Why put sultanas in ginger beer

I've made a lot of ginger beer using different methods, but Mark Bowen's was better than any I've made. Here it is. Put into a glass jar eight sultanas, the juice of two lemons, the pulp of those two lemons, four teaspoons of sugar, two teaspoons of ground ginger and half a litre of tap water. Mix, fit with a loose lid, put it on a shelf in the kitchen and wait until sultanas rise to the surface, usually a week or so.

Then feed the plant four teaspoons of sugar and three teaspoons of ground ginger each day for seven days. In a big container dissolve four cups of sugar in four cups of boiling water, add the juice of five lemons and six litres of water at tap temperature.

To keep ginger beer plant alive, place half the remaining mixture from the muslin into a screw top jar. Add 2 cups of water and feed, as before, with 2 tsp ground ginger and 4 tsp of sugar each day, for 7 days, before making a new batch. Potatoes, pea mint smash and herbs. Healthy salads collection.

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Best regards Melissa. Thanks Melissa! I think the number of things you are doing in a smallish space is fantastic. Perhaps dividing it every so often? So excited, Followed all the directions and just bottle my first batch of this ginger beer.

I used fresh ginger. So now to wait 7 to 10 days to taste test. The whole thing was so much fun. Ooooh, sorry to hear that Joe! I would speculate that your sultanas did not kick off the fermentation process with the natural yeasts. Perhaps your climate was too cold to activate and sustain fermentation? Am I doing this correctly? I would check the quality of your powdered ginger, I have found expired ginger powder on the supermarket shelf before!

I stopped when one of the glass bottles blew up in my little sisters face. Leaving a scar visible today on her forehead just above her eye. I think as I enjoy the commercial product that I will start up a new plant.

But using plastic bottles. I enjoyed reading your post thanks. Oh goodness! Glad to hear she was not permanently injured! I think every home brewer has a similar story, perhaps not so dramatic as yours Selwyn! This is NOT a ginger beer plant.. I wish people would use them correctly as most people never see a real ginger beer plant. This is a ginger bug. Thank you for sharing your expertise Jason!

Hi Erin, sure, you can stir or mix it in if you like. I never really bothered and it worked! Cheers Melissa. Hi Ella! This recipe is explosively carbonated as is! That said, why not set up an experiment, where you have a control batch for half, then try what you suggest with the other half of the batch? Let me know how you go? Hi Melissa, This will almost definitely be alcoholic. Thank you Michael, for bringing this to my attention.

I have made the changes to the post above! I have followed your recipe twice over now without success. I would scout for organic sultanas, free from oil or sulphites.

It sounds like your temperature would be right enough to encourage natural fermentation. I would try once more with a pinch of brewers yeast added to the mix and see if that spurs fermentation. Thank you, the brew smell good and has a film of lemon pulp etc on top but no bubbles after 7 days so I decided to feed it and see what happens before doing as you suggest. If the film is just lemon pulp, and not mould, it should be fine!

Hi Mellisa I did as you suggested and and all turned out nicely we just had our first bottle. My only comment is that it lacks a strong ginger flavour that I was hoping for. Can you suggest how to improve the ginger flavour?

Thanks for the update. And I will confess, the first brew is likely the mildest brew you will make.