Current batch of ginger ale

[jwgh]

might be the best yet. I think that's probably mostly because I've let it mellow a few days. (It is important to occasionally let out some of the CO₂ to prevent explosions!) But anyway here are the main changes from the recipe that I tried this time:

(1) 1/4 cup white sugar, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup honey.
(2) 3-4 tablespoons of ginger.
(3) 1 dried chili pepper.
(4) 1/4 tsp cinnamon.
(5) 1 tsp vanilla.

Very gingery. A little bite but not too much. Not too sweet. I may stick with this variant the next time I make ginger ale.

Comments

[secritcrush.livejournal.com]

Prevent explosions? What are you thinking?

Sounds tasty. (My lime rickey-ade was sadly mostly a flop - never carbonated well. Still good as limeade, but I could have had that a week ago.)

[jwgh]

I drank a little less than a cup on the first day because I figured that would give the soda a little headroom for it to foam into when I opened it at my dad's the second day. I underestimated the power of fermentation, though, and almost ended up blasting little chunks of ginger all over my dad's kitchen. Whoops!

Too bad about the lime rickey - I was thinking of trying that next. Hmm, this page has a recipe for some kind of weird Finnish fermented lime drink: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f95/lemon-soda-recipe-96738/ but I don't think I'm adventurous enough to try it.