Hallo!
Schon mal jemand was von Ginger Beer Plant gehört, oder gar
schon mal damit experimentiert? Sachdienliche Hinweise werden
gerne entgegengenommen.
Um´s kurz zusammenzufassen:
Es soll sich um eine Art "Mikroorganismensyndikat" handeln, das
klassischerweise eine Wasser-Ingwer-Zucker-Zitrone-Mischung zu
DEM Ginger Beer fermentiert (mit allem was dazugehört, Alkohol,
Geschmack und so böses Zeug). Über Jahunderte hinweg in britischen
Haushalten zuhause, und von Hand zu Hand weitergereicht, fiel es
jedoch irgendwann dem modernen Konsumapparat zum Opfer, geriet in
Vergessenheit, und die Konsumenten durften sich fortan an 100%ig
unnatürlichem, garantiert unfermentiertem und alkoholfreiem
Gingerirgendwas laben. Cheers!
Glücklicherweise konnte ein gewisser Harry Marshall Ward noch
die beiden Hauptverdächtigen der "Biersauerteigmafia" identifizieren:
Saccharomyces florentinus und Lactobacillus hilgardii
Hier noch ein altes Fahndungsfoto und eine Täterbeschreibung:
About Ginger Beer Plant
Overview
Perhaps it's best to start by explaining what real ginger
beer is not! Cans of ginger beer in shops are not real
ginger beer. These are made fizzy by adding carbon dioxide,
do not contain only pure, natural ingredients and there is
no alcohol content. Some manufacturers sell 'botanical'
ginger beer, or 'starter kits' for ginger beer. These are
yeast-based products. If a description mentions adding yeast,
then you're not looking at real ginger beer plant, but a
simulacrum. This is because you can't make a genuine ginger
beer plant - it is a live culture that has to be passed on
from person to person.
Ginger beer plant is an organism which, when treated correctly,
will help provide you with a lifetime's supply of real,
old-fashioned ginger beer. Below we explain a little about the
origins of the plant and describe the basic care.
Origins
Around in the UK from at least the 1700's, and passed from
person to person, the ginger beer plant's origins were shrouded
in mystery. To some extend they still are, but now at least we
know what real ginger beer plant is. We have Harry Marshall Ward
(a man with a singularly impressive moustache) to thank for
solving some of the mysteries of the ginger beer plant. It took
him many years, but he was able to determine that the plant is a
"composite organism consisting of a fungus, the yeast Saccharomyces
florentinus (formerly Saccharomyces pyriformis) and the bacterium
Lactobacillus hilgardii (formerly Brevibacterium vermiforme)".
It forms a gelatinous cluster which moves about within its jar
rather like lava in a lava lamp! You can visit the gallery to see
what the ginger beer plant looks like.
If we look back just one or two generations, most households had a
ginger beer plant on their kitchen windowsill. Ask your older
relatives and you'll often hear that spark of recognition as they
remember that their great aunt always had a jar filled with a glorious
golden liquid which would be tapped and drunk by the eager kids. As
shop-bought fizzy pop increased in popularity, people forgot about the
ginger beer plant and instead drank sugary chemical concoctions from
multi-national corporations. Thankfully people are now realising that
the old ways had merit and are thinking about brewing their own real
ginger beer.
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