Directions
- 1Peel and chop the ginger.
- 2Add the chopped ginger and water to a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
- 3Once simmering, cover and turn the heat to low. Cook for 5 minutes.
- 4Turn off the heat and let the ginger steep in the water for 10 minutes.
- 5While the water is still warm, mix in the sweetener of choice until fully dissolved.
- 6Transfer the ginger syrup to a swing top or pour spout bottle and let cool at room temperature before storing in the fridge.
- 7For blueberry ginger ale, add frozen wild blueberries to a pot.
- 8Add water and honey to the blueberries in the pot.
- 9Bring to a simmer and cook to create blueberry syrup.
- 10Pour the blueberry syrup into a bottle.
- 11Cut the lemons in half.
- 12Juice the lemons using a citrus juicer, straining the juice into a mason jar.
- 13Add ginger syrup and sparkling water to the lemon juice in the jar.
- 14To make blueberry ginger ale, add blueberry syrup to a glass filled with ice.
- 15Pour the mixed ginger ale over the blueberry syrup and ice.
- 16Garnish with a lemon slice.
Ingredients
- 0.5 cup fresh ginger
- 0.5 cup filtered water
- 0.5 cup sweetener of choice (honey)
- fresh lemon juice
- sparkling water
- wild blueberries
Equipment
knifecutting boardpotspoonbottlecitrus juicerstrainerglass
Tips
- For blueberry ginger ale, add 1-2 oz of wild blueberry syrup.
- Adjust the ratios to sweeten to preference for the ginger ale.
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