Old-fashioned ginger beer

Yield: 1 servings

Measure Ingredient
\N \N For The Starter-----
½ ounce Yeast
2 teaspoons Sugar
\N \N To Feed The \"Plant\"-----
7 teaspoons Ground Ginger
7 teaspoons Sugar
\N \N To Flavour-----
1½ pounds Sugar
\N \N Juice Of 2 Lemons

Mix starter ingredients with ¾ 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.

Recipe By : ianrice@... (Ian Rice)

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