Enid Blyton And The Famous Five's Lashings Of Ginger Beer!

Total Time: 120 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 96 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 lemons
• 550 g granulated sugar
• 50 g piece fresh gingerroot, peeled and bruised
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 4 1/2 liters boiling water
• 1 tablespoon brewer's yeast

Recipe

• 1 remove the yellow outer rinds of the lemons as thinly as possible. discard all the pith. cut the fruit into thin slices, removing the pips.
• 2 put the sliced lemon and rind into a non-metallic bowl with the sugar, ginger and cream of tartar. pour on the boiling water, and leave until it has cooled to blood heat.
• 3 cream the yeast with a little of the liquid, then stir it into the mixture. cover it with a cloth and leave it in a fairly warm place for 24 hours.
• 4 skim the yeast off the top, then strain the liquid off the sediment.
• 5 bottle and leave for 4 days in cool place before use. consume within a week, and store in a cool place.