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Homemade Ginger Beer Recipe

Time to make 2 days

Equipment

  • Saucepan
  • Spoon
  • Glass
  • 2 quart plastic bottle
  • Strainer

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 8 cups water
  • 2 tsp powdered ginger
  • 1/3 cup grated fresh ginger
  • 1/4 tsp tartaric acid
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1/2 tsp lemon juice
  • 2 ripe pineapples
  • Ice cubes

Instructions
 

  • Add sugar into the saucepan, fill with water, bring to medium heat, and keep stirring until dissolved. Avoid boiling.
  • Lower the heat, add powdered ginger, tartaric acid, and cream of tartar into the liquid, and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir gently once in a while.
  • Turn off the heat once the mixture turns golden, and let it cool.
  • Transfer the mixture to the plastic bottle.
  • Dice the pineapples.
  • Put diced pineapple into the bottle, cover it with a lid, and store it in the fridge for two days.
  • Open the lid every twelve hours to allow the gas to escape. On the last day, strain the ginger beer into a glass. Add a squeeze of lemon and ice, and enjoy.