I am still seeking the elusive back of an old brown envelope recioe for ginger beer - I have found two sewing patterns I have been looking for for ages, and loads of other things which had been misplaced, but so far no recipe.

I know it uses a one gallon wine fermenting bottle, half filled with previously boiled water in which pounded ginger root has been soaked, but that is just the start.

You add sugar, and yeast, and keep it warm until the initial fermentation dies down, then feed it with a small amount of sugar each day - but the final mixing and dilution is important.

I'll find the exact recipe, I'm sure that I just need to keep looking.

Anne the Pleater