Organic Ginger Beer Plant (GBP)

£16.00

The organic ginger beer plant produces a fizzy ginger beer with a great depth of flavour. Packed full of beneficial bacteria, it will often contain a modest amount of alcohol from the fermentation process.

**PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT WILL ARRIVE WITH A PIN PRICK HOLE IN THE BAG TO RELEASE GAS DURING TRANSIT – THIS MAY RESULT IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIQUID LEAKING FROM THE GRAIN BAG**

Organic Ginger Beer Plant

The organic ginger beer plant produces a fizzy ginger beer with a great depth of flavour. Packed full of beneficial bacteria, it will often contain a modest amount of alcohol from the fermentation process. 

Organic ginger beer plant dates back to around the 1700’s and is not a plant at all. Instead, it is a living culture. This culture forms a gelatinous cluster which moves about within its jar naturally, and used correctly can allow you to make a lifetime’s supply of authentic, naturally fizzy alcoholic Ginger Beer that used to be commonplace in most UK households.

The ginger beer plant is made up of two organisms, the yeast Saccharomyces florentinus (Saccharomyces pyriformis) and the bacterium Lactobacillus hilgardii (Brevibacterium vermiforme). Ginger beer plant at first looks very similar to water kefir. However, it produces much more alcohol and carbon dioxide than water kefir can, resulting in a much more “beer-like” beverage. At first, it can be difficult to spot the difference between ginger beer plant and water kefir cultures. Ginger beer plant grains never quite get as big as water kefir grains and have a slightly more opaque look to them. The grains look more like a sandy sludge. The culture also grows much slower than water kefir does. Sadly you still find many people selling water kefir as ginger beer plant online. Here at Freshly Fermented we’re happy to sell authentic organic ginger beer plant to our customers.

How is GBP different from Ginger Bug?

Organic ginger beer plant is like Water Kefir in that it is a gelatinous symbiotic colony of microorganisms, in this case a SCOBY of Lactobacillus and Saccharomyces. However, they are different sub species to the ones found in ginger bug and are similar to those found in actual beer production. The main difference is in taste between the two ginger beers produced. GBP has a more tart flavour to it when compared to ginger bug, which produces a much sweeter tasting traditional ginger beer.

Organic ginger beer plant is more of a treat for us rather than something we consume daily. You can expect a batch to range from 2% – 5% alcohol content with some residual sugars left over too. We recommend it be drunk only by adults and if you’re sensitive to alcohol or need to abstain from it altogether, then we don’t recommend drinking it at all. So please be mindful of it. However, if you love ginger beer and want to try your hand at making your alcoholic version easily at home, we think your love our organic ginger beer plant culture as much as we do.

**PLEASE NOTE THIS PRODUCT WILL ARRIVE WITH A PIN PRICK HOLE IN THE BAG TO RELEASE GAS DURING TRANSIT – THIS MAY RESULT IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIQUID LEAKING FROM THE GRAIN BAG**

Weight 101 g
Shelf Life

30 days.

Storage

Keep at room temperature and activate according to date on packaging.

Allergens

None

2 Questions about Organic Ginger Beer Plant (GBP)

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  1. Steve Tarbet says:

    Can this be sent to the US?

    1. Lisa Hillyer says:

      Hi Steve, we can ship to the USA yes. You can place the order on the website and it should give options for International shipping. Let me know if you have any problems with placing the order. Thanks Lisa

  2. Rebecca Robinson says:

    Hi Does this product include instructions for how to make ginger beer? Is this just the GBP or a kit? What other ingredients would I need to purchase? Thanks in advance, Rebecca

    1. Freshly Fermented says:

      Hi this is just the culture, but full instructions can be found on our website 🙂

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Sweet sugary flat mess

Think twice before you buy.

Followed the instructions to the letter, sterilised all equipment but nothing - not even a single bubble.
Feel totally ripped off. Stars for packaging and speed of delivery
Stars removed for product.

Read the reviews of poor after sales services so just put it down to being ripped off.
I may have well just poured my money down the drain.

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