How to Find Mold on a Ginger Beer Plant

Ginger beer plant is not really a plant at all, but an alcoholic drink made from sugar, ginger root and water. The three ingredients are placed in a jar and sugar is added often. Then the liquid is poured out, bottled and allowed to ferment for at least a week before consuming. Ginger beer plant is not as popular as it once was, but if you have a ginger beer plant or are planning to make some, you must make sure there is no mold growing before you continue with the fermenting process, bottle it for consumption or drink it.

Instructions

1. Wait for the mixture to start bubbling in the early stages of making the ginger beer plant, usually after about six days. The water will also start to look cloudy.

2. Look on top of the liquid. There is where the mold would be growing.

3. Scoop away any mold that you find. If the mold grows back, throw it all out and start again.

4. Observe the top of the ginger beer plant even after it's bottled. If the bottle was not air tight for some reason, the top is where the moldy film will grow. If there is mold, throw the whole drink out.

References

• Home Grown: Lacto-fermented Soda Skillshare
• Plant Cultures: Ginger---Ginger Beer Plant
• Chow: Ginger Beer Recipe