In a 16oz (750ml) jar, mix together the chopped ginger, sugar, and water. Keep the jar unrefrigerated.

Each day for 4 to 5 days, feed the mixture 1 tbsp ginger and 1 tbsp sugar and stir it into the bug.

the bug is ready when it is bubbly and fragrant. Continue to feed it daily if maintaining it at room temperature. Feed the bug weekly if kept in the refrigerator.

To use the bug, add 1oz of the bug to a 16oz (475ml) glass swing top bottle, then fill the bottle with your choice of sweetened liquid, leaving 1 inch (2.5cm) of space between the liquid and the cap. Fermentation times will vary, but you will have a fermented carbonated beverage within 1-5 days. Use caution if the bug is very active so that explosions do not occur.