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Ginger beer plant
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The traditional culture for real ginger beer: water, sugar, fresh ginger and two days. You get a spicy, sparkling drink that pops when you open the bottle. The plant grows and keeps going.
- Live culture, 20 g
- Spicy ginger beer in about 4 days
- Grows with every batch
- Step-by-step guide and recipes included
Dispatched within 24 to 48 hours on working days
Free delivery from £35
Free delivery from £35
We help until it works
Step-by-step guide included
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What you get
- 20 g of live ginger beer plant grains.
- A well-sealed pouch, made for the post.
- The starter guide with quantities, timings and care.
- Access to our online recipes.
How to start a batch
- 1 litre of water, 60 g of sugar, 2 slices of fresh ginger and 1 dried fig.
- Add the 20 g of grains and cover the jar with a cloth.
- Leave it for 24 to 48 hours, strain, then let it work for 48 hours in a closed bottle.
Storing the grains
Between batches, the grains rest in the fridge in fresh sugar water for one to two weeks. Then a normal batch, and they're working the way you're used to.
Mandatory information
- Name: ginger beer plant, live starter culture for ginger beer
- Ingredients: ginger beer plant grains: live culture of lactic acid bacteria and yeasts, in their culture liquid (water)
- Allergens: no allergens requiring declaration
- Net quantity: 20 g of grains, in culture liquid
- Storage: As for water kefir: keep in the fridge in sugar water, renewing the sugar water every week. Use as soon as possible after delivery.
- Responsible: owner of the Natural Probio brand (full details in the legal notice)
Live culture for making drinks or foods at home.
Delivery and returns
- Free delivery from £35: standard tracked delivery in 3 to 6 working days across the UK, VAT included.
- Dispatched within 24 to 48 hours on working days, packed securely for the journey.
- Standard tracked delivery: £4.90, free from £35, delivered in 3 to 6 working days across the United Kingdom. Express tracked delivery: £14.90, 3 to 5 working days. All prices include VAT. Dispatched within 24 to 48 hours on working days.
- We help until it works: if your culture does not get going despite the guide, we will find a solution together. Returns and conditions.
Why you'll love it
Real ginger beer, with a proper bite
Not a syrup with gas added, but a living drink that makes its own fizz in the bottle. Spicy, fresh and as fiery as you like.
Real ginger
Fresh ginger, a little sugar and water. More ginger for more bite, less for a gentle ginger ale.
A serious fizz
After 48 hours in a closed bottle, you'll hear it pop when you open it. The liveliest of all our cultures.
Ready in two to four days
24 to 48 hours in the jar, then 48 hours in the bottle. Start on a Wednesday and it's ready for the weekend.
Batch after batch
The grains grow and, well looked after, keep going for a long time, just like water kefir. Our cultures come from traditional methods: unique and vigorous.
As simple as this
Your ginger beer in four steps
Set up the jar
1 litre of water, 60 g of sugar, two slices of fresh ginger and a dried fig in a glass jar.
Add the grains
Add the 20 g of grains, rinsed under the tap. Cloth over the top, elastic band round it.
Let it ferment
24 to 48 hours at room temperature. Fine bubbles appear and the water turns cloudy.
Bottle it
Strain, pour into a swing-top bottle and leave it closed for 48 hours. Then into the fridge, and open it carefully.
At a glance
The basic recipe
| Ingredient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Ginger beer plant | 20 g of grains |
| Water | 1 litre |
| Sugar | 60 g |
| Fresh ginger | 2 slices |
| Dried fig | 1 |
| First fermentation | 24 to 48 hours in the jar |
| Second fermentation | 48 hours in a closed bottle |
Unsure whether this or water kefir is the one for you? They're made in much the same way, but ginger beer is spicier and fizzier, while water kefir is fruitier. The full comparison is in ginger beer or water kefir? Plenty of people end up keeping both, and our water kefir grains sit happily on the same worktop.
Ideas
From ginger ale to a Moscow mule
A good squeeze of lemon in the bottle turns it into a fresh lemon ginger ale. With lime, mint and plenty of ice you have an alcohol-free Moscow mule for a summer barbecue, or for a Halloween party when the little ones want something fizzy too.
The ginger beer plant has a long history in British kitchens, and it's a different thing from water kefir, even if the grains look alike. What it actually is, and how to keep it happy, is in what is a ginger beer plant?
Tip: Use thick swing-top bottles made for fizzy drinks and leave two fingers of air at the top. Ginger beer builds up more pressure than water kefir, so in a warm kitchen, check a bottle after 24 hours.
Questions
What people ask us before ordering
What actually is a ginger beer plant?
Not a plant at all, but a live culture of yeasts and lactic acid bacteria that together form small, translucent grains. The old name stuck because the culture grows and can be divided, like a plant.
Is it very different from water kefir?
They're made the same way, but ginger beer is spicier and fizzier, while water kefir is fruitier. Lots of people keep both.
Is there alcohol in it?
Traces, usually under 1%, as with every homemade fermented drink. Keep the second fermentation short and chill the bottle afterwards.
How do I store the grains when I'm not making ginger beer?
In fresh sugar water in the fridge, for one to two weeks. Then a normal batch, and they're back up to speed.
What if it doesn't fizz?
Email us with a photo. Usually the kitchen is too cool or the bottle isn't sealing properly. If the culture is at fault, you'll get a replacement or your money back.
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Know-how
Everything you need to get it right first time
Guide
How to make ginger beer
The basic method with a ginger beer plant, from the first jar to a swing-top bottle that hisses when you open it.
Read the guideGuideWhat is a ginger beer plant?
Neither a plant nor a beer: the grain culture that real ginger beer is brewed with.
Read the guideGuideGinger beer or water kefir?
Two grain cultures, two very different drinks: hot and dry against fruity and mild.
Read the guide