🇸🇱 Sierra Leonean Cuisine

Ginger Beer

Spicy Ginger Drink

Prep Time 30 min plus overnight
Servings 8
Difficulty Easy

A fiery, refreshing homemade ginger drink brewed with fresh ginger root, lime, sugar, and cloves, served ice-cold as Sierra Leone's favorite non-alcoholic beverage.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Blend ginger with 2 cups of water until very smooth.
  2. 2 Strain through fine cloth, squeezing out all juice.
  3. 3 Boil remaining water with cloves for 5 minutes. Cool completely.
  4. 4 Combine ginger juice, cooled clove water, sugar, lime juice, and cream of tartar.
  5. 5 Stir until sugar dissolves completely.
  6. 6 Refrigerate overnight for best flavor. Serve over ice.

Did You Know?

Sierra Leonean ginger beer is so potent that newcomers often cough on their first sip — locals consider this a badge of honor.