I had an email from Byrna asking for a recipe for non alcoholic Ginger Beer. I looked at several. Thank you, Byrna. I chose these because they seemed lighter in sugar and very flexible with adjustments. I hope one these work out for you. Let us know.
What do you need for your own Homemade Ginger Beer? Ingredients and tools. When you plan to make your own home made ginger beer you need the proper tools and ingredients. For our ginger beer recipe you will need eight pint (plastic) bottles or four quart (plastic) bottles, and bowls where you can make the mixture in.
Basic Ginger Beer Recipe
For this most basic home made ginger beer recipe,
the required ingredients are as follows:
2 oz. fresh ginger
1 tsp. cream of tartar
2 lemons
1 lb. sugar
1 oz. yeast.
1 gallon boiling water.
Directions: The preparation is easy, You need to wash the lemons and slice them in thick rings, after that the ginger root should be roughly crushed. Mix the ginger, lemon, sugar and cream of tartar in a large bowl. Pour the boiling water over the top, stir the mixture and let it cool to lukewarm temperature.
After that you need to stir in the yeast. You’ll need to leave it for 24-48 hours to let the yeast go to work. Once the plastic bottle is very hard, and can’t be squeezed, the ginger beer is done. At that time you need to skim off the yeast and the mixture strained. After that your ginger beer can be bottled. Place the bottle in the fridge overnight. This halts the yeast and stops the bottle exploding.
Once the ginger beer is chilled, pour it into a glass and enjoy. When you just follow this simple ginger beer recipe you can’t go wrong.
Exploding bottles — Because of the yeast, ginger beer can be a very aggressive fermenter. It produces high pressure very rapidly. So it is better not to bottle ginger beer in glass bottles. You also should not leave the finished ginger beer in a closed up warm place, because this can result in generating enough pressure to explode the lid off.
This is just one, although very popular, recipe for ginger beer. On the Internet or at your favorite brewing supply store you can find many more. Have fun in making this delicious Ginger Beer recipe, and enjoy making it together with your children or grandchildren. Together you can make little changes to make it your personal Ginger Beer recipe.
Easy Ginger Beer
2 cups cold water
1 cup fresh lime juice
4 teaspoons bottled ground fresh ginger
(such as Spice World)
3/4 cup superfine sugar
3 cups sparkling water
Lime slices (optional)
Directions: Combine water, juice, and ginger in a blender; process until blended. Line a strainer with cheesecloth. Strain mixture over a pitcher; discard solids. Add sugar to pitcher; stir until dissolved. Add sparkling water just before serving. Serve over ice. Garnish with lime slices, if desired.
Note: If you can’t find superfine sugar, place granulated sugar in a blender, and process until fine. You can find bottled ground fresh ginger in the produce section of the supermarket.
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