Ginger Beer

 Ginger Beer

Today we made ginger beer in class. We did this by activating the yeast first by adding sugar to the yeast, putting some ginger and warm water in a cup together. Once we had done this we put it to the side and left it to ferment while we had the rest of the ginger beer. We made the ginger beer in an ice cream container by adding first the sugar, then we put it in a bottle. It is going to take around 6 days to turn it into ginger beer. Mr Palmer is going to keep it in his office for the next week. 

Yeast

 What is Yeast?

1 Yeast is Fungi living all around us.

2 Yeast has been around for thousands of years.

3 Man made yeast in a bottle. 

4 Over 1 thousand kinds of yeast. 

Making Ginger beer

Equipment

1 Spoons 

2 Kettle 

3 Bowl

4 Beaker 

5 Cloth Sieve 

6 Funnel 

7 Plastic bottle with cap

Materials 

Group of 3

50ml warm water 

1/2 tsp active dried yeast 

1/2 tsp sugar 

Ginger beer for litre 

3/4 cup sugar 

1/2 tsp cream of tartar 

1L cold water 

Juice of 1/2 lemon 

1 tsp ginger beer bug.

Method 

1 in a large bowl, put the sugar and cream of tartar, Then add the warm water.

2 Stir to dissolve the sugar before adding the cold water.

3 Add the ginger beer bug to the large bowl of cold water. 

4 Stir well and then pour into your clean bottle.

5 Label your bottle with your groups names.

6 Place all the bottles in the class containers.

7 Store in a cool, dark place for one week before drinking.

8 Make sure you open the bottle in the kitchen sink as it might overflow. Open the cap bit by bit to allow the air to escape.

 1 What is Fermentation? The chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.

 2 What effect does sugar have on yeast.  Carbon dioxide. 

 3 What are 3 foods that have yeast. Bread,Muffins and Beer.