Ginger Beer (Mrs. J. Cloete's Recipe)

Ingredients

• 8 lb Sugar
• 1 lb Ginger, bruised
• 1/2 bucket Boiled water
• 1 bottle Yeast
• 2 packets Cream of tartar
• 2 bottles Beer

Instructions

1. Put the sugar and bruised ginger into a small cask with the boiled water.
2. Let it draw for a day.
3. Then fill the cask with cold water.
4. Add a bottle of yeast and two packets of cream of tartar.
5. Two days after this addition, bottle the ginger beer.