Refreshing Non-Alcoholic Ginger Beer recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups water
2 ½ tablespoons water
9 teaspoons white sugar, divided
9 teaspoons ground ginger, divided
1 ¾ teaspoons brewers' yeast
⅛ teaspoon brewers' yeast
3 quarts cold water
2 lemons, juiced
3 ¼ cups white sugar
2 ¼ tablespoons white sugar
1 quart boiling water
1 tablespoon finely grated ginger

Nutrition Info

180.6 calories
carbohydrate: 47.1 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 0.1 g
fiber: 0.9 g
protein: 0.4 g
saturatedFat: : -
servingSize: -
sodium: 9 mg
sugar: 44.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Combine 1 1/2 cups plus 2 1/2 tablespoons water, 2 teaspoons sugar, 2 teaspoons ground ginger, and 1 3/4 plus 1/8 teaspoons yeast in a container. Mix together to make the bug. Cover loosely and let stand in a warm place for 24 hours.

  2. \"Feed\" the bug daily for 7 days by adding 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon ground ginger.

  3. Strain the bug through muslin cloth, pouring the liquid into a separate large container.

  4. Mix the strained liquid with 3 quarts cold water. Add lemon juice to the brew.

  5. Dissolve 3 1/4 cups plus 2 1/4 tablespoons sugar in boiling water, add to the brew. Mix in grated ginger. Bottle the ginger beer. Let stand until fizzy, at least 1 week. Refrigerate before drinking.

Recipe Yield

16 servings

Recipe Note

In the summer this is a good non-alcoholic thirst quencher for young and old. It may stir a few memories for those of us who grew up in New Zealand with home-brewed ginger beer in the garden shed and got their kicks out of the excitement and danger of opening a bottle left a little too long...how times have changed! It will get fizzier with age, so take care opening it.

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