I legit had no idea ginger ale was supposed to taste like ginger until I was in college and had ginger beer for the first time. Ginger ale is a normal unassuming soda-- ginger beer (the right version anyway) is better than pretty much any other soda.
Yes.
Also Blenheim Ginger Ale is good. This was my attempt to clone their good stuff. Not perfect but really close.
9.5 oz (net weight) of peeled ginger
1 cup sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 cups + 6 cups water
1/4 tsp yeast (white wine or champagne is best but bread yeast will do)
place the peeled ginger into a food processor
blend until creamy
add the ginger, sugar, lemon juice and the two cups of water in a sauce pan
turn the heat on to high and stir until sugar is dissolved
bring to a boil
place lid on the pot and lower the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes
remove from heat
cover and let rest for 1 hour
strain it through a fine strainer or cheese cloth and a funnel into a plastic two liter bottle
add in the rest of the water
use an ice bath or time let it cool to 70f
add the yeast, be sure to proof your yeast first
put the lid on the bottle
shake it up
replace the lid with some foil or an air lock
let rest for 24-48 hours at room temp
place it in the refrigerator to stop fermentation
release the gas every day to avoid it from exploding
I make mine with a ginger bug. I put the recipe in the non alcoholic thread in the cocktails community. So sort of a sweet ginger lemonade fermented with the natural yeast in the ginger, until it's less sweet.
I just got this too. Ginger ale, especially this brand, was always so bland but I got some anyway. Wow, big difference! It’s a bold flavor but not enough to be “hot” like a Jamaican Ginger
17 Comments
ceenote@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 2y
So glad I'm not a ginger so I can consume
themit without it being weird.The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
I suppose as long as you're not a lover of soul food, that is.
revlayle@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
JoMiran@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 2y
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 2y
I legit had no idea ginger ale was supposed to taste like ginger until I was in college and had ginger beer for the first time. Ginger ale is a normal unassuming soda-- ginger beer (the right version anyway) is better than pretty much any other soda.
RBWells@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Home fermented ginger beer is the best of all. Easy entry level project too.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Yes. Also Blenheim Ginger Ale is good. This was my attempt to clone their good stuff. Not perfect but really close.
9.5 oz (net weight) of peeled ginger 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp lemon juice 2 cups + 6 cups water 1/4 tsp yeast (white wine or champagne is best but bread yeast will do)
RBWells@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I make mine with a ginger bug. I put the recipe in the non alcoholic thread in the cocktails community. So sort of a sweet ginger lemonade fermented with the natural yeast in the ginger, until it's less sweet.
https://lemmy.world/post/10199118
Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 2y
She thought it was diet, was disgusted at the 140 calories.
Bocky@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
It’s a cannibal joke
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 2y
I thought the joke was that ginger is disgusting so a Ginger Ale would be better with artificial flavors
Jerkface@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Ew, Canada. Gross.
SatyrSack@lemmy.one · 10 pts · 2y
Jerkface@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Personally? It's like making fun of your little brother, whom you love, but are secretly afraid might be better than you.
Assman@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
It's like plankton with the krabby patty
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
It’ll give ya Gingervitis
AA5B@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I just got this too. Ginger ale, especially this brand, was always so bland but I got some anyway. Wow, big difference! It’s a bold flavor but not enough to be “hot” like a Jamaican Ginger
NESSI3@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
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