Ginger Beer

We decided to get ready for the next heat wave and make a batch of ginger beer- with extra jalapenos.




First we peeled and sliced the ginger and sliced the jalapenos.




Then we simmered the jalapenos and ginger in water for 30 minutes.




After 30 minutes and the liquid was fragrant, we strained out the ginger and jalapenos.






We added the lemon juice and malt syrup to the strained mixture.



Then we poured it into the carboy, added the yeast, put on the airlock and let it ferment for a week. When the fermentation stopped we were ready to bottle.



I rinsed the bottles with One Step bottle rinse.



We racked the beer from one carboy to another then added the corn sugar.


Mags kitty was very interested in watching the process.





Then we filled the bottles!



Yea! Ginger beer. It will be ready to drink in a few weeks. The recipe is on our website www.urbanpeasantsf.com under Events.