Trinidad Ginger Beer Recipes

GINGER BEER

Steps:

• Wash and remove the skin from the ginger. Chop the ginger and blend in a little water.
• Pour into a large pot with the rest of water and leave to soak and ferment for about 24 hours or longer if you want it stronger tasting.
• When fermented, strain the mixture. Add lime peel to the ginger beer and sweeten to taste. Remove the lime peel, bottle and refrigerate. Serve chilled.

GINGER BEER

Steps:

• Wash and remove the skin from the ginger. Chop the ginger and blend in a little water.
• Pour into a large pot with the rest of water and leave to soak and ferment for about 24 hours or longer if you want it stronger tasting.
• When fermented, strain the mixture. Add lime peel to the ginger beer and sweeten to taste. Remove the lime peel, bottle and refrigerate. Serve chilled.

GINGER BEER RECIPE

Steps:

• Wash and chop ginger up into chunks
• Blend ginger with 3 cups of water
• Add lime peel, rice, cinnamon stick to the ginger mixture and leave to set overnight (24-48 hours)
• Strain mixture
• Add the remaining water to the mixture and sweeten to taste (Add additional water if needed)
• Add a dash of Angostura bitters, vanilla essence, and rum if adding
• Pour into a clean bottle or jug
• Add cloves and refrigerate
• Serve on crushed ice or chilled

TUDOR RECIPE FOR GINGER BEER

Steps:

• In a sterile 2 quart jar, blend together the yeast, 2 teaspoons of castor sugar, and 2 teaspoons of ground ginger. Stir in the cold water until well blended. Cover with a clean cheesecloth, and let sit in a convenient corner at room temperature where it will be out of the way for the next seven days.
• Every morning for the next seven days, feed the yeast mixture by stirring in 1 teaspoon of castor sugar, and 1 teaspoon of ground ginger.
• On the eighth day, give the mixture a good stir, then strain it through a clean tea towel into a large new plastic bucket, bin, or glass carbuoy. Wring all of the liquid out of the cloth, and set aside. You will be dealing with this later.
• Dissolve the white sugar in 5 cups of boiling water by stirring vigorously. Pour the cold water into the bucket with the ginger juice, then stir in the sugar syrup and lemon juice.
• Siphon the mixture into sterile screw top bottles, filling to within 2 inches of the top. Old cleaned out soda bottles will do. Screw on the tops tightly. Store the bottles of ginger beer in a cool dark place where they can remain undisturbed for 7 days. Be very careful upon opening as the beer is very fizzy.
• Go back to the cloth now. The residue looks disgusting! However, lay the towel out flat with the disgusting side up. Use a knife to scrape the stuff to the center, then divide in half, and place each half into a separate sterile jar. Top each jar with 2 cups of cold water, and you are ready to go again. Twice! Begin with step 2 for subsequent batches. Unless you are very thirsty, I suggest you give one of them away.