Ginger Brew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons gingerroot
1 cup sugar
1 lemon, juice of
1/4 teaspoon yeast

Preparation

-funnel sugar and yeast into the bottle.
-grate 2 tbsp of ginger.
-extract juice from lemon.
-mix juice and ginger in a small bowl. funnel this into the bottle w/dry ingredients.
-add water. fill 90% and shake until the sugar dissolves. top off the bottle, leaving 3 fingers empty.
-cap tightly and keep in a warm place. wait 36-40 hours for the yeast to activate. (the bottle will most likely inflate under the pressure, so rest it on it's side).
-refridgerate overnight.
WARNING: open very slowly and carefully. i was careless with the first one and nearly blew my thumb off. the bottle is under a lot of pressure.