The Best Ginger Beer Recipe

Ginger beer has a really great unique taste and everyone can have a go at making this ginger beer recipe and everyone can drink it, because it’s completely non-alcoholic. However, it can also be mixed with alcoholic drinks such as vodka to make a cheeky cocktail.

Really anyone can make this refreshing recipe because it is so simple and quick. All the family can get involved if they want to! It’s always nice to make something from scratch once in a while and not always rely on shop bought produce.

For this recipe you will need 8 plastic pint bottles or four plastic quart bottles, and bowls where you can make the mixture in. 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 and 1 gallon boiling water

Wash the lemons and slice them in thick rings and crush the ginger root. Mix the ginger, lemon, sugar and cream of tartar all together in a large bowl.

Now, pour the boiling water over the top, stir the mixture and let it cool to lukewarm temperature, then 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.

Remember to always bottle the ginger beer in plastic bottles and keep the finished ginger beer in cool place.

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