Hoppy Days Ginger Beer DIY Brewing Kit – GINGER EXTREME

Description

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALCOHOLIC GINGER BEER

Pour contents into a sanitised fermenter, rinsing out with hot water if required. Add 1 to 2 kilograms of sugar – we prefer raw sugar but white sugar or dextrose is also fine – along with 2 litres of hot water and stir well to dissolve. 1.5kg of sugar will make an approximately 4.5% ABV ginger beer. Top up to 20L with cool sterile water. Add yeast (sold separately) and ferment until fermentation is complete as confirmed by stable hydrometer readings. Fermentation can take up to two weeks; follow the yeast manufacturer’s recommendations for best fermentation temperature for the yeast you have chosen.

BOTTLING:
Bottle with carbonation drops as per usual or batch/bulk prime with around 130g of sugar.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOW/NO ALCOHOL GINGER BEER

KEGGING:
Pour contents of container through a strainer or hop sock into a sanitised keg. Add 2L of hot water and stir to dissolve. Top up with cool sterile water until full. Seal keg lid and carbonate.

BOTTLING*: 
[Using Sugar] Pour contents of container into a sanitised fermenter or bottling bucket fitted with a sediment reducer or filter, along with 130g of sugar (white, raw or dextrose). Add 2L of hot water and stir to dissolve. Top up to 20L with cool sterile water and stir in your yeast. Leave for 30minutes to allow the yeast to incorporate into the brow. Proceed with bottling.

[Using Carbonation Drops] Follow instructions above but omit the 130g of sugar. Instead add 2 carbonation drops per 750ml sanitised bottle when bottling.

* Please Note: This will produce alcohol (approximately 0.5% ABV). Please read these instructions carefully as yeast is still required for the low/no alcohol version of this ginger beer kit if you are bottling.