Ginger beer is a type of carbonated alcoholic beverage or soft drink, flavoured primarily with ginger, lemon and sugar. Soft drink is a beverage that does not contain Alcohol. Carbonated soft drinks are commonly known as soda soda pop pop, or Ginger is commonly used as a cooking spice throughout the world The lemon ( Citrus × limon) is a hybrid in cultivated wild plants Sugar is a class of edible Crystalline substances mainly Sucrose, Lactose, and Fructose. It originated in England in the mid 1700s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the early 1900s. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland ^[1] The original recipe requires only ginger, sugar, and water, to which is added a gelatinous substance called "ginger beer plant" (see below). Fermentation over a few days turns the mixture into ginger beer. Lemon may be added.

Instead of using the ginger beer plant, some other form of live culture may be used to produce fermented ginger beer. This is often baker's or brewer's yeast, but can also be a culture of lactic acid bacteria, kefir grains, or tibicos. The Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB comprise a Clade of Gram positive, low- G[[Cytosine C]] acid tolerant non-sporulating non-respiring rod or cocci that are For the Islamic term see Kaffir. Kefir (alternately keefir, kephir, kewra, talai, mudu kekiya Tibicos, also known as tibi water kefir grains sugar kefir grains Japanese water crystals and California Bees are a culture of Bacteria and Yeast held in a Ginger beer is fizzy due to carbon dioxide. The alcohol content when produced by the traditional process can be high, up to 11%,^[1] although it is possible to ferment ginger beer in such a way as to produce little alcohol. Ginger beer may be mixed with beer (usually a British ale of some sort) to make one type of shandy, and with Gosling's Black Seal rum to make a drink, originally from Bermuda, called a Dark 'N' Stormy. Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea Ale is a type of Beer brewed from Malted Barley using a top-fermenting Brewers' yeast. Shandy (also radler or panaché) is Beer flavoured with Lemonade or another Soft drink or Soda water. Gosling's Rum is a brand of Rum, founded in 1806 by James Gosling in Bermuda after leaving his home in London. Rum is a Distilled beverage made from Sugarcane by-products such as Molasses and sugarcane Juice by a process of fermentation Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. A Dark and Stormy (or Dark 'n' Stormy) is an alcoholic Highball style cocktail popular in many British Commonwealth countries such as Australia The soda version of ginger beer is the main ingredient in the Moscow Mule cocktail. A highball is the name for a family of Mixed drinks that are composed of an alcoholic base spirit and a larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer

The beverage produced industrially today is often not brewed (fermented). Such ginger beer is carbonated with pressurized carbon dioxide, does not contain alcohol, and is sold as a soft drink. Carbon dioxide ( Chemical formula:) is a Chemical compound composed of two Oxygen Atoms covalently bonded to a single Ginger beer is similar to ginger ale except that it has a significantly stronger ginger taste, often being described as ginger ale with a kick to it. Ginger ale is a Soft drink flavored with Ginger. History Ginger beer, a strongly flavoured fermented product appeared in the British Its other distictive properties include its traditional cloudy appearance, its predominately citrus sour taste base and its spicy ginger bite.

Contents 1 History 2 Ginger beer plant 3 See also 4 References 5 External Links

History

Ginger beer was first brewed in the 1700s, and the brewed, alcoholic drink became very popular in Britain and North America, with, in 1935, 3000 breweries in Britain, 300 in the U. S. (which had been affected by the Prohibition law), and 1000 in Canada. Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol ^[1] It is often sold as a nonalcoholic soda; an example being the Regatta brand.

It was brought to the Ionian Islands by the British Army in the 19th century, and is still made by older villagers in rural Corfu as a local specialty, along with plum pudding. This article is about the group of islands west of Greece For the ancient region in western Anatolia see Ionia. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. Corfu (Κέρκυρα Kérkyra, ˈkʲe̞ɾkʲiɾa Κέρκυρα or Κόρκυρα Corcyra Corfù is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea Christmas pudding is the dessert traditionally served on Christmas day although still available and popular throughout the year in Britain

Ginger beer plant

Ginger beer plant (GBP) is a fungus (typically occurring in the presence of bacterial symbionts), which must contain the yeast Saccharomyces florentinus (formerly Saccharomyces pyriformis) and the bacterium Lactobacillus hilgardii (formerly Brevibacterium vermiforme). This article is about the biological phenomenon for other uses see Symbiosis (disambiguation The term symbiosis (from the Greek Yeasts are a growth form of eukaryotic Microorganisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with about 1500 Species currently described Saccharomyces is a Genus in the kingdom of fungi that includes many species of Yeast. The Bacteria ( singular: bacterium) are a large group of unicellular Microorganisms Typically a few Micrometres in length bacteria have Lactobacillus is a Genus of Gram-positive Facultative anaerobic or Microaerophilic Bacteria. ^[2][3][4] It forms a gelatinous substance that allows it to be easily transferred from one fermenting substrate to the next, much like kefir grains and tibicos. For the Islamic term see Kaffir. Kefir (alternately keefir, kephir, kewra, talai, mudu kekiya Tibicos, also known as tibi water kefir grains sugar kefir grains Japanese water crystals and California Bees are a culture of Bacteria and Yeast held in a ^[5]

The GBP was first described by Harry Marshall Ward in 1892, from samples he received in 1887. Harry Marshall Ward ( March 21, 1854 – 26 August, 1906) was a British Botanist. ^[4][6][7] Original ginger beer is made by leaving water, sugar, ginger, and GBP to ferment.

Some modern sources and yeast-based recipes speak of GBP, but it is just a simple yeast culture rather than the original. The original may be found from several commercial sources or from yeast banks. ^[8][9] There is also an active Yahoo discussion group^[3] dedicated to "the real traditional Ginger Beer Plant" and members of that group may share excess plant material.

See also

• Ginger ale
• Root beer
• Caribbean cuisine
• Ginger wine
• Canton (liqueur)

References

External Links

• Of the Street Sale of Ginger-Beer, Sherbet, Lemonade,&C., from London Labour and the London Poor, Volume 1, Henry Mayhew, 1851; subsequent pages cover the costs and income of street ginger beer sellers. Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 - 25th July 1887 was an English social Researcher, Journalist, Playwright and advocate of

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