The South African Cook Book by Diane Kersey - HTML preview

Easy Ginger Beer

9 – 13 cups water

8 lbs. sugar

4 teaspoons Jamaican ginger

4 teaspoons dry yeast

Method: Combine all the ingredients except the yeast.

Dissolve yeast in a little water and add to ginger beer mixture. Pour in plastic containers such as milk and soda bottles*. Tighten the caps well. Stand overnight at room temperature and then put in the fridge.

*Caution: Avoid glass bottles. They can burst from the gas pressure produced by the fermenting yeast.