On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 16:34:25 David wrote:

On Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:46:03 +0000, David Rance wrote:

On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 17:40:46 Vir Campestris wrote:

On 28/12/2019 10:32, Jenny M Benson wrote:
Nearly apoplectic, Grannie uttered the oft-remembered and shocking
line "Frank!* Get that ... BLOODY thing out of here!"* It was the only
time I ever heard Grannie swear.

I tried making some ginger beer when I was young. (Not alcoholic enough
to be dangerous) First batch was good. Second was a bit iffy. Third
batch - well, I unscrewed the top in the kitchen, one of those old screw
into the bottle type I haven't seen in years.

As I broke the seal a jet of foam left the bottle and hit the kitchen
cupboards several feet away. I don't recall it being a parabola either -
just flat...

I think a lot of us have done that. In my case, it hit the ceiling and
did a very good imitation of sweet, sticky rain.

My mum wasn't pleased

My daughter wasn't pleased but, bless her, although she was just
leaving, she stopped to clean everything up.

David

There is a skill associated with opening screw top bottles holding home
made ginger beer.
It can take several minutes of gently easing the screw top just a little
undone and then tightening it again before the foam rushes out.
With a lot of practice you can even get the ginger beer out without
stirring up the sediment too much.

Oh certainly and I am an expert at that (definition of an expert: x is
an unknown quantity and spurt is a drip under pressure). However this
was just a starter which I'd left a bit long and therefore I wasn't
expecting it to be fizzy. I just didn't have my mind on it.

My French neighbour gave me a tip for preventing bottled (home-made)
cider from fizzing all over the place when the bottle is opened. Fill it
right to the top so as to exclude any air. It works!

The problem with that ginger beer starter was that the bottle was less
than half full!

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK