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-------TO GET BUG WORKING-------.
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Mix the yeast, ground ginger, 2 tspns of sugar and lukewarm water together in a large glass jar.
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Cover with a cloth (the sort of material that you would use to strain jelly through as the bug needs to breathe).
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Let stand for 24 hours.
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After this feed the bug every day for 10 days with 1 tspn of ground ginger and 1 tspn of sugar.
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---------TO MAKE THE BEER----------.
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Put 1 litre of the water and the sugar in a saucpan.
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Heat gently while stirring until the sugar dissolves.
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Take off the heat and add the rest of the water and the lemon juice.
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Without disturbing the sediment, strain the ginger beer bug liquid through 2 layers of scalded muslin.
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Add this liquid to the sugared water.
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Pour the mixture into clean bottles, cap tightly and leave to stand for 2 days, or until it starts to fizz.
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After this, it must be kept in a cool place or the fridge to prevent the tops blowing.
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I use a sterilizing powder obtained from home brew shops to sterilize my bottles.
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After making the beer divide the sediment in the jar into two.
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You now have 2 bugs to feed and can double the beer recipe.
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As you double the bugs each time you increase the number of bottles you can produce.
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After all available surfaces are covered with bug jars and you are swamped with beer you can give the extra bugs away to get others on the treadmill.
