Best New Zealand Lemon Ginger Beer Recipes
NEW ZEALAND LEMON GINGER BEER
This recipe came from the Christchurch Press a couple of years back and makes excellent ginger beer. You can add more sugar afterwards if you like it sweeter.
Provided by Punky Julster
Categories Beverages
Time P2DT20m
Yield 1 batch
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Put first measure of sugar in warm water to dissolve, add yeast and stir.
- Place in warm place to start working.
- Finely grate or slice rind from 2 lemons and place in a heatproof container with the 1 cup of sugar and the dried ginger.
- Pour over 1 cup of boiling water and leave to steep for 10 minutes.
- Strain into 1.5 L plastic bottle in which the ginger beer will be made.
- Top up bottle with cool water to near top so that final temp is approximately body temperature.
- Add yeast to bottle as soon as it shows signs of working, ie. it foams.
- Cap bottle tightly.
- Mix thoroughly and put in a warm place.
- Leave until bottle becomes undentable. Depending on the yeast this can take anything from 12 hours to 3 days, but best to check regularly, as there is a risk of explosion with this!
- Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled and open with great care!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 814.8, Fat 0.1, Sodium 2.6, Carbohydrate 211.8, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 204.2, Protein 0.9
HOMEMADE GINGER BEER
To get the full aromatic flush and fizzy burn of fresh ginger, you have to make your own ginger beer. It is amazingly simple. There's no sterilization needed, and this method is forgiving - you can actually play about with the levels and ingredients. Moreover, the resulting ginger beer blows anything else you've ever had straight out of contention. Take a pinch of packaged yeast and something acidic for the yeast to thrive in (like lemon or lime juice or cream of tartar) along with some sugar syrup and grated ginger, lob it all in a plastic bottle of distilled or spring water, shake it up and stash it somewhere dark and warm for two days. After two days you stop the fermentation by chilling it in the fridge. That's it. The result is a cloudy, dry mixer with pinprick carbonation and a straight-up goose of fresh ginger. That is thrilling come dark 'n' stormy hour, not just for its authenticity and superior flavor but also because you can now brag about your homemade ginger beer.
Provided by Toby Cecchini
Categories non-alcoholic drinks
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Take a 1.5-liter plastic bottle of spring water and empty it into a clean pitcher. Use some of it to make simple syrup by stirring 1/2 pound sugar into 1 cup hot water until fully dissolved.
- In a large measuring cup, mix all ingredients and stir well. Funnel back into the plastic bottle and cap tightly. Store in a warm, dark place for 24 to 48 hours. (I put mine inside a box, to contain it if it should blow.) The top of the bottle will expand and become tight. Check it and very slowly release the pressure if it's looking groaningly tight. Some people ferment it with no top, or with the top on loosely, to allow gas to escape. I suppose if you wanted to get fancy you could spend $1.50 on a fermentation lock and stop worrying about it. If the temperature is quite warm, above 80F, a single day may be sufficient. The longer you let it ferment, the drier the final mix will be.
- After 48 hours, refrigerate it to stop the fermentation. Once chilled, you can strain out the pulp and dead yeast, which will have made a sediment on the bottom. Makes 1 liter and will keep up to a week in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 134, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams, Carbohydrate 36 grams, Fat 0 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 0 grams, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 33 milligrams, Sugar 32 grams
REFRESHING NON-ALCOHOLIC GINGER BEER
In the summer this is a good non-alcoholic thirst quencher for young and old. It may stir a few memories for those of us who grew up in New Zealand with home-brewed ginger beer in the garden shed and got their kicks out of the excitement and danger of opening a bottle left a little too long...how times have changed! It will get fizzier with age, so take care opening it.
Provided by Sherylnkent
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Canning and Preserving Recipes
Time P14DT40m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine 1 1/2 cups plus 2 1/2 tablespoons water, 2 teaspoons sugar, 2 teaspoons ground ginger, and 1 3/4 plus 1/8 teaspoons yeast in a container. Mix together to make the bug. Cover loosely and let stand in a warm place for 24 hours.
- "Feed" the bug daily for 7 days by adding 1 teaspoon sugar and 1 teaspoon ground ginger.
- Strain the bug through muslin cloth, pouring the liquid into a separate large container.
- Mix the strained liquid with 3 quarts cold water. Add lemon juice to the brew.
- Dissolve 3 1/4 cups plus 2 1/4 tablespoons sugar in boiling water; add to the brew. Mix in grated ginger. Bottle the ginger beer. Let stand until fizzy, at least 1 week. Refrigerate before drinking.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 180.6 calories, Carbohydrate 47.1 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 0.4 g, Sodium 9 mg, Sugar 44.7 g
GINGER BEER SHANDY (ALCOHOLIC)
This recipe comes from a Grilling magazine. My husband is the beer drinker and thinks this looks interesting. We haven't tried it yet. The cooking time is the time to chill the glasses.
Provided by Zaney1
Categories Beverages
Time 2h5m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Freeze eight 16-oz beer glasses or beer mugs for at least 2 hours.
- Rub rims of glasses or mugs with lemon slices and dip rims into finely chopped candied ginger.
- In a large pitcher combine 3 Tbsp candied ginger and lemon juice.
- Muddle together with a wooden spoon or muddler.
- Pour in beer and ginger ale.
- Stir gently to combine.
- Serve in frosted glasses or mugs.
- Garnish with additional lemon slices, if desired.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 134.2, Sodium 17.1, Carbohydrate 18.6, Sugar 10.8, Protein 1
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