Ginger

[icrazy]

Ginger neutral

500 mills of 90% or higher neutral
400 grams of sugar
1/2 a cup of grated ginger
700 mills filtered water

1.
soak ginger and 90% alcohol for 1 week in a 1.5 liter jar away from sunlight
2.
then add 300 grams of sugar to 700 mills of water and heat till dissolved
3.
cool sugar mixture and add to alcohol in 1.5 liter jar leave to soak another week
4.
strain mixture through a coffee filter (or cloth if you like some bits of ginger in your drink) and bottle

Lovely with lemonade and crushed mint leafs.
My wife's favorite drink.

[still_stirrin]

Here’s another ginger recipe...proven over time: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=57158#p7337092

Perhaps your missus will like it too.
ss

[icrazy]

Awesome I hadn't stumbled over that one yet sounds awesome will give it a try

[JellybeanCorncob]

Here’s another ginger recipe...proven over time: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=57158#p7337092

Perhaps your missus will like it too.
ss

Proven every time I make it. Mi wife loves it and my friends want to buy it from me after they try it.
Disclaimer: “Don’t tell don’t sell”
JBC

[Eckardt M]

Gopd day,

I have a question. The sugar water that you add to the 500ml 90 ABV, to what ABV does it dilute it to?

[still_stirrin]

Gopd day,

I have a question. The sugar water that you add to the 500ml 90 ABV, to what ABV does it dilute it to?

Well, using the parent site calculator:
300g sugar into 700ml water results in 890ml of sugar syrup with an SG=1.129 (roughly a 20%ABV, if fermented).

Then, adding the syrup to the alcohol:
500ml of 90%ABV + 890ml of syrup = 1390ml,

of which contains:
90% x 500ml = 450ml of (theoretically pure alcohol).

Then, the resulting ABV is:
450ml alcohol / 1390ml total = 32.4%ABV.

Got it?
ss

[Eckardt M]

That looks easy when you say it SS.

Where do I find that calculator?

I will definitely use your explanation to do the rest.

[still_stirrin]

...Where do I find that calculator?

Here: https://homedistiller.org/wiki/index.php/htm/calc ... gar_sg.htm

You’ve got to adjust the “final volume” until the water required equals what you added the sugar to. Kinda’ a “reverse calculation”.
ss

[Eckardt M]

I found this also where you commented on.

https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/topic? ... source=app

I understand now, thanks SS.

[Eckardt M]

If I have 1L of 60 % ABV and I want to bring it down to 43% ABV, I have to add 395ml of water.

As I understood the previous post, I can add my simple syrup of 150ml and top that up with water to 395ml and I will still be at the 43% ABV mark. Because ABV is Alcohol By Volume. So if you have the calculated volume then the % will be at that volume regardless of what has been added.

Yes I have also found that the alcohol meter does not work when sugar is added.

Thanks SS, I really appreciate it.

Sorry for the post Hijack. I did manage to make the liqueur and wow, it is very good.