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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

imagine its interestig and fun

I always make gingerbeer the other way.

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

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

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

pskipper wrote:
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....

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!

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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?