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Ginger Beer

Ingredients

• 2 ounces of powdered ginger (or more if it is not very strong)
• 1/2 ounce of cream of tartar
• 2 large lemons cut in slices
• 2 pounds of broken loaf-sugar
• 1 gallon of soft water
• 1 large table-spoonful of the best yeast

Instructions

Put into a kettle, powdered ginger, cream of tartar, lemons, loaf-sugar, and soft water. Simmer them over a slow fire for half an hour. When the liquor is nearly cold, stir yeast into it. After it has fermented, bottle for use.

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Source

Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats (1832).