Well I've got my knickers in a twist with this new 10c 'refund' levy. I'm not going to play their stupid game!
In the beginning I thought it was a good idea so I investigated and discovered I have to give the govt my bank account details and phone number! Well no, thats not how I do things. If they can't pay me annonomously in cash at my local tip then I'm not driving untold k's to drop off a few cans and bottles!
To make matters worse the price of all 'take-away' sized bottles and cans have already gone up by the 10c amount. So if you don't take your cans back, the wholesaler makes a killing.
So I decided from now on to stop buying such items and make my own instead, from home grown produce.
I'll get off my soap box now!
Which brings me to the subject of this thread, ginger beer or ale and lemonade or beer.
I scanned youtube and google for recipes and ended up with 3 for each drink, including one each alcoholic.
Seems it really doesn't matter what fruit is used, the process is always quite similar and to get an alcoholic version is similar also but requires the purchase of champagne yeast from the brew shop. The alternative to buying the yeast is to make the bug using the skin of the ginger or lemon a bit like making sourdough culture and therefore having the same likelihood of hit and miss chemistry (or making methanol!)
So does anyone make their own and have favourite recipes they would put here? I'm looking for easy/simple/cheap!
I'm leaning towards ginger or lemon beer and ale instead of normal beer because I've watched friends stuff up beer making for years on end! Not my cup of tea(or glass of beer in this case). I grow these fresh ingredients. I already make my own kahlua using russian vodka my son brings into Australia annually. I also make orange or mint liqueurs with that vodka or very good brandy. Just now need some lemonade and ginger beer or ale to go with those liqueurs.
I'm prepared to buy some simple tools and bottles with snap lids but that's the extent of it.
In the beginning I thought it was a good idea so I investigated and discovered I have to give the govt my bank account details and phone number! Well no, thats not how I do things. If they can't pay me annonomously in cash at my local tip then I'm not driving untold k's to drop off a few cans and bottles!
To make matters worse the price of all 'take-away' sized bottles and cans have already gone up by the 10c amount. So if you don't take your cans back, the wholesaler makes a killing.
So I decided from now on to stop buying such items and make my own instead, from home grown produce.
I'll get off my soap box now!
Which brings me to the subject of this thread, ginger beer or ale and lemonade or beer.
I scanned youtube and google for recipes and ended up with 3 for each drink, including one each alcoholic.
Seems it really doesn't matter what fruit is used, the process is always quite similar and to get an alcoholic version is similar also but requires the purchase of champagne yeast from the brew shop. The alternative to buying the yeast is to make the bug using the skin of the ginger or lemon a bit like making sourdough culture and therefore having the same likelihood of hit and miss chemistry (or making methanol!)
So does anyone make their own and have favourite recipes they would put here? I'm looking for easy/simple/cheap!
I'm leaning towards ginger or lemon beer and ale instead of normal beer because I've watched friends stuff up beer making for years on end! Not my cup of tea(or glass of beer in this case). I grow these fresh ingredients. I already make my own kahlua using russian vodka my son brings into Australia annually. I also make orange or mint liqueurs with that vodka or very good brandy. Just now need some lemonade and ginger beer or ale to go with those liqueurs.
I'm prepared to buy some simple tools and bottles with snap lids but that's the extent of it.