Ginger Beer

[Maggie/915]

Anyone remember being given some odd concoction for making Ginger Beer.

I guess it must have been a yeast mixture.

[Canny lass]

I remember it Maggie. There was Always a 'ging -beer plant' standing on the floor in our pantry. Very hush hush! It smelled like rotten eggs but the end Product tasted very nice. It was a bit like a sour dough. it had to be fed and divided once a week but obviously there was no flour involved. It was fed with sugar and ground ginger and there must have been yeast involved in the first 'plant'. I've been trying to get a recipe for this for years so I hope somebody here can help.

[Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)]

I remember it Maggie. There was Always a 'ging -beer plant' standing on the floor in our pantry. Very hush hush! It smelled like rotten eggs but the end Product tasted very nice. It was a bit like a sour dough. it had to be fed and divided once a week but obviously there was no flour involved. It was fed with sugar and ground ginger and there must have been yeast involved in the first 'plant'. I've been trying to get a recipe for this for years so I hope somebody here can help.

http://wholesomebee.co.uk/how-to-start-a-ginger-beer-plant/

[Canny lass]

Thank you Eggy! I'll definitely  be giving this a go!

[Maggie/915]

Well Canny Lass now we can forget the sherry!

Thanks from me too Eggy.

It's the little things that grow.