Homemade Ginger Beer
This home-style ginger beer is a lightly fermented soft drink with fresh ginger and lemon. Refrigeration slows further fermentation and helps keep pressure from building in the bottles.
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Prep
12h
Cook
5m
Serves
4
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Ingredients
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- 60gFresh Ginger (crushed)
- 200gWhite Sugar
- 2lWater
- 4gCream of Tartar
- 1gActive Dry Yeast
- 60mlLemon Juice
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Method
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- 01
Bring the water to a brief boil and stir in the white sugar until dissolved.
- 02
Add the fresh ginger and cream of tartar, then cool the mixture to below 30°C (86°F).
- 03
Stir in the lemon juice and active dry yeast.
- 04
Cover loosely in a clean nonreactive container and ferment at room temperature for 8 to 12 hours, until lightly fizzy.
- 05
Strain if desired, transfer to clean plastic bottles without overfilling, and refrigerate immediately at 4°C (40°F) or below. Do not leave sealed glass bottles at room temperature.
- 06
Open carefully, keep refrigerated, and serve cold within several days.
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