How to Make Soda: Ginger Beer Recipe Part 2

[JeppeHeiniMikkelsen]

6:50 greedy dad \(ºOº)/



[tammydebarros]

Loved the entire video series !!! Will be making this Ginger Soda real soon !!! Thx and the kids were Awesome !!! :)

[amandacarr83]

After it is bottled how fast do you have to drink it?

[wajahataliwarraich]

is it alcoholic? why need culture ? or fermentation? if it is alcoholic then is there another way to make ginger beer or non-alcoholic ginger beer?

[ms2333]

I've been having trouble with the starter and/or the soda getting infected with mold. What am I doing wrong?

[bowow0807]

dont let the kids get too much, they'll get tipsy! but im betting good money that that ginger beer is about .05%-1.0% abv

[mbcyclery]

@bowow0807

the ABV could be anywhere from 3.2 - 5.5%, assuming the sugar was the only fermentables in solution.

[rawimpact]

@mbcyclery You are assuming all that sugar fermented in 3 days... it should be 1% ABV or so.

[k3of5ks]

Fantastic Video series. Thank you very much.  I'm exicted to try making ginger soda. Your family is beautiful. Thanks again!

[wendypape]

Great video guys! Just curious to know how long you can store it in the fridge for? Also couldn't you just use water, ginger, sugar and water kefir grains?

[wendypape]

awesome video guys! just curious how long can it stay in the fridge for? also... couldn't you just use kefir grains, water, ginger & sugar?

[jasont40]

The video was very informative. Could've done without the jerk narrating...sounds like a Howard Stern wannabe.

[MissAnnaShine]

I'm confused. I feel like a step is missing from 1 to 2. We finished with the week long adding of ginger and sugar and stirring daily, but I don't know how much to add. And then how did we get from that to the culture? Strain what from what? Where did the culture come from? Wasn't the ginger and sugar mixture the syrup?

[psalmsoftheshepherd]

@dan0park agreed!

[sensibilita88]

@dan0park

You drunken jerk!! He's assisting: you don't like it, make your own films ... but you are too lazy by half!

[Gairaac]

Yugioh!

awesome shirt.

[NaturalyMommy]

how long can you keep it in the refrigerator?

[solaeclipsx]

hes a bit of a bossy boots rilly i would have slapd him by now

[mbenne30]

is this alcoholic?

[choongbren]

@mbenne30 no

[seanrquinn]

@mbenne30 Not with only 3 days of fermentation. If you leave it to ferment for longer, you will get a more alcoholic brew. It really just depends, the yeast will continue to ferment the sugar into alcohol as you leave it. You can start with more sugar also to help give more potential alcohol to the yeast.

[musicalmiller]

sooo helpful-best explanation of this fermented soda I've seen so far!

[trisbert2]

Great video's! Thanks for sharing them....I'm in the process of making my first batch (peach and ginger). On your blog you state that the fermentation process continues in the fridge. Can you tell me how long the soda will last bottled in the fridge before it might explode?

[jadybelle]

that was an awesome video, mine is brewing as we speak, would love to see a vid on making rootbeer or the comment about making sourdough with the starter....

[maineroses]

do you have any more recipes for soda?

[Nerium2008]

I followed the recipe and tasted it for the first time today, after letting it sit in bottles for about 5 days. I find that it tastes pretty good: fizzy, with hints of lemon and ginger, not too sweet, slightly sour. A couple of things bother me: it smells musty and has quite a bit of sediment at the bottom (lemon pulp and yeast, I presume). Are these things normal?

[superwowie111]

some one tell me how to make alcoholic ginger beer

[Simo606]

could just use the ginger beer as a mixer and add whatever spirits ya want, or you can buy pre-mixed alcoholic ginger beer

[superwowie111]

that what i do. but in the long run it is much cheaper to make your own in massive amounts. and its a good hobby that gives you an excuse to drink

[asto1984]

Kid friendly - I assume there is no alcool in in.....does it have the lees in the bottom of the bottle?...thanks

[eascot]

Any naturally fermented beverage/soda will have a small amount of alcohol in it. However, with this kind of wild yeast fermentation, the amount of alcohol is small, almost negligible.

[becky5653]

I just want to say thank you for taking the time to tape your instructions for making this beer. I am going to make some now using your method. I have one question, is there any alcohol in it? And does it taste slightly yeasty?

[ladytahena]

We made this, and it is awesome. Thing is the culture I filled back up, fed for a few days then left it, at room temp while I was enjoying the finished product. Now, it grew what I can only describe as a scoby (like with Kombucha).. it turned rather vinegar like, we fed it some more, it's produced another white scoby, and it made another batch of ginger beer with no issues.. Care to comment on this, as it fits the description of a Ginger Beer Plant (UK traditional item)... thanks

[eascot]

Natural fermentation of this kind promotes the life cycle of Lactobaccillus, Brettanomyces and other bacteria. These bacteria, as a byproduct of fermentation, produce acids. When applied to things like cabbage, cucumbers, or milk these acids yield sauerkraut, pickles, and yogurt respectively.

When the starter is young the level of these bacteria is small and the sourness is muted. As you feed the starter, the bacteria count rises.

Mix your starter with some flour and make sourdough bread :-)

[DoctorVince]

Thank youm I loved you videos.

[TinaDenali]

I've made two batches of this Ginger Beer now, and my husband and I love it! So delicious! :)

[TinaDenali]

I do have a question about this - you mentioned that you can keep your ginger culture to make more beers in the future, but do you need to add more water to it? And do you continue feeding it every day with ginger root and sugar? Or just once a week or so?

[eascot]

Put it in the fridge and feed it about once a week. Then a couple of days before you want to make soda, take it out and feed it every day for a couple of days. Look online for sourdough bread starters. The care and feeding if this soda starter should be similar.

[HerbsareLife]

I heard the bubbly!!