Possibly the most refreshing drink ever: Sugar Free Homemade Ginger Ale will make your taste buds do the happy dance. An easy and quick low carb recipe that uses fresh ginger!
Summer is my favourite season. It is expansive, generous, about enjoying life to the full (and finally not having to wake up early to do the school run).
Let me list a few more great things about summer:
- Holidays!
- That feeling of cooling down when you jump into a pool
- Running through a water sprinkler and feeling like a kid
- Sitting outside in the evening in a T-shirt (happened last night - in London!)
- Somehow needing less sleep
- Driving with the windows down
- It's BBQ season (always in my fridge: this sugar free bbq sauce!
- Having a legit need for a pedicure
- Eating fresh food al fresco (like superb salmon ceviche)
- Drinking sugar free homemade ginger ale!
That first sip of homemade ginger ale will knock your socks off. Metaphorically speaking, obviously. You will be in sandals, after all.
Homemade ginger ale is simply a million miles better than the overly sweet shop-bought ginger ale drinks we're used to.
It is zingy, energising and revitalising and has that delightful sharp edge only fresh ginger can lend.
And don't even get me started about the health benefits. An extra dose of vitamin C is always welcome and ginger has so many powerful benefits for body and brain (it is antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, amongst others), we should basically be chewing it all day.
Traditionally, homemade ginger ale is made by cooking ginger with sugar and water to make syrup. I prefer using the ginger raw - this way you get the full plant power benefits and it's much quicker.
I have added powdered erythritol, but you can replace it with your preferred sweetener such as allulose syrup, stevia or xylitol - and, as always, add more if necessary until it has the right kind of sweetness for you. As this recipe calls for mostly carbonated water, I have not calculated the nutritional info. If you'd like me to add it, let me know!
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Recipe
Sugar Free Homemade Ginger Ale
from Sugar Free LondonerNote: The servings slider only changes the first amount in each line and not any subsequent amounts. Please make your own calculations where necessary.
Ingredients
- 6 cm ginger root peeled and grated
- juice of ½ lemon
- 1 tablespoon powdered sweetener or more, if you prefer
- 500 ml / 2 cups carbonated water
- ice cubes and mint leaves to decorate
Instructions
- Peel and grate the ginger. Place it in a muslin or cheese cloth and squeeze until you have around 1 tablespoon of liquid ginger juice.
- In a jug, mix ginger juice, lemon juice and carbonated water.
- Stir in sweetener to taste, add ice cubes and mint and serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
maggie
Could I just make up the ginger juice and add it to a glass of carbonated water as I want to drink it? How long do you think the juice would keep?
Katrin Nürnberger
Yes, I think that would work. I think it would be best fresh, but if you manage to store it in an airtight container I’m sure Edward keep in the fridge for a few days.
Lorraine Inman
Has anyone used monkfruit as the sweetener, I am Keto and I need a Dark n Stormy soon!
Katrin Nürnberger
An erythritol / monkfruit mix such as by Lakanto would work just as well. I have not used pure monkfruit yet, so you'd have to adjust the quantities
Mary
Wondering if you could make with plain water and using a Soda Stream, carbonate only the amount you want to use when you want to use it?
Deborah Lochhead
I hope it is not too late Mary....but do not carbonate already flavored water with the soda stream. it could introduce bacteria into your machine and cause it to mold.....
Scottie
You have to use Soda Stream to carbonate the water BEFORE you add any flavorings. It works well that way.
Amie
Are you referring to seltzer water? Won't the carbonated water go flat in an open pitcher? Just wondering if I put it in a bottle that has a pop top if it would stay carbonated. I'm the only one who drinks ginger ale, and I so want to make this, but I know I won't drink it all at once.
Katrin
I drank it straight away, so using the carbonated mineral water in a jug was fine. You are right - if you wanted to drink it over a few days, you'd have to put it in a bottle with a top.
Jo
I can't wait to make this. I cannot use any sugar substitutes except honey. I imagine this would be just as delicious with honey. Don't you think?
Katrin
I'm sure it would taste great 🙂
Katrin
Great news Sarah! Glad you found it as refreshing as we did over here...
Katrin
Wish I could pass you one through the screen 🙂
Katrin
I also like adding a bit of ginger in green smoothies. I find it goes really well with lemon, spinach and celery. What do you put in yours?
Katrin
Great! It'll cool you down in no time 🙂
Karen Bailey
Thank you for this recipe. It was quick to make and absolutely delicious.
Katrin
Brilliant! So happy you enjoyed it.