How To Make REAL Ginger BEER At Home Glen And Friends Cooking

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds a unique flavor while brown sugar is less expensive.

fresh ginger

🥗Healthier: ginger powder

💰Cheaper: dried ginger

Dried ginger is more accessible and lasts longer.

Blend fresh ginger in a blender until smooth to extract flavor.

Pour blended ginger into a large pot.

Add a small amount of water to rinse the blender and pour it into the pot.

Add unrefined cane sugar to the pot.

Add allspice berries, cloves, peppercorns, star anise, and cardamom pods to the pot.

Bring the pot to a low simmer and stir to dissolve the sugar and extract flavors for about 10 minutes.

Turn off the heat and let the mixture cool to room temperature, which may take overnight.

Strain the mixture through a fine mesh strainer to remove solids.

Taste the liquid and adjust sweetness if necessary, noting that fermentation will reduce sweetness.

Add half to three-quarters of a cup of ginger bug to the strained liquid and stir well.

Prepare clean and sanitized beer bottles for bottling.

Fill the bottles, leaving some headroom for gas expansion, and seal them appropriately.

Let the bottles sit at room temperature for one day, then refrigerate for two to four days before tasting.

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