rtt121

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Anyone near South Jersey willing to part with a little of their GBP?

saramc

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Don't know how familiar you are with Ginger Beer Plant(DSMZ Strain 2472)
, but don't fall for a "plant" made of traditonal yeast and ginger! Check out www.gingerbeerplant.net or www.yemoos.com. I have read many, many articles about the GBP from gingerbeerplant.net and that is has been authenticated. Best of luck to you. I may have to check into getting GBP for myself!!!

rtt121

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Thanks, I did some research. I did realize that anything that says yeast is not what I want. I saw some of your posts on an instructable I found yesterday.

I ended up ordering GBP from this site in london. http://www.retro-culture.com/ I saw someone on HBT who ordered from them and was happy. A bit pricey but I figure someone will want some along the line.

saramc

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If that person from instructable ever responds I will let you know. Keep me posted with your retro culture as we discussed. I do know that the tibocos or water kefir grains will multiple even with the first fermentation and the GBP grains are very very slow growing. So that may be a good indicator. I will know when I see them. Thanks again!!

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eljefe

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OK, this has me intrigued and I am too tired to research. What is a Giner Beer Plant? What does one do with it?

Thanks

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A true GBP is added to certain ingredients like water, sugar, ginger, etc and allowed to ferment, then bottled. A sweet, spicy, fizzy bottle of goodness. The use of GBP is similar to that of kefir grains or kombucha mother. You can research and you will find many, many GBP recipes/products that mention adding yeast--those are not real ginger beer plants. As the "plant" is used over and over it will reproduce (like kefir/kombucha), as it is a living organism, and you can give part of it away to your friends, and they too can make their own ginger beer. Depending on how long you allow it to ferment, you will have an ABV. True plants are hard to find & I have spoken with Jim at www.gingerbeerplant.net, and his is the real deal. You can visit his website (in UK) to order his plant, he will appreciate your interest. **not affiliated in any way with any GBP vendor**

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rtt121

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That is a cardinal sin on this website!

It seems you are the most knowledgable about this subject saramc. Thanks for all the input. WELCOME TO HOMEBREWTALK

eljefe

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I know this is taboo and usually I try to research my question before posting, but in reading this thread it seemed that a) there was a lot of misinformation out there and b) you knew what you were talking about. That and I had a very long week at work, so I opted for the less desirable approach.

This sounds pretty cool though so I appreciate the information.

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rtt121

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I was just breakin your balls! I would have asked too.

I am new to it as well.. found out about it a month or so ago and decided to try to hunt some GBP down. I ordered some.. I will let you know results.

JRems

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If it works post back here. I would be interested too. I'm in ny. If your plant ever gets big enough I would be interested in a peice to grow.