Skip to main content
Homemade Ginger Beer
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Homemade Ginger Beer

8 ingredients 14 steps fandom
Share this recipe

Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

569
Calories
14g
Protein
7g
Fat
112g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • =
  • 2 oz Fresh ginger
  • 2 Lemons
  • 1 tsp Cream of tartar
  • 1 lbs Sugar
  • 1 gal Boiling water
  • 1 oz Yeast
  • =

Directions

1

This home-brew remains a favourite party drink in a welsh household for both adults and children.

2

You will need eight pint bottles or four quart bottles.

3

They should be of a strong material and have firm caps with metal springs to imprison the effervescent liquid it"s more explosive than champagne.

4

Makes 1 gallon.

5

Roughly crush the ginger root.

6

Wash and slice the lemons into thick rings.

7

Put the ginger, lemon, cream of tartar and sugar in a large bowl.

8

Pour the boiling water over.

9

Stir and leave to cool to blood temperature.

10

Stir in the yeast.

11

Leave to ferment for 24 hours.

12

Skim off the yeast.

13

Strain and bottle the liquid.

14

Leave for three days before broaching it.

Recipe sourced from fandom

Curious what else pairs well?

Use our flavor tools to explore molecular pairings, find substitutes, and discover novel combinations.