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No hands on experience on this kind of brew, but a few thoughts: You have a few options, add the ginger to the boil, to the primary fermenter or to the secondary fermenter (or if you don't have/use another fermenter, to the primary after the active fermentation is done). Each will most likely give different results, I would guess adding it to the boil may ...

There's a recipe on this page, geared towards someone without brewing experience, so it should be a breeze for a homebrewer. I haven't personally tried it though. It is a shorter, simpler brewing process that that of beer. You could make it with a homebrew equipment kit. For carbonation, if you follow their recipe, you run the risk of making bottle bombs. ...

One thing you could try is to add some ginger extract to a bottle of commercially made IPA to test it out. If you like the result, you can further experiment with the amount of ginger you think is appropriate to add to the beer. If you don't like it, then you just avoided brewing 5 gallons of beer you won't want to drink. If you decide to do this ...

I've had success using 3-5 lbs of fresh ginger in a 5 gallon batch of ginger soda. I find it's important to very finely cut the ginger (I use a strong blender/food processor). Once I've simmered the ginger for about 15-30 minutes, I strain the pulp into a grain sock and squeeze as much liquid as possible from it. I use my hands to do the pressing ...

Up front sharpness comes from acidity and to some degree, the level of carbonation. Most soft drinks have citric acid, and some phosphoric acid to create a sharpness to balance the sugar, and have a high level of carbonation (>3 vols CO2) Getting that sharpness is a balance thing - if you have too much sugar compared to the acid the drink will not be sharp, ...

I've been using this recipe and making about about a liter at a time: http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-your-own-ginger-beer/ It's pretty good but it's not like Reed's, it's way dryer. Next time I do it I'm going to try adding pineapple juice and lime juice, maybe instead of or in addition to the sugar, because it should be sweeter. Also ...