How to Make Ginger Ale and Why to Avoid Store-Bought Brands

Homemade Ginger Ale Recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup fresh ginger, peeled and diced

1/4 – 1/2 cup fresh lime juice

2 teaspoons sea salt

1/4 – 1/2 cup rapadura, sucanat or organic raw cane sugar

1/4 cup whey

2 quarts filtered water

 

Directions

Peel and chop ginger

Add other ingredients to 2 quart glass jar and add filtered water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What You Absolutely Don't Want To Do!

Just to be clear, for the lime juice, absolutely do NOT use this (or anything like it):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absolutely use this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leave on counter for 2-4 days.

That's it!!

Seriously, how easy is that?

A Few More Things You Should Know

Because this is fermented it will probably be stronger than most ginger ales you've tried in the past.  If it's too strong, dilute it with some carbonated water.  The carbonated water will also add some additional fizz.

Also, most recipes I've seen call for 2-3 days of fermenting on your kitchen counter before transferring it to the fridge.  Be sure to taste it as you go.  Your taste buds will tell you when it's ready.

Mine tasted flat after two days and there was no sign of bubbling.  On day three it was slightly better.

On day four, it looked like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And it tasted great.

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~A.