Ginger Beer

Ingredients

• To every gallon of spring water
• add 1 oz. of sliced white ginger
• 1 lb. of white sugar
• % oz. of lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Boil nearly an hour.

2. 2

   Then add lemon juice to every gallon; strain, cool, and add yeast, 1 tablespoonful or rather more to a gallon.

3. 3

   In 48 hours, add a little isinglass, and the white of one or two eggs.

4. 4

   Put into the cask, and let it stand 24 hours longer.

5. 5

   Bottle and cork well.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Consult me (1902) by Robert Kemp Philp, page 238. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GINGER BEER, Cheap.— Sugar, 1 lb. ; boiling water 1 gallon ; ginger, % oz., and a lemon sliced thin. Stir till all is mixed. Cool, and add a tablespoonful of yeast. Let it stand so hours, then strain, bottle, and tie down the corks. Will be prime in a few days. GINGER BEER. — To every gal- lon of spring water, add 1 oz. of sliced white ginger, and 1 lb. of white sugar, or lb., if you like. Boil nearly an hour. Then add % oz. of lemon juice

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