A refreshing and spicy, homemade ginger beer that’s perfect for quenching your thirst on a hot day.
Ginger Beer
A refreshing and spicy, homemade ginger beer that’s perfect for quenching your thirst on a hot day.
Ingredients
- 4 cups water filtered
- 1 cup ginger peeled and grated, fresh
- 1 cup sugar granulated
- 1/4 tsp yeast active dry
- 2 tbsp lemon juice freshly squeezed
Instructions
- In a blender or food processor, combine the ginger with 1 cup of water and blend until smooth.
- Strain the blended ginger through a fine mesh sieve into a large bowl, pressing down to extract as much juice as possible.
- In a saucepan, combine the sugar with 1 cup of water and heat over low heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves to make a simple syrup.
- Allow the syrup to cool, then mix it with the ginger juice in the bowl.
- Add the remaining 2 cups of water, lemon juice, and yeast to the ginger mixture, stirring well.
- Transfer the mixture to a clean, plastic or glass bottle with a tight-fitting cap, leaving about an inch of headspace.
- Seal the bottle tightly and let it sit at room temperature for 24 to 48 hours to ferment.
- Once it reaches your desired fizziness level, refrigerate the ginger beer and serve chilled.
Nutrition
Serving: 8gCalories: 100kcalCarbohydrates: 25gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 20mgSugar: 24gVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 1mgIron: 1mg