Ginger Beer

Burnsy · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:29 pm

Does anyone have any good traditional ginger beer recipes using a ginger plant? I have found a few online but they all use ground ginger. I would like to find one that uses fresh ginger if possible.

earthbound · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:36 pm

Don't have one myself but I'd be interested in seeing a recipe as well...

chillidude · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2010 4:17 pm

Nah, only ever done it from a kit.

Simo · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:49 pm

I've brewed form fresh ginger before, I will see if I can dig up the recipe.

Simo · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:56 pm

not sure if this will work as I have scanned the recipe and resized as a jpeg.

Simo · **Posted:** Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:08 pm

Thats a bit hard to read so I'll try again

Burnsy · **Posted:** Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:22 am

OK so when all else fails, phone your mum right?.............. well I did and she has lost our old family recipe but did a few searches and said that this one is exactly the same as the plant her and dad use to use, however they never added yeast, just used sultanas, they also use to cover the jar with cloth.

As a kid I can remember that there was always a plant slowly bubbling away in a jar on the kitchen windowsill leading up to summer. I can also remember the mess that a few dozen of these brews bottled into king browns make when one explodes and sets off a chain reaction in the storeroom :shock2:

Going to set me up a plant this week :joy:

http://www.ourfamilyprojects.com/Comfortable_Hippies/2008-06-01_Homemade_Ginger_Beer_Recipe.html

chillidude · **Posted:** Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:45 am

Thanks Simo - I always rest easy knwoing it's authentic when it has "Ye Olde" in the name.

Big_Dave · **Posted:** Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:53 am

Strained the hell out of my eyeballs reading that.....then scrolled down.

Cool looking recipe their mate, I might try that one day. Ginger Beer gives me heart burn but the wife likes it. :thumb:

The Hopefulls · **Posted:** Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:39 pm

Hi burnsy,

i just use the traditional receipe and substitute grated/crushed ginger instead of the powdered stuff. Just be aware that the flavour of your ginger beer will be milder.

Burnsy · **Posted:** Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:11 pm

Thanks all, I have adapted a few recipes and created a plant today so I will keep you posted on how it goes. I used:
2tsp ginger powder
2tsp raw sugar
6 sultanas
2tbs of lemon juice
300ml of water

Combined in a jar and covered with cotton cloth. According to my mum it needs to be left 7 days as is before I start feeding it with a tsp of ginger and a tsp of sugar each day as using only sultanas takes longer to activate than using yeast to start it.

After bottling it a nd splitting the plant I plan to maintain both plants but feed one with sugar and the other with honey to see if I can make a ginger beer with a honey flavour.