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Jamaican-style ginger beer
By:Wes
Date: 6/26/2003, 10:45 am
In Response To: Re: Kayak in the Brewery! (Peter Robinson)

: Any chance of sharing your ginger beer recipe/method? Hmmm, Jamaican, in what
: way is it different to the traditional ginger beers?

: Peter

Grate 2 pounds of ginger and put it in some kind of straining bag inside a plastic pot. Add 3 gallons of boiling water, cover, and let sit overnight (I usually wrap some insulation around the pot). Strain off the beer (there's a really thick, viscous liquid at the bottom that I try to avoid) and add the juice of 4-6 limes, 15 squirts of Angostura bitters (optional), and sugar to taste (I use a light pound but the recipe my Jamaican friend gave me calls for 2 pounds). At this point I put it in a keg, refridgerate it, and then force-carbonate the next day. You could cut down the recipe and just put it in jars in the refridgerator (it'll lack carbonation but this is how it's done in Jamaica). It'll ferment and lose a lot of the ginger flavor if you don't keep it cold.

I know 2 pounds ginger to 3 gallons water sounds like too much, but try it at that concentration - it's really good. It's a lot hotter than what you typically get in *domestic* bottled Jamaican-style ginger beer. And it makes you wonder how something like Canada Dry "Ginger" Ale even deserves the word ginger in the name.

Wes

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Strip: Hight Heron gets wet *Pic*
Wes -- 6/25/2003, 9:14 pm
Re: Strip: Hight Heron gets wet
Robert N Pruden -- 6/27/2003, 8:59 pm
Re: Strip: Hight Heron gets wet
Emile Zen -- 6/27/2003, 9:36 am
Re: Strip: Hight Heron gets wet
Wes -- 6/27/2003, 9:48 am
Happy Paddling! :) Beautiful Yak! *NM*
Robert N Pruden -- 6/27/2003, 1:00 am
Re: Strip: Hight Heron gets wet
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 6/26/2003, 8:38 am
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James Nixon -- 6/26/2003, 8:12 am
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Wes -- 6/26/2003, 10:25 am
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Danny -- 6/26/2003, 6:46 am
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Bobby Curtis -- 6/26/2003, 6:42 am
Re: Strip: Hight Heron gets wet
Wes -- 6/26/2003, 7:54 am
Kayak in the Brewery!
David Hill -- 6/26/2003, 8:05 am
Re: Kayak in the Brewery!
Wes -- 6/26/2003, 8:09 am
Re: Kayak in the Brewery!
Peter Robinson -- 6/26/2003, 8:37 am
Jamaican-style ginger beer
Wes -- 6/26/2003, 10:45 am
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
Juile -- 12/8/2003, 3:36 pm
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
marc norland -- 12/9/2003, 4:24 pm
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
Wes -- 12/8/2003, 6:29 pm
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
Charles Leach -- 12/8/2003, 9:11 pm
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
Wes Ostertag -- 12/9/2003, 8:24 am
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
Robert N Pruden -- 12/6/2003, 11:30 pm
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/9/2003, 2:15 pm
It isn't luck, Mal, it's ...
Robert N Pruden -- 12/11/2003, 9:02 pm
Re: It isn't luck, Mal, it's ... *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/11/2003, 9:26 pm
Century Plant
Robert N Pruden -- 12/11/2003, 9:31 pm
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
chuck -- 12/8/2003, 4:29 pm
Re: Schweppes
pikabike -- 12/8/2003, 3:32 pm
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
Shawn Baker -- 12/8/2003, 1:42 pm
Re: Jamaican-style ginger beer
Peter -- 12/8/2003, 5:00 pm
I'm definitely up for something like that.
Robert N Pruden -- 12/9/2003, 3:17 am
Re: I'm definitely up for something like that.
Peter -- 12/9/2003, 11:32 am
So how did it turn out? *NM*
Wes -- 12/7/2003, 10:28 am
So far it smells good but...
Robert N Pruden -- 12/7/2003, 12:55 pm
Re: So far it smells good but...
Glen Smith -- 12/7/2003, 1:57 pm
Re: So far it smells good but...
Robert N Pruden -- 12/7/2003, 2:39 pm
Re: So far it smells good but...
Glen Smith -- 12/7/2003, 3:19 pm
Awesome!
Robert N Pruden -- 6/28/2003, 12:04 pm
Re: Awesome!
Wes -- 6/28/2003, 12:37 pm
Re: Strip: Hight Heron gets wet
Tony W. -- 6/25/2003, 9:55 pm
Re: Strip: Another picture *NM* *Pic*
Wes -- 6/25/2003, 9:15 pm
Re: Strip: Another picture
Rob P -- 6/26/2003, 10:31 am
Night Heron
Dave Sprygada -- 6/26/2003, 7:38 am
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Wes -- 6/26/2003, 7:49 am
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Marcel R. in Portland, OR -- 6/26/2003, 1:45 am
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Jim in ND -- 6/25/2003, 10:54 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 6/25/2003, 9:47 pm