How to Make Ginger Beer
In this quick tutorial, you will learn How to Make Ginger Beer. It is simple to make and of course a delicious drink. But not only do we drink it for its great flavor but it also contains probiotics making it a very healthy drink to have in your kitchen.
I love traditions especially if they are seasonal and not just something is done for a holiday. But everyday things. Ways to mark seasonal changes. Applesauce on the stove in the fall, making jam with the strawberry harvest, or making ginger beer during the hot months. If you haven’t guessed I do each of these mentioned. A new one is now added to the list and that is this ginger beer.
For a while, I made water kefir, and although that is similar in health benefits and even preparation. I find this ginger beer to be the most delicious way to take all the goodness of ferments in. I love how it sits on my countertop, being fed a bit each day for the next batch.
I love how on Fridays this is something you can be sure I am up to in our little kitchen. And grabbing out a fresh one, all cold and ready to be enjoyed for lunch or dinner. It is a delicious treat honestly and a great way to add some goodness into your family’s gut.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Ginger beer is a delicious, refreshing drink.
- It is packed with wonderful gut healthy probiotics so drinking it is actually good for you!
- It is a wonderful sudsy alternative to soda and a much healthier one too.
- It is simple to make once you understand the process.
- You can make it in batches so you have ongoing ginger beer chilling in your fridge.
What You’ll Need To Make It
ground organic ginger
sugar
filtered water
Tools You May Need
a mason jar with a piece of cloth or ferment lid
a funnel
bottles with spring tops
mesh strainer
muslin or cheese cloth
Directions
Learned from Homewood Stoves and Country Trading Co.
Day 0 is establishing the bug, Days 1 – 6 is feeding it, and Day 7 is bottling and restarting the bug.
Day 0: add 2 cups of water, a few raisins, and 2 teaspoons of sugar to a clean glass jar, and stir. Cover, and sit somewhere at room temperature, out of direct sunlight.
Day 1: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
Day 2: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar
Day 3: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
Day 4: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar
Day 5: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
Day 6: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar
Day 7 [one time only, the first time you reach Day 7]: drain off and discard the liquid, discard half the sediment, and add another 2 cups of water, another 2 teaspoons of sugar, stir in the retained sediment and then tomorrow you go back to Day 1.
Day 7 [normal, from every Day 7 except the very first]: dissolve 2 cups of sugar with 2 cups of boiling water in a large clean pot. Once dissolved, add 12 cups of cool water and then stir in the strained juice of 2 lemons. Strain your fermented ginger bug liquid into the mix, capturing and setting aside the sediment. Give the liquid all another good stir.
Bottling
Wash your bottles well in hot soapy water, and rinse thoroughly. Bottle, Add a couple of raisins to each bottle if you wish. Fill the bottles a bit short of full, seal them, and place them somewhere safe at room temperature out of direct sunlight.
These will be ready to be refrigerated and enjoyed in another week’s time. You do not continue to feed the bottled beer over this final week, but you will want to monitor the pressure building up and relieve some of it throughout the week. Particularly when using glass bottles and as you become accustomed to the strength of your bug.
Still, on Day 7, restart your bug: combine half the sediment with another two cups of water and another 2 teaspoons of sugar, cover, and tomorrow the cycle begins again at Day 1.
Cheers!
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