Best Homemade Ginger Ale And Its Candy Recipes

GINGER ALE

Steps:

• Place the ginger, sugar, and 1/2 cup of the water into a 2-quart saucepan and set over medium-high heat. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat, cover and allow to steep for 1 hour.
• Pour the syrup through a fine mesh strainer set over a bowl, pressing down to get all of the juice out of the mixture. Chill quickly by placing over and ice bath and stirring or set in the refrigerator, uncovered, until at least room temperature, 68 to 72 degrees F.
• Using a funnel, pour the syrup into a clean 2-liter plastic bottle and add the yeast, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups of water. Place the cap on the bottle, gently shake to combine and leave the bottle at room temperature for 48 hours. Open and check for desired amount of carbonation. It is important that once you achieve your desired amount of carbonation that you refrigerate the ginger ale. Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, opening the bottle at least once a day to let out excess carbonation.

HOMEMADE GINGER ALE

Steps:

• Into an empty 2-liter soda bottle, put the ginger root, sugar, yeast, and lemon juice. Fill the rest of the way with water. Screw the cap onto the bottle as tight as possible. Shake the bottle well, then leave at room temperature until the bottle is too hard to squeeze, about 2 days. Refrigerate. To serve, pour through a tea strainer.

GINGER-ALE + GINGER CANDY

Steps:

• Bring ginger, water, and sugar to a rolling boil.
• Turn heat to low.
• Let mixture simmer and reduce to a strong-tasting syrup.
• Strain syrup from ginger slices.
• Refrigerate syrup to thicken.
• Mix 1 part syrup to 7 parts seltzer water (depending how strong you like it).
• Add lime juice to taste.
• Toss remaining ginger slices in sugar.
• Place in warming oven and let dry.

HOMEMADE GINGER ALE

Steps:

• In a saucepan bring sugar, water, and ginger to a boil. Stirring occasionally cook until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool completely. (Syrup may be made 1 week ahead and chilled, covered.) Spoon 2 tablespoons of ginger syrup into a tall glass filled with ice. Top off with seltzer and stir to combine.

HOMEMADE GINGER ALE

Steps:

• Combine sugar, water and gingerroot in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until mixture has reduced slightly.
• Strain gingerroot from syrup.
• To make ginger ale, combine 2 tablespoons syrup with club soda. Pour over ice and serve with a squeeze of lime wedge. Store syrup in the refrigerator for several weeks.