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(Redirected from Ginger beer plant) Ginger beer is a carbonated drink, that is flavored primarily with ginger and sweetened with sugar or artificial sweeteners.
Contents
1 History 2 Production 2.1 Brewed 2.2 Ginger beer plant 2.3 Alcoholic Ginger Beer 3 Mixed drinks 4 See also 5 References 6 External links
A bottle of Bundaberg "non fiery" ginger beer.
History
Brewed ginger beer originated in England in the mid-18th century[1] and became popular in Britain, the United States, and Canada, reaching a peak of popularity in the early 20th century.[2] Brewed ginger beer was brought to the Ionian Islands by the British Army in the 19th century, and is still made as a local specialty known as "tsitsibra" () by villagers in rural Corfu.[3] Today ginger beer is almost always produced as a soft drink. Ginger beer and ginger ale as soft drinks have been moderately popular in many parts of the world since they were introduced.
Production
Brewed
The original recipe requires only ginger, sugar, water, lemon juice and a fungal-bacteria symbiote[4] known as a ginger beer plant. Fermentation over a few days turns the mixture into ginger beer. Forms of live culture other than the ginger beer plant can produce a fermented ginger beer. Cultures used include brewers or baker's yeast, lactic acid bacteria, kefir grains, and tibicos. Brewing ginger beer generates carbon dioxide as in beer. The alcohol content, when produced by the traditional process can be high, up to 11%,[2] although ginger beer is usually brewed with much less alcohol. Brewed ginger beer often includes other flavorings, prominently lemon or lime juice. These juices are not merely ornamental, however, as they establish an acidic pH balance for the solution; this helps in both protecting the ginger beer from other cultures, as well as facilitating sugar inversion to increase the availability of the more readily metabolised fructose and glucose. Other, more strictly flavoring-specific, elements have often included: citrus zests; cayenne pepper and other hot spices; and admixtures from other
Mixed drinks
The ginger beer soft drink may be mixed with beer (usually a British ale of some sort) to make one type of shandy, or with dark rum to make a drink, originally from Bermuda, called a Dark 'N' Stormy. It is the main ingredient in the Moscow Mule cocktail (although in some cases ginger ale is used as an alternative, where ginger beer is not available).
See also
Ginger ale Root beer Sockerdricka Caribbean cuisine Ginger wine Canton (liqueur) Moscow Mule Donoghue v. Stevenson, legal case involving ginger beer
References
1. ^ Thomas Sprat (1702) A history of the Royal Society of London, page 196 "of Brewing Beer with Ginger instead of Hops" 2. ^ a b Donald Yates (Spring 2003). "Root Beer and Ginger Beer heritage" (http://www.fohbc.com/BandE_Article4.html) . http://www.fohbc.com/BandE_Article4.html. Retrieved 2006-
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External links
Of the Street Sale of Ginger-Beer, Sherbet, Lemonade,&C. (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgibin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2000.01.0026&query=head%3D%23160) , from London Labour and the London Poor, Volume 1, Henry Mayhew, 1851; subsequent pages cover the costs and income of street ginger beer sellers. http://www.scienceinschool.org/repository/docs/issue8_gingerbeer.pdf (http://docs.google.com/viewer? url=http://www.scienceinschool.org/repository/docs/issue8_gingerbeer.pdf) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Ginger_beer&oldid=529189902#Ginger_beer_plant" Categories: Fermented beverages Ginger ale Soft drinks Jamaican cuisine
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