Comments on Towards Sustainability: Homemade Ginger Beer - NaBloPoMo #7

Have you made this with fresh ginger instead of th...

2010-08-15T04:53:15.808+10:00

Have you made this with fresh ginger instead of the dried? It would have much more of the "lemony" taste of fresh ginger, I would think.

I hate to throw away perfectly good stuff and that...

2010-06-05T10:06:31.264+10:00

I hate to throw away perfectly good stuff and that includes my divided ginger beer plant. However, I've found out that it makes excellent Ginger Beer Bread. My spare ginger beer plant experiments continue. :)

Catherine (who loves homemade ginger beer)

I vaguely remebember my first few batches didn't d...

2008-07-08T15:14:00.000+10:00

I vaguely remebember my first few batches didn't do much either I think, until I got a nice population of wild yeasts growing in my plant. The colder temps in winter might also mean it takes longer to ferment; one batch of mine did nothing for about 10 days recently when it was cold and raining for almost 2 weeks straight! Just leave it out at room temperature for longer and see what happens.

Cheers, Julie

Do you find many problems with the fermentation pr...

2008-07-08T12:06:00.000+10:00

Do you find many problems with the fermentation process in winter? My first batch didn't do a lot at all however I did continue all the way through and it still tasted nice, just no bubbles.