Homemade Ginger Ale

Ingredients

Serves 4

2 cups fresh ginger cut into 1/8-in slices (about 2 large “handfuls")

2 cups sugar

4 cups water

1 qt club soda, well chilled

1 lime, quartered

Directions

First, you’ll need to make a ginger syrup. Combine the ginger, 2 cups of the sugar, and the water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer until syrupy or reduced by half, for 40 to 50 minutes. The syrup will thicken as it cools so don’t over-reduce it. Strain the syrup and reserve the ginger.

To make ginger ale, fill four 8-ounce glasses with club soda. Pour 2 tablespoons of the ginger syrup down the side of each glass. Garnish with a lime wedge on the rim of each glass.

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