Homemade Ginger Beer
Traditional ginger beer is easy to make at home. It is made with the ginger bug, which is a naturally forming yeast culture fed on ginger and sugar. Homemade ginger beer is refreshingly probiotic, spicy and delicious! It’s also made with real ginger, so it can help alleviate nausea.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 4 cups 1x
- Category: Beverages
- Method: Fermented
- Cuisine: British
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Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups water (chlorine free)
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 6 tbsp sugar (see notes for options)
- 1/4 cup ginger bug starter
- 1 tbsp finely grated ginger
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients in a 1 quart glass jar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- Cover with a piece of cloth or coffee filter held in place with a rubber band or metal ring. Place somewhere warm and dark to ferment for 3 days. (Stir each day).
- After 3 days you should have bubbles forming at the top. Strain the mixture and bottle it.
- It will still be quite sweet. Allow it to ferment for a further 3 to 5 days to build up the carbonation. S
- Once it’s fizzy, store the ginger beer in the refrigerator and consume within four weeks.
Notes
- It’s important to monitor the carbonation. Either use plastic pop bottles or swing-top bottles
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- Check the carbonation by popping open the swing-top bottles every few days.
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