Ginger beer plant :)

[pskipper]

Started a ginger beer plant last night from this recipe,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A634664

remembering explosions from childhood it's living in the sink with the washing up bowl upside down on top of it

[red]

imagine its interestig and fun

I always make gingerbeer the other way.

[smile_sunshine]

how alcoholic is the beer it makes? (i mean is it actually alcoholic like beer or just shandy?) might try making some

[pskipper]

Apparently with a little skill you can get it up to 11%

[Annpan]

Here was me with images in my mind of picking small cans of ginger beer off a bush, I would quite like a 'lemonade tree' pehaps in compostable plastic bottles, or tea and coffee in paper cups... permanantly warm... Now there's a use for GM

[hmk]

remembering explosions from childhood it's living in the sink with the washing up bowl upside down on top of it

My actual plant never exploded, but I would advise bottling it in plastic bottles and not glass. The year I used smart looking brown glass bottles (which previously contained cider), two friends found sticky ginger beer and shards of glass all over their kitchens Luckily they both exploded overnight....

[pskipper]

I'm going to bottle it in ribbed mineral bottles, past homebrew experience has taught me they are good as the ribs start to pop out a good few hours before the bottle explodes!

[Merry]

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Two friends found sticky ginger beer and shards of glass all over their kitchens Luckily they both exploded overnight. . .

Gosh! The damage that trapped wind can do eh?