This is a shortcut to the traditional homemade favourite, but equally delicious! About 4 litres beer.

Ingredients:

4 ½ litres water

2 cups (500 ml) sugar

30 g GINGER (WHOLE)

10 g instant dry yeast

• Boil the water in a large saucepan. Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
• Place ginger on a muslin cloth and tie with a rubber band. Hit pieces through the material with a mallet to crush the ginger.
• Add ginger to water, and stir. Boil for 5 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from heat and leave to cool until lukewarm. Pour into a large, clean bucket and add yeast.
• Stir and cover with plastic. Leave for 2 days.
• Strain beer and bottle. Serve chilled.

1. Use more sugar if you prefer sweeter beer.
2. For extra fizz, add a handful of raisins but remove before bottling.