Best Trinidad Ginger Beer Recipes

Ginger Beer image

Provided by Felix (Simply Trini Cooking)

Categories Drink

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 4

Steps:

Wash and remove the skin from the ginger. Chop the ginger and blend in a little water.
Pour into a large pot with the rest of water and leave to soak and ferment for about 24 hours or longer if you want it stronger tasting.
When fermented, strain the mixture. Add lime peel to the ginger beer and sweeten to taste. Remove the lime peel, bottle and refrigerate. Serve chilled.

Caribbean Ginger Beer image

Provided by Elmotoo

Categories Beverages

Time P7DT10m

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

4 large fresh gingerroot
2 limes, juice of (1/4 cup of grapefruit juice if neither is available) or 1 small lemon (1/4 cup of grapefruit juice if neither is available)
1 cup sugar (more if a sweeter taste is desired)
4 whole cloves
1 small cinnamon stick

Steps:

Wash and scrape the skin off the ginger. Grate or blend the peeled ginger (grating brings out the flavor more, but to save time it can be blended).
Put ginger, lime juice, cloves, cinnamon stick and 3/4 cup of the sugar into a wide mouthed gallon glass or ceramic jar.
Add 10 cups boiling water to jar and stir until sugar dissolves.
Set ginger mixture aside to steep and cool to room temperature.
Cover jar tightly and refrigerate for 1 week.
Line a large strainer with a double layer of cheesecloth.
Strain ginger mixture through strainer into another wide mouthed gallon glass or ceramic jar, firmly pressing on solids with the back of a spoon to extract as much flavor as possible.
Throw away the solids.
Add the remaining sugar to ginger beer and stir until it dissolves.
Serve in glasses over crushed ice, garnished with mint sprigs.