only limiting factor is the number of bottles you have.

Anne the Pleater

[TNKiltedWolf]

At one time I made my own ginger beer - the real stuff, with real ginger root -brewed in a gallon jar before diluting and bottling. Glorious drunk cold in summer or warm in winter. I think I still have the recipe somewhere.

The only thing to do is keep on making brews, bottling it up, brewing more, drinking, bottling more, so that after a while you have always got something to drink on hand.

The only limiting factor is the number of bottles you have.

Anne the Pleater

Anne,
If you still have that recipe I would love to have a copy of it. I love any kind of ginger products and would love to make my own ginger beer. Sounds spectacular! Thank you!

[siva011]

The homebrew jones! I brewed Irish Stout this afternoon. It's in the fermenter now. It'll be ready for bottling in about a week and then it has to age until St. Patrick's Day. I hate waiting that long!

I'll be starting my first homebrew any day now... it will be a Stout also....

At one time I made my own ginger beer - the real stuff, with real ginger root -brewed in a gallon jar before diluting and bottling. Glorious drunk cold in summer or warm in winter. I think I still have the recipe somewhere.

I've made ginger ale before... more like the soda though not fremented. Used the leftover solids to make crystallized ginger!

[Pleater]

I am still seeking the elusive back of an old brown envelope recioe for ginger beer - I have found two sewing patterns I have been looking for for ages, and loads of other things which had been misplaced, but so far no recipe.

I know it uses a one gallon wine fermenting bottle, half filled with previously boiled water in which pounded ginger root has been soaked, but that is just the start.

You add sugar, and yeast, and keep it warm until the initial fermentation dies down, then feed it with a small amount of sugar each day - but the final mixing and dilution is important.

I'll find the exact recipe, I'm sure that I just need to keep looking.

Anne the Pleater