The best ginger ale I ever had was served at a restaurant called the
Ginger Club. (Unfortunately that restaurant is now out of business.)
Ginger was a part of every dish they made there, whether savory or
sweet. But their ginger ale was superb, by virtue of being so fresh.
It followed the basic recipe of a ginger syrup stirred into a tall
glass of sparkling water of some kind or another. It had a nice
balance of bite and sweetness. I've made an attempt at ginger ale at
home with ginger syrup I made and some San Pellegrino bubbly water, but
it's just not the same.

Melsisa