Homemade Ginger Ale Recipe

Submitted by Danielle K.

"I thought this would be a good recipe to try one day."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup peeled finely chopped fresh ginger
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• club soda
• lime juice
• lime wedge

directions

1. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan.
2. Add ginger.
3. Reduce heat to medium low and let ginger sit in the simmering water for 5 minutes.
4. Remove from heat and let sit for 20 minutes.
5. Strain liquid through a fine mesh strainer.
6. Discard ginger pieces.
7. In a separate saucepan, make the Simple Syrup by dissolving 1 cup granulated sugar into 1 cup of boiling water. Set aside.
8. Make individual (tall) glasses of ginger ale by mixing 1/2 cup of ginger water with 1/3 cup of Simple Syrup and 1/2 cup of club soda.
9. Add a few drops of fresh lime juice and a lime wedge to each glass.