Making GINGER BEER at home!
So you love ginger beer, but you want to make your own at home? I GOT YOU!
Walking through the store looking for and trying every ginger beer they have to offer, to try and find the right one, is time consuming and expensive! In this video, I’ll show you how to home brew your very own ginger beer. It’s going to become your new favorite homemade beverage!
The recipe is very simple and straight forward, and only takes a few days to make. There are lots of homemade and home brew recipes out there, do I hope you’ll give my recipe a try! Ginger is an amazing little plant, and this is just another way to preserve at use it at home.
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Time-stamps are listed below to make it even easier to reference the information later!
TIME-LINE:
00:00 – Short Introduction to Ginger Beer!
00:52 – WARNING – If this is not legal for you to make or consume, please DO NOT. This for entertainment purposes only
01:22 – GINGER BEER – why I’m sharing this recipe
01:47 – TOOLS OF THE TRADE – The ingredients and tools you’ll need for this homemade recipe
03:20 – START YOUR BASE GINGER RECIPE – how to make our sugary sweet ginger liquid for our ginger beer. Mix it up, heat it up and then let it cool off
06:07 – LET IT SIT – Cool it down and make sure everything is sanitized
07:21 – BOTTLES UP –Getting the brew process started, and letting them ferment as well as my method of safety and filtering.
08:18 – STRAIN IT – Straining the solids out. Don’t be like me! Have some patience for really clear ginger beer
09:16 – GINGER BUG- Adding the ginger bug to and bottling up our ginger beer
11:13 – HOW IT WORKS & FERMENT TIME – why this works and my recommendations for fermentation time
13:33 – TASTE TEST – how tasty and frothy this stuff is!
18:06 – RECAP AKA THE SHORT VERSION – the best way I know to learn things, RECAP the recipe for home brew ginger beer!
19:42 – THANK YOU - thank you!
19:56 – LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE: the four things that help me get through life!
Thanks for taking the time to watch this video! If you have made your own ginger beer, or have a great recipe, I’d love to hear about it! I always love to hear how other people do things and it helps us all learn!
Thanks again and don't forget to get your hands dirty…well clean if you are in the kitchen!
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RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
Water – 64 oz (1/2 Gallon) or ~ 2 Liters
Fresh ginger – 1/2 pound or ~200g
Sugar – 1 ¼ Cups or ~ 250g
Ginger Bug – ½ Cup or ~ 100ml