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The "starter" which they call "the bug" is simply 2 cups of water, 2 Tbl of sugar (but I have found that if you add a teaspoon of molasses as well it works better) and 2 Tbls of grated ginger. Do not use metal to either keep it in or stir it. Glass jar and wooden spoons. Leave the top open with just cheese cloth to keep bugs out. Stir it twice a day and each day add the sugar and grated ginger. after about two days you should see bubbles forming. Now boil 1 gallon of water with 3 cups of sugar and add about a half cup or so of grated ginger. Let boil for about 10 minutes then cool and strain out the ginger. When it reaches room temp add 1 cup of the strained ginger bug to the gallon of water and pour into 2 2 litre bottles and put caps on tight. Let stand at room temp at least two weeks. You will notice the bottles get hard like the ones you get soda in. That's when I put them in the fridge and use.

There are lots of videos on youtube showing how also.

I wrote this in different form to see if I understood it correctly, and found a spot where I had a question:

GINGER ALE

Starter (“Ginger Bug”)

2 cups of water
2 Tbs sugar
1 tsp molasses
2 Tbs of grated ginger

Do not use metal to either keep it in or stir it. Glass jar and wooden spoons. Leave the top open with just cheese cloth to keep bugs out. Stir it twice a day and each day add the sugar and grated ginger. After about two days you should see bubbles forming.

(This is where I have the question. Do you mix all the ingredients together on Day 1, and then just stir it twice on Day One and Day 2, OR do you add half the sugar, molasses and ginger to the water on Day One, and add the other half on Day 2?]

To make 4 liters

1 gallon of water
3 cups of sugar
1/2 cup grated ginger
1 cup strained Ginger Bug
2 two-liter bottles

Boil water, sugar, and grated ginger for about 10 minutes then cool and strain out the ginger. When it reaches room temp add 1 cup of the strained Ginger Bug to the gallon of water and pour into two 2 litre bottles and put caps on tight. Let stand at room temp at least two weeks. You will notice the bottles get hard like the ones you get soda in. That's when I put them in the fridge and use.