Tanya Holland

Ginger Beer

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    8 cups

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Brown Sugar Kitchen: New-Style, Down-Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland
Brown Sugar Kitchen

By Tanya Holland

Published 2014

  • About

Don’t be intimidated by making ginger beer from scratch. It’s easier than you think and the results more than reward the effort. We use this in our Dark & Stormy cocktail, but it’s also refreshing on its own poured over ice in a tall glass.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup/200 g sugar
  • ¼ tsp active dry yeast

Method

Using a funnel, add the sugar, yeast, ginger, and lemon juice to a 2-qt/2-l plastic bottle. Add enough water to fill about one-quarter full, cap the bottle, and shake a couple of times to mix the ingredien