Homemade ginger ale

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I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one that
seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and
ginger.
There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks of
aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?

Thanks

Tom

One method is to make a ginger ale flavor water. The other method is to add
water and flavorings and allowing it to ferment to carbonate. IMO, either
do it the old fashioned way or just buy a bottle of Canada Dry on sale for
99¢

Tom or Mary said:

I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The

one that

Quoted message said:

seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and

ginger.

Quoted message said:

There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of

weeks of

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aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?

A good commercial IPA beer kit (typical 1.7 Kg malt syrup) that calls
for an additional 1 Kg sugar/malt/dme/whichever, fed rice syrup
instead, and about a good sized 'hand' of ginger, pared, sliced, and
lightly crushed (save ginger juice.) Put the slices in the boil (and if
you're not doing a full boil, consider boiling the ginger in a small
amount of water, as it can have some odd organisms hitching a ride.

Add the reserved (refridgerated) ginger juice to the secondary.
Otherwise follow the kit directions or your normal beermaking cycle.

I like to bottle this in small (Heineken - 250ml?) bottles, as it's
quite nippy but very refreshing. Oh, and about 3-3.5% alchohol/volume -
"Lite."

Tom or Mary said:

I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one that
seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and ginger.
There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks of
aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?

Thanks

Tom

We haven't made ginger ale but tried our hand at root beer. Now that
was funny! The plastic bottles ended up with a lot of pressure turning
them into minature bombs. DH let the rest off on the street in front of
our then current home. My gosh, you should have heard the noise! Since
then, our pop making came to a screaching halt.

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Tom or Mary said:

I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one

that

Quoted message said:

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seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and

ginger.

Quoted message said:

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There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks

of

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aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?

Thanks

Tom

We haven't made ginger ale but tried our hand at root beer. Now that
was funny! The plastic bottles ended up with a lot of pressure turning
them into minature bombs. DH let the rest off on the street in front of
our then current home. My gosh, you should have heard the noise! Since
then, our pop making came to a screaching halt.

Now, if we can find the original recipe for the classic ginger ale, Vernors.

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Tom or Mary wrote:

>I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one

that

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>seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and

ginger.

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>There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks

of

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>aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?
>
>Thanks
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>Tom
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We haven't made ginger ale but tried our hand at root beer. Now that
was funny! The plastic bottles ended up with a lot of pressure turning
them into minature bombs. DH let the rest off on the street in front of
our then current home. My gosh, you should have heard the noise! Since
then, our pop making came to a screaching halt.

Now, if we can find the original recipe for the classic ginger ale,

Vernors.

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Oh, Vernors was the absolute best! They still sell it here in cans but
it isn't quite the same. There is a Vernors factory within a couple of
hours from here still few stores carry it any more.

You are correct, Vernor's today is not the same beverage of 30 years ago
from their Detroit plant which I believe is now closed. Then, you could
open the bottle and literally be overcome with ginger fumes....fabulous
stuff. This is one of the few items that I can say with disappointment
"They sure don't make it like they used to."

Serendipity said:

Oh, Vernors was the absolute best! They still sell it here in cans but
it isn't quite the same.

What is it about glass that makes things taste better? My mother
still ferrets out coke in 8 oz. bottles to drink.

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There is a Vernors factory within a couple of
hours from here still few stores carry it any more.

🙁
Vernor's is/was the BEST!

Rick & Cyndi said:

YES!!!!!!!! That's when it's good! Well, maybe if toned down just a
touch... I remember when Vernor's still had that 'bite'.

Has anyone tried Sioux City ginger beer? Plenty of bite. I used to drink
their Sarsparilla on a daily basis. The ginger beer was a little too
strong for me. Here's one place to get it:
http://www.beveragesdirect.com/detail-994-sioux_city_ginger_beer-12_pack.asp

Carol

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Damsel said:

Has anyone tried Sioux City ginger beer? Plenty of bite.

That's pretty good stuff. I also like Natural Brew Ginger Ale (good
strong ginger bite, good cane sugar sweetness). However, my favorite
is Blenheim Ginger Ale (the "Hot" variety, although the "Not as Hot"
is good, too) from South Carolina. Most of my relatives think it's
paint thinner, but if you really like ginger...

Alas, I've never seen it in the stores anywhere near here (NH), so I
either have people bring it up with them when they visit, stuff some
in my luggage when I'm down there[1], or occasionally mailorder a
case.

[1] I'm probably one of the most extreme examples of this, since I
often end up going on business trips with an extra suitcase to schlep
whatever I've been craving back with me. You get some really weird
looks from security if your carryon is filled with frozen bacon.

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