Liberian Pineapple Ginger Beer

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 lbs fresh gingerroot
• 1 cup sugar (or more to taste)
• 1 fresh pineapple (ripe)
• 14 cups water

Recipe

• 1 wash the ginger root. cut it into 1/2 " pieces.
• 2 move half of cut ginger into the blender. add 1 cup of water. cover and set blender to high. blend until ginger coarsely chopped and mixed well into the water. transfer this mixture to a large pot(8 quart).
• 3 repeat with the rest of the ginger. add this mixture to the pot.
• 4 wash the pineapple. use a sharp knife to remove the peeling. slice the peeling off so that you also remove a half-inch of pineapple along with the skin.
• 5 cut the peeling into one-inch pieces. transfer half of the cut pineapple peeling to the blender. add 1 cup of water and blend on high until pineapple is in small pieces and mixed in the water. move to the pot of ginger.
• 6 repeat with the rest of the cut pineapple. add to the mixture in the pot.
• 7 add 10 more cups of water to the pot. half-cover the pot with the top. bring to a boil on high and boil on medium for about 30 minutes.
• 8 remove the pot from the stove. cover the pot completely and allow the mixture to sit for 8 hours or overnight at room temperature.
• 9 pour the mixture through a metal strainer to remove the larger pieces of ginger and pineapple peel. use a wooden spoon to press the liquid through the strainer.
• 10 use a clean cotton kitchen cloth(or clean wash cloth) to strain out the finer particles. use your hand to squeeze the ginger beer out of the cloth.
• 11 to sweeten, first add 1 cup of sugar and stir. add more sugar to desired taste. chill and enjoy.
• 12 store in the fridge.