Easy Ginger Beer Recipe

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.

Into a blender/ food processor, add in the cubed ginger pieces and 1/3 cup of water. Blend well.

Strain the ginger juice into a bowl. Add in 1/4 cup of water into the blender, give it a swirl & strain that as well.

Rest the ginger juice for at least 30 mins aside to collect residue.

Into a saucepan, add sugar, water & place over medium heat stirring continuously until the sugar dissolves.

Keep boiling the sugar syrup until thick & syrupy. Once the desired consistency is reached, remove from heat & stir in the lemon/ lime juice. Stir well & let it sit for about 15 mins.

After 15 mins, pour in the ginger juice slowly into the sugar syrup without adding the white colored residue at the bottom. (It's fine if a little bit of residue drops)

Place mixture back over medium heat & keep stirring for about 4-5 mins until syrup is thick.

Then remove from heat & cool the syrup completely.

Once cooled completely, pour into an airtight container & refrigerate.

To serve, into a glass, add some ice cubes (optional), Homemade Ginger Beer syrup (to taste) & fill it up with plain water or soda water.

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