I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one that
seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and ginger.
There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks of
aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?

Thanks

Tom

"Tom or Mary" > wrote in message
...
>I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one that
> seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and
> ginger.
> There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks of
> aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom

One method is to make a ginger ale flavor water. The other method is to add
water and flavorings and allowing it to ferment to carbonate. IMO, either
do it the old fashioned way or just buy a bottle of Canada Dry on sale for
99¢

Tom or Mary wrote:
> I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The
one that
> seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and
ginger.
> There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of
weeks of
> aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?

A good commercial IPA beer kit (typical 1.7 Kg malt syrup) that calls
for an additional 1 Kg sugar/malt/dme/whichever, fed rice syrup
instead, and about a good sized 'hand' of ginger, pared, sliced, and
lightly crushed (save ginger juice.) Put the slices in the boil (and if
you're not doing a full boil, consider boiling the ginger in a small
amount of water, as it can have some odd organisms hitching a ride.

Add the reserved (refridgerated) ginger juice to the secondary.
Otherwise follow the kit directions or your normal beermaking cycle.

I like to bottle this in small (Heineken - 250ml?) bottles, as it's
quite nippy but very refreshing. Oh, and about 3-3.5% alchohol/volume -
"Lite."

Tom or Mary wrote:

> I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one that
> seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and ginger.
> There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks of
> aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
We haven't made ginger ale but tried our hand at root beer. Now that
was funny! The plastic bottles ended up with a lot of pressure turning
them into minature bombs. DH let the rest off on the street in front of
our then current home. My gosh, you should have heard the noise! Since
then, our pop making came to a screaching halt.

"Serendipity" > wrote in message
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> Tom or Mary wrote:
>
> > I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one
that
> > seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and
ginger.
> > There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks
of
> > aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> We haven't made ginger ale but tried our hand at root beer. Now that
> was funny! The plastic bottles ended up with a lot of pressure turning
> them into minature bombs. DH let the rest off on the street in front of
> our then current home. My gosh, you should have heard the noise! Since
> then, our pop making came to a screaching halt.

Now, if we can find the original recipe for the classic ginger ale, Vernors.

tuppy wrote:

> "Serendipity" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Tom or Mary wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one
>
> that
>
>>>seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and
>
> ginger.
>
>>>There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks
>
> of
>
>>>aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Tom
>>>
>>>
>>
>>We haven't made ginger ale but tried our hand at root beer. Now that
>>was funny! The plastic bottles ended up with a lot of pressure turning
>>them into minature bombs. DH let the rest off on the street in front of
>>our then current home. My gosh, you should have heard the noise! Since
>>then, our pop making came to a screaching halt.
>
>
> Now, if we can find the original recipe for the classic ginger ale, Vernors.
>
>
Oh, Vernors was the absolute best! They still sell it here in cans but
it isn't quite the same. There is a Vernors factory within a couple of
hours from here still few stores carry it any more.

Oh, yeah! I remember making rootbeer with my dad when I was a kid. No
plastic bottles! What a mess. Exploded bottles in the basement and
root beer all over the place!

"Serendipity" > wrote in message
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> tuppy wrote:
>
> > "Serendipity" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>Tom or Mary wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one
> >
> > that
> >
> >>>seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and
> >
> > ginger.
> >
> >>>There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks
> >
> > of
> >
> >>>aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks
> >>>
> >>>Tom
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>We haven't made ginger ale but tried our hand at root beer. Now that
> >>was funny! The plastic bottles ended up with a lot of pressure turning
> >>them into minature bombs. DH let the rest off on the street in front of
> >>our then current home. My gosh, you should have heard the noise! Since
> >>then, our pop making came to a screaching halt.
> >
> >
> > Now, if we can find the original recipe for the classic ginger ale,
Vernors.
> >
> >
> Oh, Vernors was the absolute best! They still sell it here in cans but
> it isn't quite the same. There is a Vernors factory within a couple of
> hours from here still few stores carry it any more.

You are correct, Vernor's today is not the same beverage of 30 years ago
from their Detroit plant which I believe is now closed. Then, you could
open the bottle and literally be overcome with ginger fumes....fabulous
stuff. This is one of the few items that I can say with disappointment
"They sure don't make it like they used to."

On Sat, 21 May 2005 14:21:24 -0400, Serendipity wrote:

> Oh, Vernors was the absolute best! They still sell it here in cans but
> it isn't quite the same.

What is it about glass that makes things taste better? My mother
still ferrets out coke in 8 oz. bottles to drink.

> There is a Vernors factory within a couple of
> hours from here still few stores carry it any more.


Vernor's is/was the BEST!

In article >,
Tom or Mary > wrote:
>I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one that
>seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and ginger.
>There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks of
>aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?

I tried my own experiment once. I have a Green Life juicer that will
make juice out of nearly anything you put in it.

So, I juiced a ginger root. I recall it produced less than an ounce of
juice.

I mixed in some stevia powder for sweetening (stevia, in my opinion, is
the best sweetener for liquids; natural and sugar-free, and 1/2 teaspoon
is about like a cup of sugar).

Then I poured this into a quart of sparkling water. I should have
filtered the ginger juice through a coffee filter first, because the
particulates in it induce the gas in the water to bubble out.

The result was tasty, but that small amount of ginger juice could
have easily made twice as much of my "ginger ale." As it was it was
VERY strong. It had almost a painful "bite" to it.

-A

"axlq"

<snip>
>
> The result was tasty, but that small amount of ginger juice could
> have easily made twice as much of my "ginger ale." As it was it was
> VERY strong. It had almost a painful "bite" to it.
>
> -A
=========

YES!!!!!!!! That's when it's good! Well, maybe if toned down just a
touch... I remember when Vernor's still had that 'bite'. Man, do I miss
that.

Cyndi

On Mon, 23 May 2005 01:25:19 GMT, "Rick & Cyndi"
> wrote:

>
>"axlq"
>
><snip>
>>
>> The result was tasty, but that small amount of ginger juice could
>> have easily made twice as much of my "ginger ale." As it was it was
>> VERY strong. It had almost a painful "bite" to it.
>>
>> -A
>=========
>
>YES!!!!!!!! That's when it's good! Well, maybe if toned down just a
>touch... I remember when Vernor's still had that 'bite'. Man, do I miss
>that.
>
>Cyndi
>
Me, too.

When we were kids and under the weather, my mom would give us hot
Vernor's with a slice of lemon. Later, when I went to Wayne State, I
lived a couple of blocks from the Vernor's plant.

Loved that stuff.

Boron

"Rick & Cyndi" > said:

>YES!!!!!!!! That's when it's good! Well, maybe if toned down just a
>touch... I remember when Vernor's still had that 'bite'.

Has anyone tried Sioux City ginger beer? Plenty of bite. I used to drink
their Sarsparilla on a daily basis. The ginger beer was a little too
strong for me. Here's one place to get it:
http://www.beveragesdirect.com/detai...er-12_pack.asp

Carol

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Damsel > writes:
> Has anyone tried Sioux City ginger beer? Plenty of bite.

That's pretty good stuff. I also like Natural Brew Ginger Ale (good
strong ginger bite, good cane sugar sweetness). However, my favorite
is Blenheim Ginger Ale (the "Hot" variety, although the "Not as Hot"
is good, too) from South Carolina. Most of my relatives think it's
paint thinner, but if you really like ginger...

Alas, I've never seen it in the stores anywhere near here (NH), so I
either have people bring it up with them when they visit, stuff some
in my luggage when I'm down there[1], or occasionally mailorder a
case.

[1] I'm probably one of the most extreme examples of this, since I
often end up going on business trips with an extra suitcase to schlep
whatever I've been craving back with me. You get some really weird
looks from security if your carryon is filled with frozen bacon.

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