by JennyRiordan on Tue Feb 25, 2020 10:37 pm
Just to clarify, I have an active ginger bug and have been making ginger beer (soda/soft drink) and wanted to give hard ginger beer (alcoholic) ginger beer a go. The recipe called for 2 litres water, 200 grams sugar, 2.5 cm piece of ginger root, juice of 1 lemon and 3 tablespoons ginger bug (strained). After boiling the water and the ginger for 30 min. and allowing to cool I then added it all together and put it in a 4 litre demijohn with an airlock. The recipe suggested that it should begin bubbling within 24 hours. It didn't so I added some more ginger bug and after a few days nothing happened, so I added some more and waited. Nothing. I cleaned my equipment with a liquid cleaner from the local brewing shop. I have googled recipes and most include either brewers yeast or champagne yeast. Any suggestions would be helpful. Many thanks.