how to make ginger ale

making your own is not only educational, but creates an entirely different taste of a refreshing and healthy drink. Here's how to make a 2L bottle of fresh ginger ale straight from the ginger.

The Canteen version includes a little touch of ground clove and cardamon if I recall correctly. I didn't add those spices, without them the ginger ale still turned out just great. It's quite easy to make. You may need to adjust the proportions depending on how intense or sweet you want your drink.

Ginger is a calming and soothing flavour with a touch of a bite to it that helps to keep you alert and calm. Ginger is commonly used to help an upset stomach, motion or travel sickness or general low-grade fevers.

Making root beer at home is easy, once you gather all the necessary supplies. It's a great family project and a way to teach the younger ones that not everything tasty comes from an aluminium can. And it's delicious, too!

Fermentation has been used by mankind for thousands of years for raising bread, fermenting wine and brewing beer. The products of the fermentation of sugar by baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (a fungus) are ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide.