I’ve recently tried , and fell madly in love. However, it has a high sugar content, so I went searching for sugar free alternatives. I found this recipe for homemade ginger ale that is sugar free, and thought it would be a good recipe to start with since it didn’t require the use of yeast and sugar.
This is adapted from
1 cup sliced ginger root
4 cups water
Sparkling mineral water
stevia (to taste)
lime wedges (I only had lemons)
Put the sliced ginger root (I didn’t peel mine) into a 4 quart saucepan with water. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, cover and let steep for 1 to 1 and a half hours. The longer it steeps, the spicier it gets. Strain into a 1 quart mason jar, discarding ginger. Cover and chill.
To serve, combine 1 part ginger syrup to 3 parts sparkling water and serve over ice. Sweeten to taste with stevia (or sweetener of choice) and a squeeze of lime (or lemon!)
Verdict? I love the spiciness of the ginger. I let mine steep for at least 1 1/2 hours, and probably closer to 2. I also added half ginger and half water for serving. It’s going to depend on how much you like the ginger flavor. My only complaint is the only carbonated water I could find was club soda, and my ginger ale ended up tasting a little flat. I’m going to experiment with different waters, and see if that makes a difference. Now that I’ve made this, I really want to tackle making ginger ale with yeast – where it produces it’s own carbonation! Have you ever made your own soda or beer? I’m feeling a project coming on!!
I LOVE hot Ginger Ale. Blenheims is my favorite. I poo poo the sugar content because it brings the heat!
Wow!!! How cool that you made your own. I am not a big fan of Ginger ale.. it reminds me of when I was little and had a stomach bug.. my mom would always serve me ginger ale ~
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I will definitely try this! I have so much ginger in my freezer – I bought it off the dollar rack and I probably have 2 pounds of it!
Thanks for the idea Kim!
I've never made any type of soda like this before – but it looks delicious!
I am SUCH a ginger beer lover…and I'm pretty sure I would die of happiness if I had this in front of me.
Thanks so much for posting this! I absolutely love real ginger ale, but it's never ginger-y enough for me. Now a low sugar version ginger drink with no sugar? This is for sure a recipe I can get behind!
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Ha, oh my gosh! You make your own gingerale!!! I am still in the phase where I just learned to cook and am baking cakes without a box. This is extremely impressive (low sugar and alL!?!) and looks exceptionally delicious! You pretty much blow my blog mind.
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Thanks for always posting such awesome pieces 🙂
-Meg
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