Ginger Beer Plant

Submitted by Missy Wombat

"If you love ginger beer as much as I do, you will want to try this. Refreshing, non-alcoholic...I lived on ginger beer when I was pregnant and just wish I had this recipe then."

 

• Ready In: 168hrs
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 batch

ingredients

• The original plant

• 4.92 ml ginger (ground)
• 4.92 ml sugar
• 118.29 ml lemon juice

• Plant fodder

• 4.92 ml ginger
• 4.92 ml sugar

• Final touches

• 946.36 ml sugar, dissolved in
• 1419.54 ml water
• 118.29 ml lemon juice
• 4731.8 ml of cold water, and stir until dissolved

directions

1. Place the Plant ingredients in a screw top jar.
2. For the next 7 days, feed the plant daily with plant fodder.
3. After 7 days you can strain this liquid, and add the Final touches.
4. Stir until dissolved.
5. Bottle and leave for 7 days before drinking.
6. To continue, halve the remaining plant and repeat process replacing 1/2 cup of water instead of lemon juice.

Reviews

[John W.]

This "plant" does not generate CO2, which I recall ours did many years ago. Should I add yeast?