Ginger Beer

Description

Ginger beer is nature's champagne. This is the recipe my mother and grandmother used to make. It is a delicious refreshing drink on hot summer days. Caution: bottles must be stored in a cool place and not shaken. Chill thoroughly before opening but be prepared for it to fizz over. While storing it is a good idea to cover with large piece of plastic in case a cap blows or a bottle

Ingredients

• Dried Yeast
• Ground Ginger
• Sugar
• Water
• Lemons, Juice Of

Instructions

1. ——-to get bug working——-
2. Mix the yeast, ground ginger, 2 tspns of sugar and lukewarm water together in a large glass jar
3. Cover with a cloth
4. Let stand for 24 hours
5. After this feed the bug every day for 10 days with 1 tspn of ground ginger and 1 tspn of sugar
6. ———to make the beer———-
7. Put 1 litre of the water and the sugar in a saucpan
8. Heat gently while stirring until the sugar dissolves
9. Take off the heat and add the rest of the water and the lemon juice
10. Without disturbing the sediment, strain the ginger beer bug liquid through 2 layers of scalded muslin
11. Add this liquid to the sugared water
12. Pour the mixture into clean bottles, cap tightly and leave to stand for 2 days, or until it starts to fizz
13. After this, it must be kept in a cool place or the fridge to prevent the tops blowing
14. I use a sterilizing powder obtained from home brew shops to sterilize my bottles
15. After making the beer divide the sediment in the jar into two
16. You now have 2 bugs to feed and can double the beer recipe
17. As you double the bugs each time you increase the number of bottles you can produce
18. After all available surfaces are covered with bug jars and you are swamped with beer you can give the extra bugs away to get others on the treadmill