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How to Make Ginger Beer at Home

By Karl S • Updated Apr 6, 2025
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Never buy ginger beer again. Ginger beer is inexpensive, easy to make, and a perfect fermentation project for beginners.

The sweet and peppery fermented drink is exceptional for mixing with cocktails or to drink on its own.

I’m Trent Musho and you’re watching the bru sho. Today, we’re making ginger beer.

Ginger beer is a naturally fermented beverage made with three ingredients, ginger water and sugar. The fermentation occurs from the bacteria and yeast found on the ginger. Otherwise known as lactobacillus.