Homemade Ginger Ale Recipe

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup peeled finely chopped fresh ginger
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• club soda
• lime juice
• lime wedge

Recipe

• 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.