peeled and shredded about 60g (2oz) of fresh ginger. Put that into a small pot.
add about 60g of sugar.
add about cup of water and brought to a simmer for about an hour with the lid on. I wanted a very strong biting ginger ale that isn't sweet. No sirreee! I want a ginger ale to make your toe nails curl. :D
Let it cool to room temperature. Added about 2TBS of lemon juice and zest of half a lemon.
Poured the concoction into a sterilized qt bottle with a cap that can seal. Added enough water to fill most of the bottle and left about 3 inches of head room. Add 1/8tsp of bakers yeast since I didn't have real brewer's yeast culture. Capped the bottle and left it in my shower inside a plastic bucket in case it decide to turn into a geyser.
Geyser didn't happen. Chilled and when I started to crack open it fizzed quite a bit. Oh good I thought. Good carbonation.
Poured the elixier into my cup tasted it. And it WAS FLAT!! :o:confused::confused: So what happened. The drink does have a bite. I think it needs more lemon juice the next time. Sugar content was just right.
Has anyone made home brew root beer, or ginger ale? And if so what did I do wrong for the drink to have gone flat?