Homemade Ginger Beer

Name: Homemade Ginger Beer
Yield: Makes 2 litres
Ingredients: 1.5 litres water, at room temperature; 500 ml boiling water; 500 g white sugar; zest and juice of 1 lemon; 10 g instant dry yeast; 150 g fresh root ginger; 100 g seedless raisins

Preparation info

Makes
2 litres

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simply Delicious

By Zola Nene

Published 2016

About

Nothing quenches a thirst quite like the sting of ginger beer. I enjoy making this on weekends.

Ingredients

150 g fresh root ginger
500 g white sugar
100 g<

Drinks
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Roughly grate the ginger on the coarse side of the grater.
Mix the ginger, sugar, raisins, lemon zest and lemon juice in a large plastic bowl or bucket.
Pour the boiling water onto the mixture and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
Pour in the water at room temperature, sprinkle over the yeast and stir to dissolve.
Cover the bucke