Ginger Berry Brew Recipes

EASY GINGER BEER

Steps:

• Combine the ginger, sugar, allspice, cloves spices, and crystallized ginger, and 2 cups of water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat, cover and let steep for 45 minutes. Prepare a large bowl set over an ice bath. Strain the ginger syrup into the bowl, pressing out all the liquid from the ginger. Cool to room temperature.
• Just before serving, stir together the ginger syrup and seltzer in a pitcher. Add the lime juice if desired. Serve over ice.

GINGER BREW

Steps:

• -funnel sugar and yeast into the bottle.
• -grate 2 tbsp of ginger.
• -extract juice from lemon.
• -mix juice and ginger in a small bowl. funnel this into the bottle w/dry ingredients.
• -add water. fill 90% and shake until the sugar dissolves. top off the bottle, leaving 3 fingers empty.
• -cap tightly and keep in a warm place. wait 36-40 hours for the yeast to activate. (the bottle will most likely inflate under the pressure, so rest it on it's side).
• -refridgerate overnight.
• WARNING: open very slowly and carefully. i was careless with the first one and nearly blew my thumb off. the bottle is under a lot of pressure.

GINGER-BERRY LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over high heat, combine sugar and ginger with 8 cups water. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves. Boil for 15 minutes.
• Transfer from heat, and let cool for 15 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve, discarding solids, and refrigerate until well chilled.
• Set aside about a third of the berries for garnish. In a blender or food processor, process remaining berries until smooth. Strain puree through a mesh sieve, pressing berries with back of a wooden spoon to extract as much juice as possible. Discard solids.
• In a pitcher, combine ginger syrup, strained berries and lemon juice. Serve over ice, garnished with reserved berries and lemon slices.

HERBAL GINGER BREW

Steps:

• for syrup combine water and ginger in saucepan, simmer for 30 minutes.
• cool slightly and strain.
• add maple syrup, stir to mix.
• stir 2 tbsp of syrup into carbonated water, add lemon juice and peel.

GINGER BERRY SMOOTHIE

Steps:

• Blend water, blueberries, strawberries, ginger, and agave nectar together in a blender until thick and smooth.

HOMEMADE GINGER BEER

Steps:

• Put the ginger in a saucepan set over a low heat with the lemon peel, sugars and 500ml water and stir until the sugars have dissolved. Increase the heat to medium, then simmer for 15-20 mins, or until reduced and syrupy. Remove from the heat and leave to cool completely.
• Strain the syrup into a jug through a sieve lined with muslin. At this stage, you can transfer the syrup to a small sterilised bottle or jar and keep in the fridge for up to two weeks.
• Pour the ginger syrup into a large serving jug. Tip in the lemon juice, fill with ice and top up with the soda water. Serve garnished with a few mint sprigs.