There are many recipes for ginger beer, but a basic one includes water, ginger, sugar, and yeast. The yeast is used to create carbonation in the drink.
This home-brew remains a favourite party drink in a Welsh household forboth adults and children.
You will need eight pint bottles or four quartbottles.
They should be of a strong material and have firm caps with metalsprings to imprison the effervescent liquid - it's more explosive thanchampagne.
Makes 1 gallon.
Roughly crush the ginger root.
Wash and slice the lemons into thick rings.
Put the ginger, lemon, cream of tartar and sugar in a large bowl.
Pour theboiling water over.
Stir and leave to cool to blood temperature.
Stir inthe yeast.
Leave to ferment for 24 hours.
Skim off the yeast.
Strain andbottle the liquid.
Leave for three days before broaching it.
Source: Elisabeth Luard in Country Living (British), April 1989.
Typedfor you by Karen Mintzias .