Ginger Beer Plant Starter Culture

Simple and easy to make. Ginger , sugar and Lemon are the main ingredients, although a great many healing herbs may also be added for both flavor and medicinal affect. 

NOTE: the 6 and the 8 Piece Sets are temporally not available.  

 Basic Ginger Beer Recipe

Equal amounts of Ginger Beer Plants and Sugar

1 tablespoon of  Ginger beer Plant 

1 tablespoon of sugar (or combination of barley malt syrup, honey, etc. Anything that ferments)

12-16 fluid ounces of Water (per tablespoon of sugar and GIngerBeer Plants)

1/4 teaspoon of unsulfured molasses.

 Ginger: about tablespoon. Adjust per taste and flavor 

Slice of Lemon. Adjust per taste and flavor  (we add last prior to serving) 

Basic Ginger Beer Plant

1+  Tablespoon  of Fresh Ginger Beer plants. Never Frozen, never dehydrated.

our 4 Piece Ginger Beer Simple Start Kit

1+  Tablespoon  of Fresh Ginger Beer plants. Never Frozen, never dehydrated.

16 ounce Glass Mason jar with Handle

Small mouth Mason Jar White Plastic Cap

Stainless Steel 2 inch Tea Ball

Ginger Beer Simple Start Guide 

Our 6 Piece Ginger Beer Deluxe Kit order contains;

2+ Tablespoon Fresh Ginger Beer plants. Never Frozen, never dehydrated.

32 oz. Glass Wide Mouth Mason Jar

Mason Jar metal Ring

Wide Mouth Stainless Steel Strainer

Wide Mouth Silicon Waterless Airlock

Stainless Steel Filter

Ginger Beer Simple Start Guide 

Our 8 Piece Water Crystal Super DELUXE order contains;

3+ Tablespoon Fresh Ginger Beer plants. Never Frozen, never dehydrated.

32 oz. Glass Wide Mouth Mason Jar

Mason Jar metal Ring

Wide Mouth Stainless Steel Strainer

Wide Mouth Silicon Waterless Airlock

Stainless Steel Filter

2- 12 oz. Glass Flip Top Bottles

Ginger Beer Simple Start Guide 

Simply add our Ginger Beer Starter Plant with some ginger, lemon and sugar. Cover with a cloth and let stand for a few days and voila.  Save a cup to start another batch, stores well in the fridge until you're ready to start again.  Read more in our Online Library. 

Can ferment in any (preferable) glass jar with a tight fitting lid. 

Unlike the common Ginger Beer "Bug" which is simply yeast, or Water Crystals, grown in ginger and sugar, our "Plant" actually forms a structure similar to Kombucha , Jun or MOV (mother of vinegar).  Our Ginger Beer Plant is a Lactobacillus (bacteria) ferment as opposed to a yeast ferment or Acetobacter (bacteria ferment like Kombucha or MOV). A big difference between yeast and bacteria ferment is that yeast produces carbonation and lots of alcohol (5-6%). Bacteria ferments produce carbonation, very low alcohol (<2%) and beneficial healthy acids with known health benefits.   

How much alcohol will a Ginger Beer Bug (yeast) produced will be as high as 5-6%. As much as BEER. The potential alcohol content can be measured quite accurately with a Brix or Hydrometer.  Our Ginger Beer Plant's bacterial ferment has a clear health advantage to 

Save and store in the refrigerator for months.  Even old flat Ginger Beer can be revived to a nicely carbonated richly rewarding elixir that the whole family can enjoy - with the UKeg64. 

Most folks know ginger as a spice and food enhancer. Yet Ginger has been used as medicine a lot longer - and still one of the most widely used herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine. 

Use a slice in warm water for morning sickness or stomach aches or  food poisoning.  

Lemon very tasty and appealing and a great source of multivitamins and minerals.  

Fresh Ginger    In TCM Restores Yang: Most any Cold Condition and poor digestion. Promotes sweating to help the body throw off cold and flu bugs out of the body. 

Dried Ginger    Is hotter. Used more in stubborn chronic cold conditions

Can combine with Fresh and dried Ginger and add other medicinal herbs and spices. Ginger, Green Onion and Honey is great for colds, flu's, and a daily tonic.