Homemade Ginger Beer

Submitted by Kanzeda

"This ginger beer is very spicy. Adjust the amount of lime juice and sugar to your taste."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 4
• Serves: 16

ingredients

• 2 lbs ginger, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1 gallon boiling water
• 1 1⁄2 cups freshly squeezed lime juice (about 8 limes)
• 1 1⁄2 cups superfine sugar

directions

1. Place ginger in a food processor, and process until finely chopped.
2. Transfer to a large pot, and add boiling water.
3. Allow to stand for 1 hour.
4. Drain with a fine sieve lined with a double thickness of damp cheesecloth.
5. Discard solids.
6. Add lime juice and sugar, and stir to dissolve.

Reviews

[rosslare]

I like it sweet and spicy and this certainly was spicy. I also left it to soak overnight, like Sharon did. I doubled the sugar, though, using 1 1/2 cup brown sugar in addition to the 1 1/2 cup white sugar in recipe. I also added about 25 drops of Angostura Bitters, trying to recreate the flavor of some Jamaican ginger beer I've had in past. Requires some more tinkering for us, I will try with all brown sugar next time, but generally, this is a very nice and easy fizzless ginger beer. One could add some fizzy water, I suppose, it's potent enough for diluting.

 

[Sharon123]

I love ginger brew, so made this, leaving the ginger to soak in the water overnight to get all the ginger taste out of it. I love to mix it with a little pineapple juice. Thanks!