
It's something I have always wanted to try.
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Mon 21 Jun 2010, 21:08,
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second batch I kept out too long. bastard yeasts ate up all the sugar before I bottled it so it tasted nasty and didn't fizz at all.
Later I learned that 2 to 3 days is pretty much the limit before bottling in the recipe I had. It's pretty easy to do, though.
For ~5 liters:
400 grams of sugar
4 lemons
5 liters of water.
a big chunk of ginger (about 40 ~ 70 grams).
Yeast packet (I use plain dehydrated bread yeast - good for about 0.5 kilo of bread dough).
boil water in big pot. add sugar and dissolve. chop ginger and add. halve lemons, squeeze into the pot and add the halves. boil for a few minutes.
let cool to a bit above room temperature. remove lemons. add yeast packet. close off pot with plastic bag and a loose-fitting bit of elastic band. LEAVE SOMEWHERE FOR NO MORE THAN 3 or 4 DAYS. edit: 2 days works well.
when you're ready to bottle, filter out the gunk and put in sturdy (plastic) bottles (or I use these glass ones).
leave at room temp FOR NO MORE THAN 2 DAYS (to prevent excess fizzyness/exploding bottles). Then put in the fridge. Drink when cold.
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Mon 21 Jun 2010, 21:19,
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Later I learned that 2 to 3 days is pretty much the limit before bottling in the recipe I had. It's pretty easy to do, though.
For ~5 liters:
400 grams of sugar
4 lemons
5 liters of water.
a big chunk of ginger (about 40 ~ 70 grams).
Yeast packet (I use plain dehydrated bread yeast - good for about 0.5 kilo of bread dough).
boil water in big pot. add sugar and dissolve. chop ginger and add. halve lemons, squeeze into the pot and add the halves. boil for a few minutes.
let cool to a bit above room temperature. remove lemons. add yeast packet. close off pot with plastic bag and a loose-fitting bit of elastic band. LEAVE SOMEWHERE FOR NO MORE THAN 3 or 4 DAYS. edit: 2 days works well.
when you're ready to bottle, filter out the gunk and put in sturdy (plastic) bottles (or I use these glass ones).
leave at room temp FOR NO MORE THAN 2 DAYS (to prevent excess fizzyness/exploding bottles). Then put in the fridge. Drink when cold.