If you’re looking for refreshing treats or refreshing homemade soda recipes you can whip up yourself with ease, making your own ginger ale is a great way to get started.

Among other benefits, ginger is known to have anti-inflammatory and anti-hypertensive effects [1], and ginger ale is cited as a natural remedy for indigestion [2]. Here’s a recipe for ginger ale with a strawberry-lime twist that’s a great, refreshing drink that you can make from the comfort of your own home:

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Ingredients

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• 100g fresh ginger
• 10 strawberries (circa 200g)
• 3 limes
• 150g light brown sugar (or you can replace this with agave syrup or your choice of sweetener)
• 235ml / 1 cup of water

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Preparation

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To create the syrup:

1. Peel & grate the ginger
2. Mash the strawberries slowly until they are turned into a paste
3. Squeeze the limes
4. Mix all the ingredients together in a cooking pot, then heat until the mixture starts to boil.
5. Remove the mixture from heat, cover and let rest for 1 hour
6. Strain the mixture and cool/store in the fridge

 

To prepare drinks and carbonate directly in your DrinkMate:

Mix 1 part syrup to 6 parts water – that works out to around 65ml of syrup (4-5 tablespoons) for the small DrinkMate bottle or 120ml (8 tablespoons) of syrup for the large bottle, then add cold water to the maximum fill line. As always – the colder the water the better!

Carbonate the drink as you normally would in your Drinkmate – use the slow release valve to control the foam.

And that’s it – you now have a freshly-made, super refreshing ginger ale that’s guaranteed to impress!

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