Scrumpy With Your Ginger Beer Plant.

What you will need.

1. 1 x Jar capable of holding more than 2 Litres
2. An elastic band or string
3. Some kitchen paper and/or muslin
4. A fine stainless steel or plastic sieve
5. A 2 litre fizzy drink bottle. The simplest is an empty PET cola bottle or a flip top beer bottle.
6. Plastic funnel

Ingredients.

1. 50 - 200g of GBP (how much isn't vital)
2. 100 - 200g of sugar
3. 2 litres of cloudy apple juice
4. 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar (tartaric acid)
5. 1/2 a teaspoon of citric acid or the juice of at least half a lemon depending on acidity of the apple juice.

Method

Make sure your jar has been washed in hot soapy water and rinsed clean. Prepare and measure out all ingredients ready to go.

This has to be the easiest recipe on the site.

Take the apple juice and add the GBP. You could leave it just like this until the juice is ready, or add the other ingredients. How much of each really depends on the acidity and sugar content of the juice. You could use part juice, part sugared, acidified water, the choice is yours.

Now cover the jar with the kitchen paper and secure with the elastic band or string.

Allow the juice to ferment for a few days until it tastes the way you want it then bottle as for the ginger beer recipe.

You can use any juice but pineapple you like, Have fun experimenting with different flavours but take care that the juice you use doesn't contain preservatives.