The Ginger Ale It is a soft drink from England that is prepared with water, ginger, sugar and lemon.
It is commonly used in cocktails, and they say that it is one of the best companions of Whiskey. However, if you drink it alone, it is an excellent natural remedy for different ailments, as its ingredients have multiple benefits.
The Ginger Ale is sold industrially bottled, but logically that option is not the healthiest of all. On the other hand, preparing the drink at home is a perfect way to have a natural and beneficial refreshment for your health.
So we present this simple recipe, so you can prepare this delicious drink naturally and at home that will help you fight stomach upsets, flu symptoms and muscle aches.
Ginger Ale Benefits
This drink is prepared, as we said, with essential ingredients that give it its flavor: ginger and lemon.
Both have a particular flavor, and it is known that they pair very well together. But in addition to that, the two ingredients are natural remedies for various diseases and ailments. Therefore, the Ginger Ale is a perfect drink to relieve all kinds of discomfort.
♦ Relieves upset stomach
♦ Promotes digestion
♦Relieves nausea, even those experienced in early pregnancy.
♦ Stops vomiting.
♦ Lowers fever
♦ Soothes cough
♦ Stimulates circulation
♦ Helps soothe muscle aches
♦ It is anti-inflammatory and antibiotic
♦ Strengthens the immune system
♦ Helps fight flu symptoms and colds
♦ It is antiviral
♦ It is antioxidant
♦ Works as an antihistamine
♦ Being a diuretic, it helps eliminate toxins from the body
Ginger Ale recipe step by step
As you will see below, making this drink is super simple and cheap. The only thing you need is to have a little patience, because for it to gasify you need to let it ferment.
♦ Cold water
♦ 2 tablespoons grated ginger root
♦ The juice of one lemon
♦ 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
♦ Muscabo sugar to taste (but not less than 1/2 cup)
1. Place a funnel over the mouth of the bottle in which you will prepare the drink. Pour in the sugar and yeast. Shake a little to mix the ingredients.
two. Grate the ginger root with the finer teeth of the grater and pour it into a measuring cup.
3. Squeeze the juice from one lemon and pour it over the grated ginger. Mix it up a bit.
Four. Pour the juice mixed with the ginger into the bottle. Don’t worry if the ingredients stick to the funnel. You’ll figure it out in the next step.
5. Fill the measuring cup you used in steps 3 and 4 with fresh water. Pour the liquid into the bottle. The goal of this is to loosen whatever is left in both the cup and the funnel.
6. Remove the funnel, cap the bottle, and shake it. By doing this, you will help activate the yeast so that the carbonation of the drink will take its course.
7. Fill the bottle with more fresh water. Leave about 2.5 cm free for the gases that will be released during fermentation. Put the lid back on and shake a little more so that the sugar dissolves well.
8. Place the drink in a warm place for no more than 24 or 48 hours. To check that the ginger ale is ready, squeeze the bottle. If it gives way easily, you’ll need to let it sit a bit longer. When it has fermented, the gas will make the container feel plumper to the touch. Once the bottle is hard to squeeze, put it in the refrigerator. When it’s time to drink, open it slowly to release the pressure little by little.
Final considerations
Making fermented drinks is simple, but at the same time it is an art. As you make the recipe over and over again, you will discover little tricks that will make your Ginger Ale more and more spectacular.
Which yeast works best, which lemon is the most suitable, etc. Believe me: It’s a one way road!
- How to know if it went well
The best way to know if your drink has turned out well is to smell it. This should have a mainly ginger aroma, although you should also feel (albeit slightly) the smell of yeast.
And it must be gasified: otherwise, something in the fermentation has failed.
The truth is that the use you want to give your soda is up to you. You should know that drinking it does not have too many contraindications, so you can use it as a companion to meals or whatever you prefer.
Of course: keep in mind that it has sugar, which is not necessarily a diet drink. However, don’t take it away! Without sugar there is no fermentation.
And, as we said at the beginning, it can also go perfectly in cocktails of all kinds.
Did you know this drink? Did you know you could make it at home? Tell us what you think!
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