Ginger beer

Name: Ginger beer
Ingredients: 5-8 ginger roots, raw or dried; 10 L (40 cups) water; 2 teaspoons tartaric acid or lemon juice; 2 teaspoons cream of tartar; 2 teaspoons yeast; 1 handful raisins; 8 cups white sugar

7 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

5-8 ginger roots, raw or dried
10 L (40 cups) water
2 teaspoons tartaric acid or lemon juice
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 teaspoons yeast
1 handful raisins
8 cups white sugar

Directions

1

Boil half of the water, sugar and most of the ginger for a few minutes to disolve the sugar and help the flavour extraction of the ginger.
2

If you use raw root then you should cut and or smash it first.
3

Place the rest of the water in a 20 l bucket, rest of the ingredients (but NOT the yeast) and the boiled solution.
4

Wait for the water to cool down till it is lukewarm before you add the yeast.
5

Let it ferment for a day or three at room temperature
6

Syphon the solution through a cloth into 2 l plastic cool drink bottles and add 5 raisins from the solution and 5 new raisins to each bottle.
7

Let the bottles rest in the fridge for a day or so before use.
8

Serve cold