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I think the strength could vary a bit. Remember my grandfather telling a story about when he was in his teens or so and the auld eens had one, it was past use for humans so somebody just poured it away outside. The handful of ducks they had at the time came running, thinking they were being fed, and drank as much of it as they could salvage.....and spent a chunk of the day totally pissed. Whenever they tried to waddle off there was a manic flapping of wings and webbed feet going in all directions, then they just bellied up again looking very confused.

Yes, it certainly rose and fell in the jar, and it multiplied. If you had too much it seemed to get a bit strong. That was when you spooned some out and either gave it away or dumped it. The 'bits' that rose and fell in the jar looked like tiny nobbly sponges and I suppose they were of a yeasty nature. As to feeding it, I never actually did that but I think adding the treacle is correct and it had to be in a reasonably warm place or it stopped 'working'. We used to run it through a tea strainer before drinking and it was about the colour of a medium strong tea (without the milk).

Yeah, da wan am heard of, didna have any ginger i dunna tink, it was something dat used to sink an rise in da jar, an it used to be fed on treacle. I wid love to ken whit it was, would love to try wan.

We will be auctioning twa Ale Plants at a 21st birthday party ida Skeld Hall on Saturday night (proceeds towards buying a defibrillator fur da community) if onnybody is interested? Will also include aa da necessary ingrediants ta get 'im goin!