Recipe and source notes

Ginger Ale

3 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (240 ml) water
  • ½ cup (120 ml) fresh or frozen ginger in ½ in (1.25 cm) dice
  • ½ cup (120 ml) water
  • ½ cup (120 ml) white sugar
  • 1½ tsp (7.5 ml) lime juice
  • Carbonated water as needed

Make it step by step

  1. Combine the 1 cup (240 mL) water with the ginger in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then remove from the heat and strain the liquid.
  2. Combine the ½ cup (120 ml) water with the sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, and simmer until reduced to about 5 oz (150 ml). Remove from the heat.
  3. Combine the ginger liquid, the syrup, and the lime juice.
  4. To make the finished soda, combine 1 volume of ginger syrup with 1 volume of carbonated water.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Wikibooks Cookbook by Wikibooks contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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