Sugar Content - 8 grams sugar - sweet but not overwhelming. Probably a 6/10 on the level of sweetness. Carbonation: Certain ginger beers are crafted with carbonation in mind. These beers tend to stay fizzier longer than others.

White Rum - choose a good quality white rum like Bacardi. It's clean, lightly sweet flavor works perfectly! If you choose to bottle the ginger beer in glass bottles, allow the ginger beer to lose much of its fizz prior to bottling, as it will continue to carbonate in the bottles.

When fermented, ginger releases enzymes and probiotics, which help maintain healthy gut microflora. Method #1: Most people make a simple syrup using ginger, sugar, and water, and then combine the simple syrup with soda water or seltzer water.

Using a fine strainer, coffee filter, or a fine-mesh sieve, strain the liquid into a large pitcher to remove all the bits of ginger. You can replace the lemon juice with lime juice if you’d like. I always go with organic fresh ginger root because it contains plenty of natural bacteria and natural yeasts for the best ginger beer. Ingredients - Carbonated Spring Water, Fructose (fruit sugar), Ginger Root, Natural Ginger Flavouring with other Natural Flavourings, Acid: Tartaric Acid, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid. Add the rest of the cold water to the pot (5 cups) and allow it to cool to around 75 degrees Fahrenheit (23 degreesCelsius). Add the yeast(1 teaspoon), stir well.While this is the least time consuming way of making ginger beer, and definitely comes out tasting great, we can take it a step farther by fermenting ginger beer into a healthful drink so that it contains less sugar but still tastes sweet. This refreshing carbonated drink is made with fiery Jamaican root ginger. Free from sugar, it's a low calorie drink that you can enjoy even if you're on a diet or trying to eat more healthily. Maine Root's many different bottlings (the brand started with root beer, and now also makes cola and several fruit-flavored sodas in addition to ginger beer) are all made with Fair Trade Certified sugar cane instead of the more common high-fructose corn syrup. This improves the flavor, and also ensures that the Brazilian farmers who grow the cane are supported and compensated fairly. The longer you allow the brew to ferment, the more sugar will be metabolized by the yeast, resulting in a less sweet, drier beverage. Method #2: The old fashioned wayuses a “ginger bug” or “ginger starter,” which is ginger that has fermented in sugar and water to the point that its natural enzymes and probiotics are released.

Once the ginger beer has finished its few-day brewing process, store it in the refrigerator for 10 days, or up to 1 month when left untouched.Pour this strain mixture into a clean 2-liter plastic bottle. Empty soda water bottles work perfectly, and you can also use 2 one-liter bottles. Do not fill up the bottles all the way because the fermentation will yield carbon dioxide. Smell - Honestly, it smelled a bit of bathroom cleaner. I think their natural flavors definitely have citrus in it, so something to watch. Zevia Ginger Beer

Ingredients - Pure Carbonated Artesian Water, Natural Cane Sugar, Agave Nectar, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid, Sea Salt and Ginger Root.

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While I was writing my cookbook, Delicious Probiotic Drinks, I had a great deal of fun with the ginger beer section – for me the challenge of making authentic ginger beer was even more interesting than brewing the perfect batch of kombucha. Yes, you can actually make your own ginger beer at home! This way you can control the exact ingredients that go into it. Here are the 3 staples you'll need to start. One to three times a day, carefully loosen the caps to relieve some of the pressure without opening the bottles all the way. The more natural ginger—meaning actual ginger root, not ginger flavoring—the better,” says dietitian Suzanne Dixon, RD. “You don't necessarily need a lot of natural ginger for health benefit, but if you're using the product ‘medicinally,' to soothe an upset stomach, for example, more natural ginger is better.” So what's the difference between ginger beer versus ginger ale? It's all in the process. In some cases, ginger beer does contain a little bit of alcohol and is fermented. This is not the kind of ginger beer we reviewed today. And you'll definitely be able to spot this on the label.