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Ingredients
| active dry yeast: 0.5 oz |
| water: 3/4 pt (warm) |
| ground ginger: 8 tsp |
| granulated sugar: 8 tsp |
| granulated sugar: 1.5 lbs |
| water: 1 qt |
| lemons: 2 |
| water: 5 pts |
Homemade Welsh Ginger Beer
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Prep Time
20 min -
Cook Time
20160 min -
Servings
6 serving(s)
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- Firstly, make the yeast 'plant' or starter: mix the yeast with the warm water, add 2 teaspoons ground ginger and 2 teaspoons sugar. Stir well. Make that mix in an opaque jar or jug, or keep it in the dark for 24 hours.
- Feed this starter with 1 teaspoon ground ginger and one teaspoon of sugar every day for the next six days. In total, you will use 8 teaspoons of ginger and 8 teaspoons of sugar for the starter.
- After the full week it took to make this, strain this starter through a cheesecloth, or use a fine sieve.
- Dissolve the 1 1/2 lbs of sugar with 2 pints of water.
- Juice the 2 lemons, and add the juice to the sugar water.
- Add the sugar water with lemon juice to the strained starter.
- Add the resulting mix to the 5 pints of water.
- Mix well.
- Bottle in sterilized bottles or screw-topped jars.
- Keep for seven days to mature, then it's ready.