I’ve had an awful lot of search requests for the selsey herb and spice co – I assume specifically relating to their ginger beer product.
It is my opinion that it is unlikely to be a true ginger beer plant as it seems to be a product offered by a supplier to other businesses as a traditional ye old English product. Since it’s not a great idea to leave a ginger beer plant wrapped up in plastic or unrefrigerated, it’s likely to be just plain old yeast.
There’s nothing wrong with all these yeast recipes, just be aware that it’s not a true ginger beer plant. A real ginger beer plant gives a much more complex flavour, but the yeast varieties tend to be sharper (a bit like the commercial varieties you can get in store)
David said
I saw the Selsley GBP plant advert, and thought the same thing you did! I saw a company
called Retro Culture on the net do you think this is the real thing? If not where
will I get a real GBP from do you know?
Dave Wallace.
tim.neobard said
I’ve heard that retro culture do have real GBP, but I’ve not bought from them. I used gingerbeerplant.net after chatting to some people on the yahoo ginger beer plant newsgroup!