Making Ginger Beer

Aim: I want to find out how to make Ginger Beer.



Method:

I need:

fresh ginger
sugar 
1/4 lemons juice per 2 litres water
yeast
water

The recipe i got this from was https://youtu.be/rSBb7bCCbNY 

Steps:

1. Wash your hands 
2. Wash the lemons 
3. squeeze the lemons in a 1/2 a cup then pour it in the plastic container
4. Grate 2 table spoons of ginger 
5. add 1/2 a cup of sugar 
6. Then add 1/4 of yeast 
7. Fill Your bottle up with room temperature or cold water but leave some space from the top so there is space for the yeast to grow
8. Shake well then once you have done that place it in a sunny area

Results:

this is my friends bottle because my bottle is not clear.











It smells like ginger beer and it smells nice

At first it tasted gross but then it tasted just like ginger beer it tasted really nice.

Discussion

What is yeast?  A microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

What did the yeast do in the Ginger Beer? The yeast grew from the sugar.

What are some other good uses of Yeast?

 Making bread 

What are some other bad uses of Yeast?

Having the yeast on you can cause infections 

What are some interesting questions that I would like to find 

out about this experiment?