Hi first time posting ,what is the exact recipe for this ginger drink?
Thanks Phyllis
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From Dom [dna]
Hi Ross,
The ginger beer plant of today, is not a plant as such, or that is
prepared and forms any bio-film colony such as kefir grains of SCOBY or
mother of vinegar.
It is an actual liquid starter-culture, or inoculant, which is prepared
with sugar, water, ginger root with the addition of bakers yeast or
fresh brewers yeast. The media is fed daily for app 7 days, by adding 1
tsp of sugar daily, and then half of it is used to inoculate a larger
volume of sugar/water solution and a little lemon juice [I add a little
chili powder to enhance the ginger bliss-bite factor]. The other half of
the inoculant [plant] is topped up water, dry [or fresh] ginger root
and sugar. The process is repeated.
The name, "Plant", may have come about due to the large amount of froth
which forms during the 7 day activation process.... loads of CO2 is
produced due to yeasts.
Did this help?
Cheers with you,
Dom
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