Anyone know how to make a ginger beer plant(bug).?

Question

I would like to brew home made ginger beer.

A ginger beer plant is some ginger root, vinegar, sugar and something else, kept cold for seven days. and you brew the drink (ginger beer) from this, any one know the recipe?

Answer 1

450g (1lb) Sugar
4.5lt (8 pints) Water
1 Lemon
40g (1½oz) Root Ginger
25g (1 oz) Cream of Tartar
25g (1 oz) Brewers or Wine Yeast

Bruise the ginger (wrap in a clean cloth - hit with hammer) to release flavour.
Finely peel the lemon, removing only the outer waxy layer and squeeze the juice.
Place the ginger, lemon rind and cream of tartar into a bucket or large bowl.
Pour over the boiling water, add the lemon juice and stir well.
Allow to cool to about 21°C (70°F), remove a little of the liquid and mix with the yeast, stir the yeast mixture into the liquid.
Cover the container with a clean cloth (ensuring that the cloth cannot come into contact with the liquid) and secure with string or elastic.
Leave in a warm place 21°C (70°F) for 24 hours.
Strain the liquid through a fine cloth or skim off the froth and use a jug to bale out the liquid (being careful not to disturb the sediment).
Pour the ginger beer into strong bottles and cork.
Secure the corks with wire, leaving a little play (for possible expansion)
Store the bottle in a cool dark place.
If the corks begin to rise, release the wire slightly and re-secure.
The beer should be ready to drink after 2 - 3 days.

Answer 2

The part of the Ginger plant that is used in making ginger beer is the root. You can find ginger root in almost any better supermarket in the U.S. It would not be very economical to grow your own ginger unless you intend to mass produce the product.

Answer 3

It's terrible, Daniel S. up there and I had some and it was absolutely disgusting...stick to ginger ale

Answer 4

umm no i dont beleive in ginger and bugs i only worship fairies and beer and potatoes!!!!!