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I need a savoury, summery drink as an alternative to beer (piefed.blahaj.zone)
submitted 10 months ago* by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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It’s a hot summer afternoon. I’m sitting down on a hot afternoon, with a burger, and a cold beer.

What I’m looking for is something to replace that cold beer with. I want it to be crisp and fresh, but also not sweet. I love tart and bitter flavours. Unfortunately, my options are either cold and sweet, cold and alcoholic or hot and non sweet.

So threadiverse, what alternatives am I missing?

Tereré is great, but it’s a bit of a pain to source in Australia. What else is there?

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[–] 2 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

The best starter for ginger beer is "ginger bug"

Start with 2 big spoonfuls each of (grated) ginger and sugar in 2 cups of water. Stir it twice daily and feed it once a day, alternating

Day 1, spoonful of sugar

Day 2, spoonful of sugar and spoonful of grated ginger.

Here it gets active in a couple of days but better to keep feeding and stirring for a week. Use a cup of the liquid to ferment a gallon of ginger beer and save another cup tightly covered in a refrigerator to start your next batch, so it will go faster.

You can make it with yeast but it doesn't taste as good and is fussier.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Thank you!! I might try that one day...

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Oh, a note - in the US I have to use organic ginger for ginger beer, all the rest of it must have been irradiated or had some hotshot anti-everything spray because only organic ferments.

    Not for any other ferment I make is this true, only ginger. Tepache, fruit kvass, sourdough, I use conventionally grown stuff. I'm not sure this holds true everywhere but if it doesn't work, get organic ginger.

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