Just an update... So far have made many gallons of ginger beer based off of the epicurious recipe. I've tried modifying with molasses, honey / mead style and using lime to replace lemons. They all have their taste. Although the lemon or lime is my favorite and the honey is interesting as well. Molasses least favorite. With honey much is adulterated from China. So it is a crapshoot. Same with olive oil, heavily adulterated, but don't use in ginger beer. Recently I tried adding a drop of elderberry concentrate to the finished ginger beer before drinking. Very nice! I brew in recycled soda bottles. Plastic Sprite 12 oz. I vent once or twice while fermenting. Amazing amount of gas produced. I bought the Sprite just for the bottles then trashed the soda. Hot weather (75 inside house) I brew for 2 days. Cool weather (low 60s inside house) I brew for 3 days. If you are not careful with the amount of ginger juice it is powerful! Very happy with recipe, esp for hot summer coming up. Let it sit in fridge and it clears out pretty good and ages nicely.