Re: [NN ]Ginger Beer Plant

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> This is one reason I use kefir grains (kefiili in my case) to start the " bug " .

<snip> When I've tried to start a " bug "

> from scratch, it tends to mold, or get weird bacteria in it.

>

Has anyone ever had or know anyone who had a real traditional " ginger beer

plant " ?

I'm curious to learn anything anyone might know about them.

It sounds like its some kind of scoby.

RE: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=325657

" The ginger beer plant is a symbiotic relationship between a unique

yeast(Saccharomyces pyriformis) and a dependant bacteria

(Brevibacterium vermiforme). I am not looking for a recipe for ginger beer.

Nor am I looking for anything that includes brewer's yeast or wild yeasts.

I want one of these plants that includes this symbiotic relationship. "

thanks, Bruce