So it's been a while since a Ginger Bug Update.

I was ready to give up after a restart last Sunday. I had been following directions when I thought I might get second opinions and learned that many of them start off too sweet. It turns out that a supersaturated sugar solution can be a preservative against what you're trying to get started with the naturally occurring bacteria.

If you're tuning in later, In previous episodes of this adventure I've been trying to cultivate a ginger bug to do some in bottle fermentation of naturally sugary things like fruit juices.

So, I followed some advice to skip a day or two with the sugar and just add the ginger and this past Friday I was rewarded with the wee beasties launching into it and producing a cascade of tiny bubbles of CO2 as they started to work through the carbs in the solution.

Hope to bottle again by Wednesday and have more by the weekend to report.

N2QFD{Queen City BBS}:// "Does this need to be said? Does this need to be said by me? Does this need to be said by me right now?" - Craig Ferguson

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