Ginger Beer recipe

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Ingredients

* 25g Dry yeast (50g of fresh)

* 2tbsp ground ginger

* 2tbsp caster sugar

* ½pt (300ml) water

Method

1. If you are using dry yeast, stir the yeast in with ¼ pint (150ml) of

lukewarm water and a bit of sugar. Leave this mixture for 10-15 mins. If you

are using fresh yeast, which you can procure from certain bakers, you can

skip this process.

2. Mix the wettened yeast with the sugar until they cream to form a

liquid. Then add the ground ginger and water. If you used dry yeast then use

only

¼pt (150ml) of water. Stir this mixture well and pour it into a jar with a

loose-fitting lid, so as to let the mixture breathe. Now leave this mixture in

a cool place.

3. The next day, and each day thereafter, add 1 level tsp (5ml) of

ground ginger and the same amount of caster sugar to your jar and stir the

mixture

thoroughly.

4. After 10 days. dissolve 18oz (500g) of caster sugar and 1½pt (900ml)

of water, bring this mix to the boil and let it cool slightly. Add the

strained juice of two lemons to the water.

5. Strain your ginger plant through fine muslin and add the strained

liquid to the sugar and lemon juice mixture, along with 6pt (3.4l)water.

6. Stir the mixture well and bottle it straight away in strong

screw-topped bottles, like those in which you would store cider or beer. Make

sure you

store the bottles in a cool place for about two weeks before you drink it.

This is essential!

To Make More Ginger Beer

Halve the sediment left on the muslin and divide it into two separate jars.

Add ½pt (300ml) water, 2tsps (10ml) and 2tsps (10ml) caster sugar to each jar.

Stir it well and continue the same process as before for ten days.

> How can I make my own ginger ale? I've

> always drank ginger ale in the past, but don't want to drink that stuff

> now with the aspartame in it, so maybe I can make my own?

> ~Robin