Super Simple Ginger Ale

Super Simple Ginger Ale

I love ginger and ale, and I love ginger ale. But I don't love super sugary drinks, and most ginger ale is rather sugary for my taste (my favorite store-bought brand has 59 g of sugar in a 20 oz serving!).

I did some rough calculations of the sugar content of my ginger ale, and it's about 37.5 g of sugar per 20 oz. This still seems rather sugary to me, so I'll be working on versions with less and less sugar moving forward; but for now, below is my recipe for a crisp and super simple homemade ginger ale.

 Ginger Ale Ingredients

Using a funnel, pour the sugar and yeast into an air-tight 3/4 liter bottle. Next, put the ginger through the funnel with the help of a chopstick or something similar.

Then pour in the lemon, lime, or lemon-lime juice and fill to the top with water.

Let this delightful concoction sit at room temperature in a cupboard or a dark corner of your kitchen counter for 24 hours and then place in the fridge.

Drink when chilled, and enjoy!

Super Simple Homemade Ginger Ale

Final size: 3/4 Liter (I use the hermetically sealing IKEA bottles)

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/8 tsp active yeast
  • 1" knob of ginger (or more for more gingery), grated
  • juice of 1 lemon or 1 lime (or a combination, whatever you prefer)
  • water to fill

Directions:

  1. Using a funnel, pour the sugar and yeast into an air-tight 3/4 liter bottle. Next, put the ginger through the funnel with the help of a chopstick or something similar.
  2. Then pour in the lemon, lime, or lemon-lime juice and fill to the top with water.
  3. Let this delightful concoction sit at room temperature in a cupboard or a dark corner of your kitchen counter for 24 hours and then place in the fridge.
  4. Drink when chilled, and enjoy!

Check out the shop for some cool vintage bottles for storing your delightful beverage, like these:

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