Update on the Ginger Beer Plants

19/03/2009 at 17:55 · Filed under Beverages and tagged: brewers yeast, fresh ginger, ginger beer plants

Hooray! Today bottled the first of many, I hope.

I used the yeast, ginger and sugar plant which I drained and added to some sugar syrup and fresh lemon juice.  Time will tell whether it worked or not.

My kitchen appears to be a working laboratory for ginger beer plants all at one stage or another, and now I have four jars at various stages and with various ingredients.

They are as follows:

• Fresh ginger and sugar – bubbling away happily having added more fresh ginger and sugar and water. It smells divine.
• Fresh ginger and sugar now drained of the fresh ginger and have added ground ginger and sugar, this is the second stage and the next will be to make the ginger beer.
• New plant started with brewers yeast, ground ginger, sugar and water.   I am told this will not taste so yeasty.

• Halved plant used to make the first batch of ginger beer, which I have added ground ginger, sugar and water to make another plant.

I had to go to the local brewing shop to buy the brewers yeast, and met the owner, who is such a very nice guy, he was so helpful.  I have promised to give him a fresh ginger plant when I half it.  He has not made ginger beer before so I would like his opinion as an expert home brewer of wine.

Should you need any home brewing produce or equipment or just advice he can be found here http://burghley-homebrew.com

The ginger beer that I have bottled today will be ready in a week or so and I can hardly wait.

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