Our Genuine Ginger Beer Plant
Genuine ginger beer plant (GBP) is a rare culture of antiquity. Centuries
ago it was popular among the British Isles in making a carbonated alcohol
beverage with ginger for flavor. The culture is not really a plant, but a group
of tiny grains, like semi-transparent rice granules. This 'plant' was used to
ferment this sugar-water-ginger solution until popularity died out and ease
of using conveniently dried baker's and brewer's yeast replaced it. These
substitutes produce a gingery beer, but are not the same, just as bread and
sourdough bread are not the same. The symbiotic qualities of bacteria and
yeast of GBP, as with all of our cultures, make for a unique live and
self-propagating culture that produces a truly rich flavor.

Most genuine ginger beer plant today has its origins from the German
Culture Bank (including ours), one of the few places that preserved this
symbiotic culture before it became completely extinct. Be cautious in
Live, active and ready to produce ginger beer upon arrival.
Available for International shipping as well
For U.S. purchases we ship priority every Monday and Tuesday to ensure timely arrival
and to avoid any delay over the weekend.
$20.00
Please contact us if you need a Printable Mail Order form (if you prefer to pay with a cashiers check, money
order, personal check or cash).
In our Recommended Ginger Beer Plant Products Page you will also
find our personal recommendations for other equipment, ingredients,
flavorings, and literature.
Join us for Live Chat each
Tues. 9pm EST!
Coming Soon!
In the meantime, check out our water
kefir recommendations for similar ideas.
We are so excited to add this to our collection of cultures. Our passion is to sustain and share these truly
remarkable and oft unknown live cultures such as GBP- passing them along to others who also have a passion and
appreciation for keeping such gems from nature alive for each generation and enjoying their many benefits.

We enjoy drinking this ourselves as a treat (has a bit of a kick to it, like a mix of kombucha and water kefir), and are
very meticulous in making sure we nurture, feed and gently handle our GBP to promote a vibrant and healthy
culture.  It comes from our clean, smoke-free home and never comes in contact with any harmful metal or
chemicals of any sort.
Ginger Beer vs Water Kefir

Both are symbiotic colonies of bacteria and yeast and perform similar
functions of fermenting sugary-water, but that is about where the similarities
end. Just like milk kefir and kombucha are cultures of the same principle yet
totally different, the same can be said for ginger beer and water kefir.

Their shape, translucency, diet preferences, fermenting time and even mineral
preferences differ. The resulting taste is also notably different. Ginger beer
having a more sour bite - some even feel it's like a mix of a tart kombucha and
sweet water kefir. The grains never get nearly as large as water kefir's greatest
size, and do not form the same angular, clear grain - instead they are like a
murky brown puffed rice. They can range in size from tiny little tapioca globs,
to extra big pea-size blobs. GBP also grows much more slowly. It's easy to strain
water kefir in a colander, but you might lose your ginger beer doing the same!
Sometimes, you may even get a kombucha-like scoby on the top at the end of
a ginger beer ferment (depending on time, ingredients and temperature)!

Try them both, and see for yourself! :)
buying GBP on the web, as many sources are simply sustained cultures developed from dried yeast or water kefir
hybrids and are not the 'plant'.
Copyright © 2010 Yemoos Nourishing Cultures. All rights reserved.
4-piece plastic strainer set in your choice of blue, yellow, or red. Suitable for all of
our cultures. Dishwasher safe. Diameters largest to smallest: 5 5/8 inch, 4 3/8 inch, 3
1/4 inch, 2 1/2 inch.
$6.50
3 x 5. Unbleached and chemical-free. Great re-usable bags for water kefir grains or
dried fruit.
$2.00
HIgh quality stainless steel, polypropylene and silicone strainer lids and screens.
Various sizes for wide and regular mouth jars. Suitable for all of our cultures.
Convenient, interchangeable and dishwasher safe.
$2.99-$12.99
Strong elastic band makes this unbleached muslin cloth cover perfect (and
re-usable!) for all your room temp ferments! Designed to fit many size jars snugly.
$4.99
Exquisite handmade bamboo and coconut strainer. Avoid metal and plastic
altogether! Approx. 12" total length and 5" strainer diameter.
$14.99
Strong and durable strainer, especially well suited for milk kefir (heavy, slow straining
ferment). 6" Diam. w/ a nice deep pocket to hold many cups at once.
$6.00
Glass bottle with swing top cap for air-tight sealing of your cultured concoctions.
Helps increase carbonation. This holds 16 oz (about 2.125 cups).
$5.99
10 count pack of rubber gaskets to put new life into your well-loved swing top bottles!
$2.99
A multi-use detachable cloth strainer for straining, infusing, cheese-making, flavoring,
etc. Washable, reusable and culture friendly. 6" strainer diameter.
$17.50
64 ounce (half gallon), 32 ounce (quart), and 16 ounce (pint) with lids
and 6" plastic strainer. Suitable for all of our cultures. Reusable Cloth Lid.
$19.00
Ginger Beer Plant
Traditional Live Culture
Ginger Beer Plant Supplies
Hand-selected to be safe and compatible with all of our cultures.  All items are dishwasher-safe.