Homemade Ginger Beer

When it’s the season of merriment, you know everyone likes to ask “what we drinking?” Now you can bring your own homemade ginger beer.

You will need:
1 pound fresh ginger
Peel of 1 lime
8 cups of water
Sugar to taste
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon full cloves
1/ 2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 tablespoon rum (optional)
Angostura Bitters

Method:
Wash and chop ginger up into chunks. Blend ginger with 3 cups of water. Add lime peel and cinnamon stick to ginger mixture and leave to set overnight. Strain mixture. Add additional water to mixture and sweeten to taste. Add a dash of Angostura bitters, vanilla essence, and rum. Pour into a clean bottle or jug. Add cloves and refrigerate. Serve on crushed ice or chilled.