Ginger Beer Non-Alcoholic

[LeadDog]

I lost my Ginger Beer recipe but there really isn't much to it and in the end you adjust the ingredients to your taste anyway.

1 Gallon of water (Use good water if you can)

2 Large Lemons

0.2 pounds of Ginger (makes about one cup loosely packed when grated)

2 Cups of Sugar

1 Cinnamon Stick or a few Cloves (Optional)

While bringing the gallon of water to boil make Lemon Zest from the two lemons and add it to the water. Lemon zest is made by grating the yellow part of the rind of the lemon with a fine grater, leave the white part of the rind.

Squeeze the lemons and add to the water, about 1/2 cup of juice.

Grate the ginger and add it to the water.

Add the cinnamon stick or a few cloves to the water.

When the water boils add 2 cups of sugar. Make sure the sugar dissolves and remove the cooking pot from the heat. Options for you to try is to change the amounts of ginger, sugar, and lemon juice, adjust to your taste.

Let the brew cool down for one hour then strain the solids out of the liquid and pour the liquid over some ice in your glass.

Sit back and enjoy.

[Sanny]

Where's the fizzy part in that recipe? That seems more like ginger tea.

[LeadDog]

I just posted it here.