A mix to make ginger beer. My husband and I both like it, but the supermarket brands have lots of sugar and other unsavoury things added, so naturally, I was quite excited to try making my own.
I added water to it (1.5 lt) and then I had to cook it until reduced in half:
After this, it needed to be strained:
and sugar had to be added, too. I tried to reduce the suggested amount (150g), but believe me, you'll need all of it to make it taste more or less decent.
It still has a very strong taste, but is great for a hot summer day! Have you tried some new project this summer? Feel free to share!
Instead of sugar, have you considered using honey? It's more expensive than sugar (how much more is depending on the source) but it's MUCH healthier.
ReplyDeleteI know:) But as you say, it's expensive, especially the real raw honey which I buy sometimes. The supermarket stuff is probably diluted, but we still use it for sweetening tea etc. However, for baking, making jam and the like I usually use brown sugar. It was/is still much less sweet than store-bought ginger ale!
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I am of Caribbean background, and one of my uncles made ginger beer from scratch. It was strong in taste; not heavily carbonated at all, but very tasty and refreshing when chilled. :)
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