strong, though, so if you don't love ginger, you may want to put in a
little less than the 1.5 cups.
Thanks!
--- "Underground"
>
> This is my first recipe. I also am trying a pomegranate apple cider
> (ask if you want the recipe for that though it's essentially the same
> as another cider recipe but with half sugar/ half honey).
>
> Ginger Apple Spice Wine
> 4 cups water
> apple juice
> 1.5 cups ginger
> 2 T lemon zest
> 1 pinch American saffron
> ½ t cinnamon
> ½ t clove powder
> ½ t nutmeg
> ¼ t lemon juice
> 2 cups sugar
> 1/8 tsp EZ cap yeast
> Directions: peel ginger (duh!); cut ginger into medallions then chop
> lengthwise 2-3 times (`til you have strips that are just large enough
> not to go down your funnel when you need to pour the mix into your
> soda bottle); toss ginger strips into the 4 cups boiling water in a
> pot on the stove; turn heat down to medium; add lemon zest, saffron,
> cinnamon, clove, nutmeg; simmer for 40 minutes; add lemon juice and ½
> of your sugar (1 cup); stir vigorously and remove from heat; stir
> mixture every few minutes for about 15 minutes when it is still warm
> but you aren't worried about your plastic soda bottle melting; pour
> OTHER half of sugar (1 cup) into soda bottle; strain mixture on stove
> and pour mixture into soda bottle; Shake it up until very little sugar
> mixture left at bottom of bottle when you turn it over and look. Add
> yeast, turn over bottle several times to disperse yeast. Put on EZ
> cap. Wait impatiently.
>
> This stuff smells really good and tastes nice, too. I think it's a
> good mixture. If it ends up being terrible, I'm blaming my
> inexperience as a master of fermentation. haha.
>
> Thanks!
> Desmond
>
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