Homemade ginger beer

Recipes / Coctails

Put some zing into your spring outing with this refreshing soft drink. Its sweet, zesty and just the thing to wash down the tasty picnic fare.

Recipe «Homemade ginger beer» presented in category Recipes / Coctails, to prepare this dish you will need no more minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1.25L boiling water, cooled slightly, 155g caster sugar, 50ml fresh lemon juice, 1 tbsp ground ginger, 1 tsp dried yeast , 1 lemon, thinly sliced, Fresh mint leaves, to serve .

Ingredients:

  • 1.25L boiling water, cooled slightly 
  • 155g caster sugar 
  • 50ml fresh lemon juice 
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger 
  • 1 tsp dried yeast 
  • 1 lemon, thinly sliced 
  • Fresh mint leaves, to serve 

Instructions

  1. Combine the water, sugar, lemon juice, ginger and yeast in a large bowl. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Set aside at room temperature overnight to infuse.
  2. Use a slotted spoon to skim off and discard the scum that has risen to the surface of the yeast mixture. Use a funnel to pour the mixture into a 2L (8-cup) capacity airtight plastic bottle (don't fill the bottle to the top). Place in the fridge to chill (the ginger beer must be kept well chilled).
  3. Divide the lemon slices and mint leaves among serving glasses. Top with the ginger beer to serve.