Ginger beer recipe | chilled beer homemade | healthy and tasty beer

fresh ginger

🥗Healthier: ginger powder

💰Cheaper: ginger syrup

Ginger powder is more accessible and easier to store.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds flavor while reducing refined sugar.

lemon juice

🥗Healthier: lime juice

💰Cheaper: citric acid

Lime juice provides a similar tartness.

yeast

🥗Healthier: kombucha starter

💰Cheaper: sourdough starter

Kombucha starter can add probiotics.

Combine grated ginger and sugar in a large pot.

Add water to the pot and bring to a boil over medium heat.

Stir until sugar dissolves, then remove from heat.

Let the mixture cool to room temperature.

Add yeast to the cooled mixture.

Cover the pot with a clean cloth and let it ferment for 5 to 6 days at room temperature.

After fermentation, strain the mixture into bottles using a fine mesh sieve.

Seal the bottles and refrigerate to stop fermentation after 24 hours.

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