A fermented ginger beer style ginger ale.
Ingredients
- 1/4 -1/2 cup ginger chopped (the more the better!)
- 2 lemons
- 1 lime
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon champagne yeast
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon anise seed
- 1 tablespoon orange peel
Directions
Simmer half of the ginger in about 3 cups water for 30 minutes.
Put the rest of the ginger in a measuring cup with the juice of the lemons and lime.
After 25 minutes add the sugar/honey/pepper/anise/orange peel.
After the 30 minutes is up take pan off heat and add tartar/ground ginger/cloves.
Cool until lukewarm. Add water to 2 Liter soda bottle, pour in lemon juice/rest of ginger. Add liquid in the pan to the bottle. Add yeast, top bottle leaving 1-2 inches.
Credit to paulb39 on Reddit, “Perfected my ginger ale recipe 😀“