START A GINGER BEER PLANT by placing 50g of fresh bakers yeast in a jar with about 300ml of water, 2 teaspoons of ground ginger and 2 teaspoons of sugar
FEED THE PLANT each day for the next 7 days by adding one teaspoon of ground ginger and 1 teaspoon of sugar.
MAKE THE GINGER BEER by straining the mixture through fine muslin (keeping the sediment) and reserving the liquid. Dissolve 450g of sugar in 600ml of boiling water. when cool add the juice of 2 lemons and the reserved liquid then make up the volume to 4½L. Bottle in P.E.T (coke or similar) bottles as you can keep an eye on the pressure forming and if it gets to great you can release some as required (slowly).
RESTART THE PLANT by dividing the sediment into 2 parts and placing each half into a jar with 300ml of water. You now have 2 plants to feed as above. If one plant is enough you can either give one away or throw it away.
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