Ginger Beer Plant

Ingedients

Plant
8 sultanas
Juice of 2 lemons
1 tsp of lemon pulp
4 tsp sugar
2 tsp ground ginger
2 cups cold water

Feeding the plant daily for a week
1 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp of sugar

Making the beer
1 kg sugar
5 cups boiling water
Juice of 4 lemons
More water

Method
Make the plant
Combine the first ingredients into a screw top jar, leave for 2 to 5 days depending on weather till it starts to ferment
Then each day feed the plant with 1 tsp ginger and 2 tsp sugar for 1 week.

Make the beer
To make beer Pour 5 cups boiling water on 1kg sugar, stir till dissolved. Add juice of 4 lemons. Strain beer plant into syrup through a piece of muslin. Squeeze the cloth dry so as to extract as much as possible. Add 8.75 cups cold water, pour into clean airtight bottles and seal. Keep it for 3 days before opening.

To keep plant alive, halve residue in muslin, place back into a jar with 2 cups of water and feed as before.