Homemade Ginger Beer
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Description: Ginger beer is ginger ale's grown-up cousin: much more gingery and a little less sweet, but still (mostly) non-alcoholic. It can be made easily at home with simple ingredients and materials.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar (you can adjust to taste)
- 1 1/2 cups peeled and minced fresh ginger
- 2/3 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon dried champagne yeast
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, ginger, and 1 quart (945ml) cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 1 hour to steep.
- Strain syrup through fine-mesh strainer and funnel into 2-liter soda bottle. Add lime juice, then fill with cold water to within 2 inches of top. Cap and cool in refrigerator or ice bath until about 65°F (18°C).
- Add champagne yeast. Cap bottle and let stand at room temperature for about 2 days, checking bottle pressure intermittently by squeezing it or releasing the cap slightly and briefly.
- When ginger beer has achieved desired carbonation level, transfer to refrigerator. To serve, strain into glass.