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Title: Old-Fashioned Ginger Beer
Categories: Alcohol Beverages
Yield: 1 Servings
| 1/2 | oz | Yeast |
| 2 | ts | Sugar ----to feed the "plant"---- |
| 7 | ts | Ground ginger |
| 7 | ts | Sugar ----to flavour----- |
| 1 1/2 | lb | Sugar |
| Juice of 2 lemons |
Recipe by: ianrice@theridge.demon.co.uk (Ian Rice) Mix starter ingredients with 3/4 pint of warm water in a glass jar. Stir, cover and leave in a warm place for 24 hours. This is your starter "plant".
Feed the "plant" with 1 teaspoon each of ground ginger and sugar each day.
After 7 days strain through a fine sieve. Dissolve the sugar in 2 pints of water. Add the lemon juice and the liquid from the "plant". Dilute with 5 pints of water, mix well and store in corked bottles for at least 7 days.
Use strong bottles as pressure may build up which will cause thin bottles to explode. For the same reason use corked bottles rather than those with a more secure closure that will not 'give' under pressure.
Ross requested a recipe for ginger beer. This is a recipe that I have often used and it produces a really old-fashioned drink. It is quite a long process but well worth the effort. The amount of sugar in the final stage can be varied according to taste. Please excuse the use of Imperial measures - I am only a poor ignorant pom.
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