Ginger ale

There are 2 versions of the drink - dry and golden ginger ale. More common is dry, since golden has too strong flavor. The composition of the drink includes carbonated water, ginger, sugar, sometimes yeast and lemon. In industrial conditions, producers add to the ale flavors of honey, raspberry, pineapple, cane sugar, mint, cranberry and lime. Ginger ale is produced on the basis of corn syrup and fructose to reduce costs.

El, in addition to having refreshing qualities, is very useful for health. It is used for gastric disorders and colds. The drink perfectly helps with coughing and sore throat. Widely used ale in soft drinks, it is an excellent substitute
Champagne and beer. The cocktail, which includes svepes, ginger ale and lemonade, does not differ in appearance from the traditional champagne. This tonic drink goes well with wine and beer.

Ginger ale can be cooked at home, it does not take much effort and time. In order to cook it you will need a small
A piece of ginger root (the size of a matchbox), 3 lemons, 100 grams
Sugar, 3 liters of highly carbonated water, fresh mint leaves.

The root of ginger rub on a large grater, and then fall asleep with sugar. With two lemons they take the zest and put it to the ginger. In the mixture, add juice, squeezed out of 3 lemons, carbonated water and allow to infuse for about 10 minutes. If the drink turned out too sweet, add lemon juice, if sour, then sugar. Ginger ale is poured over glass glasses and decorated with fresh mint leaves. In the glass you can put cubes of frozen ice or fruit juice.

El can be prepared for a more complex recipe. To do this, grind the root of the ginger in a food processor or in a mortar to the state of the paste, and then add 2 glasses of cold water. To add spice, sometimes a few peas of black pepper are placed in the mixture. The mixture is boiled for 5-6 minutes, then filter and add 2 more glasses of water. After the water boils, it puts sugar or its substitutes. Drink cooled, mixed to taste with lemon juice, add carbonated water and ice cubes. The ale, like other non-alcoholic drinks, is served with chilled.

Healing properties of ginger to mankind have been known since ancient times. Spice was used to conduct religious rituals, strengthen male potency and cure many diseases, improve the taste of food. The value of ginger was so high that a pound of powder could buy a whole sheep. Places of growth of ginger were kept in the strictest secrecy, they used it only in raw form. Gradually, the root of the plant was added to the dishes during cooking. So, for example, there were famous Greek cakes with ginger.

The root was also added to the beer, at first the beer was poured with a powder in a mug. In most English pubs there were special containers with powder, so that visitors could add spice to beer themselves.

Initially, ginger ale was a strong enough alcoholic drink, and now it is a tonic non-alcoholic drink based on the extract of ginger. To the liking of El resembles tonic or the famous Soviet lemonade "Buratino". The high content of vitamin C in the drink only adds to it's popularity.

Many small breweries produce alcoholic ale, which is dark and light. The drink is made on the basis of beer concentrate and has a beer fortress. In dark ale, in addition to hops and ginger extract, a mixture of herbs is also added. In this drink contains a lot of vitamins and trace elements, which increases immunity.