Homemade Thirst Quenching Ginger Beer
Homemade Thirst Quenching Ginger Beer recipe. The best homemade cold ginger and lemon juice, non alcoholic drink for a hot summer day.
- Prep Time: 3 DAYS
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 3 days and 15 min
- Category: Drinks, health, cold drinks
- Method: no bake stove top
Ingredients
6 Liter Mix.
Syrup
- 3 Cups white granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- 6 Tbsp. grated fresh ginger
Mix
- 9 Tbsp. of fresh lemon juice
- 21 cups of filtered clean water
- 6/8 tsp of yeast
- ginger syrup mixture as above.
Instructions
- Peel a lot of ginger with the tip of a teaspoon. – papery skin scrapes right off. Grate the ginger finely.
- Combine the syrup mix in a pot heat over medium heat, and leave to simmer to draw the ginger. Stirring to dissolve the sugar.
- Keep to draw for at least an hour. Sieve the syrup to get the grated ginger pieces out. Leave aside.
- Obtain your plastic “coke a cola” bottles. (6lt. makes 3 x 2lt bottles). Divide the syrup between the bottles equally.
- Then with a funnel in the top of the bottle, sprinkle the yeast in , lemon juice and then the water. Equally.
- Put the lid on the bottle and shake the concoction until the yeast is dissolved. Stow it away on a shady shelf or in your pantry out of the direct sunlight for 2- 3 days.
- Every day release the gas, by unscrewing the top loose a little. Then closing it again. Do this until the fizz has been achieved.
- Then store in a fridge to prevent further fermentation.
- Don’t forget about the bottle otherwise it will explode.
- Pour cold and enjoy with ice and a sprig of mint or lemon slice.
Notes
This is a easy recipe and very thirst quenching. Double the recipe if required.