Hi guys, so I'll be honest. While I share a few posts at least every day there's a lot I'm not sharing that I would like to be. It's been awhile since I've updated you all on my ferments and, long story short I'm still fermenting albeit slower.
These shots are of my ginger bugs, I now have two. I'm growing the larger jar to accomodate a gallon sized brew. I've been testing ginger beer recipes and both John and @modprobe have given the stamp of approval on my developing brew.
As my ginger bug grows and develops the smell changes and honestly mellows over time although it gains a certain characteristic alcohol tang to the smell that lets you know things are getting interesting in that jar.
Ginger ale as we know it was originally based off of this recipe, starting first with a ginger bug and ending with the fizzy beverage. The key to the ale is in the bug and the man behind Verner's ginger ale didn't consider his bug ready enough to his tastes until it'd been going for four years. Now that I've had one for a few months, I am starting to see there might be truth to that.
The ginger bug becomes more forgiving over time in terms of feeding. Early in it's life if you forget to feed you're prone to mold and other failures but after awhile it gets to a point where you can (and I do) go several days or even a week without touching it without issues.
I'll start a new batch of ginger beer today with home grown limes from our key lime tree. Stay tuned when I share that with you all.
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