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ginger beer (makes 10 pints)
Makes Litres
Easy
Total time:
3 days then 7 days to feed, plus 3 days
Once you have started the ginger beer plant you can keep making ginger beer from it. When you divide the plant give half to a friend
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- 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 juicestep 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 drinkingstep 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
