Information and discussion about canning and dehydrating tomatoes and other garden vegetables and fruits. DISCLAIMER: SOME RECIPES MAY NOT COMPLY WITH CURRENT FOOD SAFETY GUIDELINES - FOLLOW AT YOUR OWN RISK
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Tomatovillian™
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Looks like the easiest "soda" I've seen so far is ginger ale. I planted some old ginger and got a better harvest than expected and was wondering what to do with it. I'm going to start a "ginger bug" tonight to get it going.
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Be aware that homemade root beer is actually beer, and has alcohol content.
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depends on the yeast you use.
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Got a 6 day "ginger bug" going... Smells great!
Decided to make ginger beer/ale, while I'm waiting for ingredients to come in for root beer. Got a dozen Grolsh bottles ready to go. Pics soon. |
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For lords sake no bread yeast.
Whisky yeast. |
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Check out the chart and find a brew store.
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I dont know anything about yeast or making any of this stuff I was just fooling around.
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I went foraging today, and found some of the ingredients for root beer here...
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Is that distilled water? I read something about it giving wine an off flavor, you might want to read up on that.
I'll be waiting on the results too!!!
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I've read somewhere that chlorinated water is worse than than distilled, if you are wanting to add a yeast culture to it, you don't want chlorine in it...
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That's true too but you can let the water sit for a while and the chlorine will dissipate. Spring water would be best if you don't have well water.
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