Ginger Ale Syrup. This ginger syrup pretty much makes my perfect ginger ale. The kind I can add vanilla ice cream to for floats or mix with smoky mezcal for a Mezcal Mule. But you can feel free to tweak it to your tastes.
So I like to make my own, and you can too.
Most ginger syrup is just water, sugar, and ginger; simmered and steeped.
Easy to make and very enjoyable… But we always thought that they lacked a little.
You can cook Ginger Ale Syrup using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Ginger Ale Syrup
- You need of fresh ginger, peeled, chopped.
- You need of honey.
- Prepare of zest of whole lemon.
- Prepare of water.
- You need of Club Soda or Sparkling Water.
Ginger ale is, quite simply, carbonated water sweetened and flavored with ginger-flavored syrup. Homemade Ginger Syrup for ginger ale. Remove syrup from the flame and strain twice through a cheese cloth, or fine mesh strainer, into a large bowl. Lovely syrup for a light ginger ale.
Ginger Ale Syrup instructions
- Combine ginger, honey, lemon zest and water in a saucepan..
- Bring to a boil over high heat..
- Reduce heat to medium-low, simmer for 15 minutes..
- Reduce heat to lowest setting, steep for 30 minutes..
- Strain through a wire-mesh or other fine strainer..
- Allow to cool, transfer to a glass container and refrigerate up to 1.5 weeks or until all used up!.
- When you're thirsty, grab a can of club soda or bottle of sparkling water, add 2-3 tablespoons of syrup over ice, stir and enjoy!.
Recently obtained a SodaStream and have been looking for recipes for syrups so we can have an alternative to the store bought ones (which all contain artificial. Ginger syrup is used to make your own homemade ginger ale. If you think you've tasted ginger ale before, you haven't tried making your own. During my childhood, ginger ale was my mother's prescription for any stomach trouble. If you decide to make your own ginger syrup, don't feel like you have to replicate my proportions..