Traditional Homemade Ginger Beer vs Tsitsibyra: Corfiot Ginger Beer (Quick Version)

Both drinks build on grated ginger and lemon, but they reach their sparkle in different ways. The traditional ginger beer steeps unpeeled ginger, sugar and lemon juice in boiling water, then relies on yeast and a pinch of cream of tartar to carbonate in sealed bottles over two to three days before chilling. Tsitsibyra simmers peeled ginger in a covered sugar syrup, adds the fresh juice of two lemons only once cooled for a sharper tang, and gets its fizz from sparkling water poured over ice at serving time.