Homemade Ginger Beer | Perfect Drink for Summer
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- čas přidán 29. 04. 2021
- How to make good old-fashioned ginger beer of your own using natural fermentation - such a fun and easy process and it is THE most refreshing and delicious drink from summer! The traditional step-by-step method is also written out here in the description, and read below for extra notes on sugar/alcohol/etc!
Ginger beer recipe and method: Day 0 is establishing the bug, Days 1 - 6 is feeding it, and Day 7 is bottling and restarting the bug.
Day 0: add 2 cups of water, a few raisins and 2 teaspoons of sugar to a clean glass jar, and stir. Cover, and sit somewhere at room temperature, out of direct sunlight.
Day 1: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
Day 2: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar
Day 3: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
Day 4: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar
Day 5: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar and 2 teaspoons of ground ginger
Day 6: feed it 2 teaspoons of sugar
Day 7 [one time only, the first time you reach Day 7]: drain off and discard the liquid, discard half the sediment, and add another 2 cups of water, another 2 teaspoons of sugar, stir in the retained sediment and then tomorrow you go back to Day 1.
Day 7 [normal, from every Day 7 except the very first]: dissolve 2 cups of sugar with 2 cups of boiling water in a large clean pot. Once dissolved, add 12 cups of cool water and then stir in the strained juice of 2 lemons. Strain your fermented ginger bug liquid into the mix, capturing and setting aside the sediment. Give the liquid all another good stir.
Wash your bottles well in hot soapy water, and rinse thoroughly. Bottle, adding a couple of raisins to each bottle if you wish. Fill the bottles a bit short of full, seal, and place somewhere safe at room temperature out of direct sunlight. These will be ready to be refrigerated and enjoyed in another week’s time. You do not continue to feed the bottled beer over this final week, but you may wish to monitor the pressure building up, and relieve some of it throughout the week, particularly as you become accustomed to the strength of your individual bug.
Still on Day 7, restart your bug: combining half the sediment with another two cups of water and another 2 teaspoons of sugar, cover and tomorrow the cycle begins again at Day 1.
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A few extra notes:
🌏 NZ baking measurement conversions: edmondscooking.co.nz/how-tos/...
🌿 Ginger - as mentioned in the video, you could use freshly grated-ginger instead, but you will likely find a different method better suited to that.
🧂 Sugar - feeding it with plain white sugar is good, and your bug is just eating it, but those two cups of sugar added on bottling day could be a fancier type (rapadura, coconut sugar): just keep an eye on the effect it has on the strength of your bottled brew!
🥄 Stirring - some people don’t worry about stirring when feeding the bug, and if you do stir, try to avoid getting too much powder onto the walls of the jar.
🍻 Alcohol - this would be considered a 'non-alcoholic' beverage here in New Zealand, with just minimal traces being produced as part of the natural fermentation, a traditional part of our culture that has been enjoyed for generations! You could try making an alcoholic version by using the right yeasts, adding more sugar, and likely changing the brewing process [find a different method to follow!] - but you wouldn't want to go confusing the two! If your local culture or religion is strict about even negligible levels of alcohol, you might like to do more research on the topic before making your own, eg: happybellyfish.com/2020/09/02... and could always use a hydrometer/alcoholometer if concerned.
🎯 Recipe - I’ve made different ginger beers over the years, and this has quickly become my favourite method. I like how few ingredients there are, that it does not rely on artificial carbonation, or special “ginger beer” yeasts or anything like that. The method is modified from a recipe shared by “The Country Trading Co.”, a family-owned supply store here in New Zealand that sell all sorts of useful products for people who want to live a simple and self-reliant life (and with whom - as of today - we have an affiliate link for!) They sell many wonderful fermenting supplies, and not just here in New Zealand - they also have a USA store, and look to be able to ship to Australia and the UK too! If you use this link to check them out: countrytradingco.com/pages/ho... and end up liking anything enough to buy it, we get a sales commission on anything you may purchase at no extra cost to you, so win/win if this video has inspired you to get into fermenting at all! 💖 - Jak na to + styl
I gave up trying You Tube recipes for ginger beer a year ago as my results were far from tasty... For some reason your beautiful channel encouraged me to try again.....
I followed your process exactly and after 3 weeks I am please to tell you I am enjoying the best ginger beer I have ever had... I bottled them in plastic 300 ml soft drink bottles and did not have to release any pressure during the storage period...
I am from Quebec Canada and summer starts for us in just over 20 days so be sure that your ginger beer will be a treat for me and my family throughout summer and fall...
Thank you and your wonderful family for your heart warming videos.
Wonderful, enjoy! This is definitely my favourite method, and I look forward to starting to make it again next summer (NZ now very close to winter!) 😊🔥
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Terrific! I’ll also give it a try. But doesn’t it contain a bit of alcohol ?
Hii evry one.....
@@brendaroxde6471 no, it doesn’t contain alcohol
Please note: this would be considered a "non-alcoholic" beverage here, but have elaborated about the fermentation process in the description 🔥
Hope you enjoy this video! We had a lot of fun making it, and how about the kids' great team effort on that batten fort?? 😍 - Janie
I really like your videos. greetings from Spain
Thank you so much for this beautiful video, i really enjoyed it and it will be great if you will making more videos like this ❤️ God bless you all
Thank you, I am going to try makingGinger Beer now. Have you posted a video on making the Sourdough bug and Bread?
@@loispewhairangi2388 not yet - but is definitely on the list!
@@homewoodstoves I will look forward to the videos once you are able to do them. I watch a lot of Off Grid Homestead videos but it’s such a pleasure watching something that has been created at home here in “Paradise.”
I love that your videos include the extended whanau. Keep up the fabulous mahi (work)
My soul longs for this sort of life
Me too. I saw that today for the first time while it was loud outside and it made me feel home
Same
Me too. I can feel it happening.
Take the first step. You can never get there all at once. I took my first step in my early twenties, and I’m now a granny-and still moving in that direction. Just take the first step-in whatever endeavor that draws you the most. Then, in time, take another step, then another . . . A “lifestyle” is a lifetime project. Just start.
Your videos always feel like home to me. You're a wonderful teacher and your family is precious. Love from the NE US xoxo
💖 You are very kind - but it's really nice to hear it! Glad they connect with you 🔥
Me, too. I really enjoy watching their videos.
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I congratulate you for teaching that child respect for such a small insect. 7:44
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Small insect... more like tiny ninja.
@@watchcitydog Yes, the praying mantis has all the characteristics of a green ninja.
As always feeling like you people are in heaven.... ❤️❤️❤️👸👸👸🧚🧚🧚🧚🥳🥳🥳🥳💕💕💕.. India 🙏
Have watched this not once or twice but three times. thank you for another great video. Love and blessings to you all
Oh wow - thank you for watching and appreciating it so much!! 💖🔥
I am watching this video almost everyday. I love the video.
LOVE FROM PAKISTAN 🇵🇰
Oh yummy! I appreciate how everyday chores and projects turn into a family lesson. It's an incredible life you folks have chosen to build for yourselves. I live off-grid I'd really enjoy my Gardens building and creating along with my various farm animals, but no one else in my family seems to enjoy it. I learned so much visiting my grandparents every summer and helping them on their huge Farm.
💔 We could all do live a little more like our grandparents and great-grandparents
This excitement whenever you guys upload a new video just makes me go all happy!
😊 That's lovely to hear - glad you're enjoying what we do; hope you like this one!
@@homewoodstoves my family and I sure did, all of them actually! See ya on the next one!!
BEST FAMILY EVER
I havnt made ginger bear since I got married lol fifty years ago this year, maybe I’ll give it another go again.
Thanks so much for this recipe! I make lemon barley water when the boys are haying. Its been a long time since I have come across a Praying Mantis. We used to find them in the gardens of New Hampshire. Also another insect named a Walking Stick. Your farm reminds me of my childhood in the 1950s. We do try to honor and preserve many of these traditions today.
Sometimes people will comment to me that, You "can't" go back again." Hopefully our lifestyles will make a difference. I do see more USA homesteading channels. There is a cluster in North Carolina that I watch. It is encouraging.to see them embrace going back to the land.
This was so much fun to watch! My late father-in-law used to make homemade root beer every summer. He lived right in front of us and I remember one particular night, it was very late, I heard this commotion outside. I could see his back door was open with the light on. I went outside, only to find him standing in the yard looking rather flustered. He had been awakened by the sound of exploding root beer bottles on his back porch! He had jumped out of bed, ran and grabbed the wooden box of bottles, and carried them out as fast as he could before another exploded. Once everything settled down and the "danger" was over, we had quite a good laugh about it. Such good memories! ❤ It's lovely to see your family enjoying your ginger beer, even as we all enjoyed Dad's root beer. Thank you for sharing your life with us, and keep these lovely videos coming! ❤ P.S. I love your kitchen. I paused the video several times just so I could have a closer look! 😊
Eeeek!! You are right: wonderful memories 💖 You're welcome, glad you enjoying our videos 🔥
Yeah thank you so much ladies I am so excited to try!
Oh, what a treat this video is! And thank you for the recipe, too!
So glad to know this can be made with ground ginger!😊
The “Pom Pom Pom Pom” at the end, does it mean sourdough bread teaching is coming up? 😇😍😍😍
Zak being silly, but yes, he wants me to do one on sourdough later this year! 💖
What a beautiful life you guys are living. I might give this recipe a try!
I’ve tried other ginger bug recipes and ginger beer and this is my go-to! I love the simplicity of this process. Thank you for sharing it.
Thank you. My sons favorite🤗
The best part of this was your son! What a little person, beer and bugs:)
Perfect timing! Just ordered my fermentation lids like the one you are using! Thanks Janie. Big ginger beer fans here! Lots of love to your beautiful family x
Enjoy! Watch out for the pressure 😂
Спасибо, что выполнили мою просьбу , отсняли ролик и рассказали рецепт приготовления имбирного пива! Все просто и понятно ! А дети за зиму подросли 😊👍
Dołączam podziękowania i pozdrowienia z Polski. I attach thanks and greetings from Poland
Delightful, enlightening and precious! Thank you for sharing!
Oh my goodness this family is precious and I am enjoying these videos so much! Thank you for the instruction, I am going to start a bug today. ❤️
You are so welcome! Hope it bubbles away well for you, and your family gets to enjoy it all summer! Let us know how it goes 😊🍺
THIS ONE!!!. This is the old fashioned NZ recipe for ginger beer I’ve been searching for!! Thank you so much!! I love this ginger beer, and had it most summers in my childhood.
The most depressing thing about this video, is realizing that ill never have a family like this , this rich in happiness. So much laughter and joy and full of Life. This whole family lifestyle is just so rare nowadays.......but its what most people truly truly want but can very seldom make happen. Life falls apart most of the time for most of us. Working a job chasing MOney is a never ending vicious cycle most of us are somehow stuck in. But on the other hand it makes me smile to see your family and how happy you all are :) im Glad you guys have this, something to call a life worth living. Much love from the PNW
💔 Very sorry to hear it. The money, debt, wage-slavery trap is very, very real. It is my hope that our videos encourage those who are able to to escape it. Wishing you joy in your life all the same 🧡🔥
This is wonderful, thank you!!
I just retired two days ago and this sounds like a very good recipe to start once I move back to West Virginia sometime later this coming month. I've had Ginger Beer form some of the local organic markets. It does take getting use to the taste if you have never had it before. Oh, the wonders of a little boy, I to played with praying manic when I was a little one. Loved the batten fort, it's so wonderful seeing the way you are raising your children, it reminds me of the way we were raised. But sadly most parents these days do not raise there children that way anymore and I feel that is the biggest problem we have in this country today. Bless you and your family, looking forward to your next video.
Congratulations on retirement, and yes - this could be a fun retirement project!
@@homewoodstoves Thank You!
enjoyed watching this, thank you. Love that you've taught the kids to be curious yet gentle with all the little insects etc they discover, its heartwarming. I am just starting to ferment a few things, this looks just right for summer. Hugs from Pennsylvania USA :)
this is PERFECT for summer 💖
I've never done this kind of beer before, but you just convinced me. I'll try! Thank you for sharing 🤩🤩🤩
Waoo amazing beer
Well done, Janie! 😍 My next mission... 🙏 Great inspiration! 😄
I gained a year of life expectancy by watching all your videos
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Fun video!
Thanks for the documentary. It was fantastic.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Luv luv all ur videos, so authentic, so much life exists in ur videos 👌🏼👌🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💖💖
It will work THIS easy . Wonderful. I love fermented things.....💚🌳💚 thank you love from germany
Love it!
Lovely job! I lived in the Virgin Islands where ginger beer was a staple. Thanks for the memory.
Que delicioso se ve, y que bello todo, pronto probaré esta receta, gracias!
¡Oh, bien, espero que te vaya bien y que tengas muchas burbujas activas! ¡Háganos saber cómo le va! 🧡🍻🔥
Thank you for sharing, I will try this process.🙏
I'm thankful for being able to enjoy your beautiful family.
I just found your videos! I hope you will be able to make more! I weep with joy and longing for a life like yours. I pray you are all well and that the evil forces in the world do not try to destroy your beautiful country and way of life. My country - America- is systematically destroying our lives through every means possible. We live in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia. We just ordered our second wood stove-this time it is a cook wood stove. I am watching all your videos to learn how to cook on it. God bless your family and Homewood Cookstoves!
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Such a lovely and peaceful video! I’ve done my own kombucha and have been wanting to try starting a ginger bug! Thank you for sharing. 💜
Go for it! It is really so easy 💖
Wonderful 💖 thanks 🌸🌸👍
Great recipe thank you!, please share the sauerkraut one and the other goodies you have on your shelf 👍🏻👍🏻😊
Might do a more general "fermentation" video one day that looks at them all a little closer 😊
Best wishes from Mexico blessings to all of you!
Actually u r living my dream. ❤️ Lots of love from India
Always wait for your next videos. 👍
Gracias por compartir la voy a preparar, saludos
Delightful as always! Last week we got a "bug" from a friend and have been enjoying making some of our own. There really is something about location that plays into how well things ferment. When we were camping and traveling through Yukon a number of years ago, we were amazed at our sourdough - it was so healthy and active, like we've never had here at home! Must be all the clean wild yeasts that come from camping in the boreal forest. Plants seem give off some incredible things for wild fermenting... We have a friend who, when they start their new sourdough, put their starter amongst the comfrey plants. Anyway, loved the whole video (and the mantis!). Warm regards from Northern Alberta, Canada :)
That could very well be true! If you give this method a try sometime, would be very interesting to know if you manage to get it bubbling nicely away like it ought! Thanks for watching, glad you are enjoying 💖🔥
Love it.
Got it and passing it on thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing a very nice video!
I was born in NZ and my mum always made us ginger beer. I am now 45 and live in Scotland and ive been trying to find a recipe that had sultans in it. Because i remember she used them. I have just started my ginger bug now. 😊
Isso que é vida, as crianças serem criadas em contato com a natureza, ao ar livre, no certo serão cidadão conscientes, um grande abraço, parabéns.
i feel relieved by the statement about not to worry about the amount of sugar.
Will try to start some this week!!! Thank you for sharing 💛
Enjoy!!
I liked your ginger beer recipe a lot and will try it. I subscribed and saved the video to my favorite recipe playlist.
Love your videos! So nice to see your children growing while enjoying a healthy lifestyle. Loads of love. :)
love it 🥰
Thank you for this video. I love ginger beer and will start to make it
Wonderful - hope it goes well for you, and enjoy!! 😊🍻🔥
Thanks for sharing ❤️
Me encanta vuestro canal ,hace pocos días lo descubrí y disfruto y río mucho con vuestros hijos , gracias por compartir tus recetas y felicidades por esa maravillosa familia 👏🥰
I just love it. In the future, I suggest that you a make a serie of vídeos teaching others fermented foods and drinks, because many of us maybe heard about the benefits of probiotics, but don't know enough to produce from zero at home and you guys have the hability to teach us in a easy and simple way.
Nice idea - maybe one day!
Thanks so much for sharing. Yes I enjoy all your videos.Wonderful home and family. Lovely greetings from Germany☺🙋
Thank you very much from Germany for this wonderful method, I love you from the first time you watch your video. I'll try it out in a minute and I'm looking forward to it. In a similar way, I make water kefir lemonade every day from 1 fig, 30 g cane sugar, 2 slices of lemon and 500 ml of water together with water kefir. Also a delicious drink made by natural fermentation. Best Regards!
Sounds delicious! I do not have any water kefir going (just milk/yogurt kefir), but I would like to try it also. Thank you for watching, I am glad you like our videos 🧡🔥
@@homewoodstoves shop.fairment.de/collections/all/products/fairment-wasserkefir-set-neu
You can perhaps buy the kefir crystals in the online shop (based in Berlin).
A WONDERFUL DAY TO WATCH THIS VIDEO
Yaaaay new video !!! 😳😍😍😍
Greetings . Thank you for sharing your recipe for healthy living .
Willingness to drink that beer.🍻🍻🇧🇷
Thank you.🥰🥰🥰
What a lovely family you have.
Wonderful I shall try it..........as always what a lovely family you have so thanks for sharing.
What a pleasant surprise, another video from Homewood stoves. There are only a few video channels I watch that actually bring a smile to my face when I watch them. Homewood stoves is one of them. In fact Homewood is the only one that doesn't have a dog in it that will make me smile. Haven't seen the Grand parents in recent months. I hope they are doing well. Watching a family of 3 generations is a wonderful testament to your culture and importance of family. May God continue to Bless your family and friends.
I think will do one featuring them again next 💖
That was wonderful! More please✨
Glad you enjoyed! Next video should be toward the end of May 🔥 One-per-month for 2021
This was so amaaazing!!
Thank you so much for this recipe, i've tried it and its so good...
What a great recipe and beautiful video as always!!! Thank you!!! 😊😊😊. Michael from New York.
Thank you janie
Yey! Thank you for making the video I asked about!!!❤❤❤❤❤
You're welcome! Hope you make this over your summer 😊🍺🔥
@@homewoodstoves yes we will for sure!! ❤ 😋😋😋
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gracias por la receta de bebida, la practicaré y apetecer se ha dicho, buen cosejo
Como puedo verlo en castellano ?
Quelle merveilleuse famille ! Love from France 🙋♀️💕
Obrigada! Por compartilha sua receita, deve fica deliciosa cerveja caseira. Amei que Deus ilumine todos.
Sound very yummy, going to have to try some. TFS
Wow, strong one! 😍💪 Thanks for sharing this recipe! 🤗
Hope you like it!
this is my new favourite channel, informative, natural, wholesome, family friendly. Thank you so much.
Wow, thank you! 😊🔥
Vídeo lindo. Vou fazer sua cerveja de gengibre. Adorei e muito obrigada. 🥰🥰🥰
Maravilhoso, espero que gostem! Fique de olho no aumento da pressão !!
I will try to do this with my grandparents. They watched the video with me and loved the recipe.
It is so beautiful to see how children respect even the smallest creatures.
I comment on that in all the videos, but I will say it again. I think the way you live with your children is beautiful.
Congratulations, thanks for the great video. And also thanks for sharing the recipe, Janie!
Blessings, from Brazil🌻
* Willian is so cute
Our pleasure 😊 I am glad you enjoyed this with your grandparents, I hope you successfully make it with them, food is a wonderful thing to bond with the older generations over 💖🔥
Am very happy to have found your video on ginger beer. Will try fermenting using turmeric as I have plenty of stock powder. I really appreciate your detailed instructions of the process. Thank you.
Oooh, interesting! May have to tweak the powder quantities over time to taste, but the bug/etc should all still work the same! Let us know how it goes 💖🔥
HELLO GM TO ALL FAMILY MEMBERS
I FEELS IT GREAT YOUR SMOOTH COMMENTRY WHILE PREPARING BEER.U HAVE MAINTAINED YOUR KICHTEN.HOME.LAWNS VV BEAT AND CLEAN.CLIPS OF YOUR FAMILY R VV ATTRACTIVE.I PRAY TO ALMIGHTY TO KEEP YOUR ALL FAMILY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS.
YES KEEP IT UP 👍👍
GOD BLESS U ALL👏👏
Great video! I find your videos therapeutic! Seeing your kids run around out in the open and being kids and away from screens. Enjoying a bottle of ginger beer with homemade food and not processed foods. Please make more videos over the other fermentation recipes.
I'm glad! Hope you continue to enjoy them 💖
Your video here is perfect in so many ways! Great footage, edit, perfect amount of talking and what an amazing family you have!! Inspired!! ❤
So many videos of making ginger beer need to learn off this example. 👍🏻
Looks great, thank you for sharing all your family knowledge of food. We may have a try at this, my wife has gotten a mother, for making kumbucha, the skobie grows fast, and is so much better than any store bought drink of the sorts. Have fun
I loved this recipe
Let us know if you try it for yourself! 🔥🍻
Hello, Greetings from Singapore. I have visited NZ few years ago and its such a beautiful place with wonderful people. i fell in love with your country. I hve been looking for some off the grid videos and wood stove cooking videos and viola... i found both in your videos. I am a mother of 2 wanting to move away from city life and slowly embrace simpler living. Your videos are truly inspiring. Keep going and share. Love to Janie and kids. William is such a dearie.
Oh lovely. I am glad you stumbled over us then! May you get to build the type of life you want - are there opportunities to live in this way at all over there in Singapore? Apologies, don't know a lot about your country, but have an impression of a city covering an island! 💖🔥
@@homewoodstoves Singapore is a small island city. The govt does try to maintain its greenery and vegetation but with the increasing population and scarcity of land, its difficult. Eagerly awaiting for your next video.... please share sourdough starter. i am into baking... and i bake sourdough breads too. but my starter is dying so wanted an insight on the same.. i want to try your ginger beer.
Thank you so much! Yesterday I started my bug and at home we are thrilled to drink this healthy and fizzy beer! We enjoy your videos very much and hope to continue to do so for long time to come :) Take care and thanks for inspiring people with your warm way of life. Greetings from the Balearic Islands
Hi to the Balearic Islands! We just had to look up where that was 💖 We just had our first Homewood arrive in Spain (Barcelona) last week - going to a customer's home near Girona I believe 🔥
@@homewoodstoves Hi! Wow, how lucky they are then! Girona is in Catalonia, my place of birth, and it's a great region full of beautiful landscapes, beaches, delicious food, traditions and lots of masies (traditional country houses), perfect places for your marvelous stoves.
In Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencia we speak catalan, one of the four oficial languages in Spain :)
Menorca, the island we live in, is exactly in the antipodes from New Zealand! Isn't that astounding? XD. Hope to visit your amazing country one day.
Take care!
Very ideal family ❤