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Quick ginger beer recipe
Hi Guys,
25g root ginger, bruised (just bash it with a rolling pin but don't crush it)
500g sugar
25g cream of tartar
One lemon (juice it, then grate the rind off it)
4.5l of boiling water
1 sachet quick yeast
Put the ginger, sugar, cream of tartar and lemon rind in a large bowl, and pour the boiling water over them. Leave to infuse until cool.
Add the lemon juice and stir. Rehydrate the yeast in warm water with a little sugar in it, and add to the bowl. Cover the bowl with muslin and leave in a warm place overnight (two nights if you're brave).
Strain off the liquid and bottle. Drink after 48 hours.
If you want to stop the fermentation, leave the ginger beer to ferment in the bowl for two days as described, then stir in half a Campden tablet dissolved in warm water. Leave for a few minutes, then bottle. This results in a flat ginger beer, so pep it up with a dash of soda water when you serve it.
This is what I've been drinking tonight.
Yes, it is alcoholic but not that strong if drunk quickly, and less so if you stop the fermentation after two days. If you leave it fermenting for weeks and all the sugar turns to alcohol, then it can definitely be a bit stronger!
Regards!!
Hey jimmy,
I've just been drinking my second bottle of last week's batch of ginger beer and it's the best yet. The only difference to the recipe I gave earlier was that I had an extra half lemon in the fridge and added the juice from that.
As a result, there was a soft ginger taste to start and then a nice lemony finish. No harshness whatsoever, just slightly sweet with light effervescence and an absolute delight to drink chilled after a hard day's work in the field.
This sounds like agreat drink for me to make for my dad. He loves ginger beer, I don't like ginger that much myself but maybe the little extra lemon might help there.
I'll give it a try this weekend and let you know how I went.
Wendy
I'd like to give this one a whirl, as well. I like ginger beer and haven't had any in quite some time. This looks nice and easy. Thanks. 
My wife would probably like this. She loves ginger, she loves beer, so the combo should be great!
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