Ginger Ale Recipe

Here's my Ginger Ale recipe by popular request--

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of regular sugar
• .5 to 2 tablespoons of fresh grated ginger
• 1 lemon
• Any active brewing yeast you have around
• 2 liters of water - I used tap
• You will also need an empty 2 liter PLASTIC soda bottle, a funnel, a grater.

Directions:

1. Grate the ginger if you haven't yet.

2. If you have a smack pack of yeast, get that going well ahead of time.

2. Grate ginger. I do this with a cheese grater or a veggie peeler or even a pairing knife. Finer is better of couse.

3. Put cup of suger into the bottom of soda bottle.

4. Add yeast to soda bottle.

5. Squeeze lemon juice into a bowl or measuring cup.

6. Add ginger to lemon juice in bowl.

7. Pour mixture into bottle. 

8. Add warm water leaving two inches at the top. Cap it. Shake to mix every thing. (Warm water will help sugar mix and yeast ferment.)

9.  Put in the closet or whereever you brew. Someplace with brewing temps.

10. In 24 to 48 hours the plastic bottle will be rock hard. Put it in the fridge. Cool it. (This will stop the fermentation and prevent explosions).

11. Drink it. (May want to strain into you glass to keep ginger chunks out.)