Ginger brew recipe.

Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 10:31:32 -0800
Sender: HERB.TREARNPC.EGE.EDU.TR
From: Anita F Hales <JSAFH.ACA.ALASKA.EDU>
Subject: Ginger Brew recipe

Ingredients for starter:

½ oz. dried yeast
2 cups warm water
1 heaping tsp. ground ginger
1 heaping tsp sugar.

In a jug dissolve the sugar in a little of the warm water.
Stir in yeast and set 10 min.
Add the rest of the water and ginger and stir.
Pour into large wide mouth jar and cover loosely with cloth.
Keep in a warm place and daily add 1 heaping tsp ground ginger and 1 heaping tsp sugar.

After 1 week start the brew as follows:

1 ½ cups sugar
2 cups hot water
juice of 1 lemon or 2 tbsp bottled lemon juice
6 cups cold water.

In large bowl add sugar, hot water and stir till dissolved.
Add lemon juice and cold water, pour in the liquid from the starter jar, taking care not to pour out the brown paste at the bottom of the jar.
Stir well.
Pour ginger brew into empy bottles, leaving about 1 inch gap at the tip of each bottle.
Screw on bottle tops loosely and brew 1 week before drinking.
Divide paste into two batches.
Give one away and to your half add all the ingredients in starter except yeast.
Feed with sugar and ginger as before and make another batch.

Have fun. Anita

From: Anita F Hales <JSAFH.ACA.ALASKA.EDU>

The Ginger Brew recipe is from a children's cookbook. It has negligible alcohol content. It's just a carbonated drink for a beverage. However, you can also enjoy the benefits if ginger while drinking.