Hello Everyone,
here's the original GINGER BEER recipe as given to me by Nan.

TO START PLANT>
2oz fresh yeast,
2level tablespoons sugar
2 level tablespoons ginger
1/2 pint water

1 Blend yeast and sugar until liquid
2 Add ginger and water and stir well
pour into covered jar.


EACH DAY


stir in 1 level teaspoon sugar
1 level teaspoon ginger



AFTER TEN DAYS

Dissolve 18 oz of sugar in 1 1/2pints water.
Bring to boil then cool slightly.Add juice of two lemons

Strain ginger beer plant through fine muslin and add liquid to syrup and lemon juice and 6 more pints of water.
Stir well and bottle at once in strong screw top bottles.
Store in cool place,ready in two weeks.



TO KEEP PLANT GOING.

Halve the left over sediment and place in two jars,add 1/2 pint of water, 2level teaspoons of sugar and ginger.Stir and cover and feed as each day.One plant may be discarded or passed on to someone else.



GOOD LUCK , LOVE JILL