Ginger Beer Recipes

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I finally found my Ginger Beer recipes, one of which uses sultanas as an ingredient, so thought I would share them. Im sure someone out there would love to try and make their own. Ginger Beer Plant 8 sultanas juice of 2 lemons 1 tspn lemon pulp 4 tsp ground ginger 2 cups cold water Place all these ingredients in a screw top jar and leave for two or three days. In warm weather the mix should begin to ferment (it will start to look frothy) then each day for one week add two teaspoons ground ginger and four teaspoons of sugar to the jar. The plant is alive if it froths and actively bubbles soon after each addition. If it remains dormant you will have to start again. Ginger Beer Pour four cups boiling water on four cups sugar in a large plastic bucket. Stir until dissolved and add the juice of four lemons. Strain the ginger beer plant into this through fine muslin (sqeeze dry after). Then add 28 cups of cold water. Fill bottles (preferably large plastic beer bottles or large cool-drink bottles - Do Not use glass), cap or seal securely. Keep for three days before using (beware of explosions). To prevent explosion mess Hint: After bottling, cover the bottles of ginger beer with old long socks (clean ones of course), doubled over, and then place them in boxes (preferably wooden) and place in a cool room or underneath the house. Remove the socks after the required bottles have been in the refrigerator for a short while. This prevents a huge mess if an explosion happens. To Keep Plant Alive Halve the residue in muslin. Place half back in jar with two cups of water for one week and then feed with two teaspoons ground ginger and four teaspoons of sugar for one week as before. Discard other half of mix or give to a friend for further production. Note: The plant improves with age and there is an increase in the slight alcohol content and the tendency for the finished bottles to explode. So please renew plant regularly. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Growing another Ginger Beer Plant Recipe, one that you can share. To start a plant you need a teaspoon of compressed yeast such as one bought from health-food stores (no cheap and nasty ones, a good one is better). This is placed in a clean har, the jar is then almost filled with water and then covered with a clean cloth. Each day for a week add one teaspoon of sugar and one of dry ginger to the jar. At the end of the week the liquid should be drained and thrown away. The plant is the divided and placed in two jars. Each half is then treated as a proper ginger beer plant and fed and divided in the normal way. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recipes for Easy Ginger Beer Old-Fashioned Strong Ginger Beer 6 large lemons 80g (3oz) bruised ginger 6 cups compressed yeast 18 litres (4 gallon) boiling water Slice the lemons into a large earthenware vessel, removing the seed. Add the ginger, sugar and boiling water. When the mixture has cooled to lukewarm, add the yeast, first diffused in a little water. Cover the vessel with cheesecloth and let the beer stand 24 hours. Then strain and bottle it. Cork securely, but not so tightly that the bottles would break before the corks would fly out. Keep in a cool place. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentle Ginger Beer 115g (4oz) white sugar 115g (4oz) honey 140g (4oz) bruised ginger 1/4 egg white 1 tspn lemon essence lemon juice to taste 20 litres (4 1/2 gallon) water Boil the ginger in 3.5 litres (6 pint) of water for half an hour, then add this to the lemon juice and honey with the remainder of the water. Strain through a cloth. When cold, add the egg white and lemon essence. Let the whole stand for four days before bottling. Honey gives this beer a peculiar softness and, from not having fermented with yeast, it is less violent in its action when opened. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Handy Hints To prevent explosion mess: After bottling, cover the bottles of ginger beer with old long socks (clean ones of course), doubled over, and then place them in boxes (preferably wooden) and place in a cool room or underneath the house. Remove the socks after the required bottles have been in the refrigerator for a short while. This prevents a huge mess if an explosion happens. Brewers Yeast ferments beer - Bakers Yest ferments bread. But neither yeast will interchange with the other and give good results. Raw Sugar gives Ginger Beer a nicer colour. Substitute equal amounts of raw instead of white.