Boil gently, in a gallon of water, three table-spoonsful of cream of
tartar, three of ginger, and a lemon cut in slices. When it has boiled
half an hour, take it from the fire, strain and sweeten it to your
taste--white sugar is the best, but brown sugar or molasses answers very
well. Put to it, when lukewarm, half a pint of fresh yeast. Turn it off
carefully, when fermented, bottle it, and keep it in a cool place. It
will be fit to drink in the course of seven or eight days.