Old fashioned beastie beer..

[Tam 2000]

Has anyone heard of beastie beer in Caithness,if so what were the beasties?

[maggie]

Can't help with the beasties, but this was put on the forum years ago.

http://forum.caithness.org/showthrea...t=Beastie+beer

[Tam 2000]

Thank you Maggie but the beastie beer we had as young children we did not boil or cook. It was a kind of yeast fungus that grew in a tall sweetie jar covered with water,sugar & treacle and the liquid was lovely to drink, when one replenished the liquid you could see the gas bubbles rising up.

[maggie]

The bubbles were likely the "beasties" then!
Reminds me of good old "sugarolly water" made with hard liquorice and water in a lemonade bottle. No good unless it was left in a wardrobe or under the bed for a couple of days!!

[GSD]

Yours sounds like a variation on the ginger beer plant.