![]() It has a firm texture and is quite fibrous, which can make it a challenge to work with. Ginger is the underground rhizome of the Ginger plant ( Zingiber officinale). It is pungent and spicy and can add a nice complexity to many styles of beer. With ginger root, two of the best methods are steeping in high ABV spirits and simmering with sugar to create a syrup based extract. This can be done by finely chopping, grating, bruising or crushing. The name of the game when creating extracts is to expose as much of the surface area of the fruit, vegetable, spice or flower as possible, to maximize extraction. ![]() ![]() Boiling: simmering with sugar to make a sugar syrup extract.There are a number of ways to extract flavors from natural ingredients the most practical for homebrewers are: Written By Kyle McQuillen and Craig Reavill, R&D Chemists at Treatt
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