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Ingredients

  • The plant
  • 1/2 pint warm water
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 10 sultanas
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 7g yeast sachet

to feed (everyday for 1 week)

  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • To make the drink
  • 1 pint boiling water
  • 1 lb sugar
  • 6 pint cold water
  • juice of 2 lemons

Method

  • STEP 1
    to make the plant put all the ingredients in a screw top jar. Cover tightly then put in a warm place for about 3 days or until the plant is bubbling gently.
  • STEP 2
    Feed the plant as given every day for 1 week.
  • STEP 3
    after 1 week, make the ginger beer. Put the boiling and sugar into a bowl and stir until the sugar is dissolved add the cold water and stir in the lemon juice
  • STEP 4
    Strain the ginger beer plant through a double thickness of muslin, squeezing out all the liquid. Do not throw out the residue. Stir the liquid into the bowl. pour the ginger beer into bottles seal and keep 3 days in a cool place before drinking
  • STEP 5
    the residue is now divided in half, give half to a friend in the screw top jar to stat again. add 1/2 pint cold water and feed, feed for 1 week as before
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