Homemade Ginger Ale Soda
HOMEMADE Ginger Ale Soda! This DIY simple syrup recipe is easy to make! Make your favorite flavor soda healthy with fresh ingredients and a sparkling water sodastream machine!
As a kid I drank too much soda. As a adult in my early 20’s I continued on a Diet Coke, Cherry Cola path. Then I took a shameful look in the mirror after finishing my 3rd can of Diet Coke and realized it wasn’t the soda that I loved, it was the carbonated water. It was that fizzy water burn that I craved.
So instead of buying 2 liters of soda we bought 2 liters of seltzer water. Most times it was plain, sometimes it was flavored. The great part was that suddenly I was drinking a ton of water. I lost a few pounds, the water made me feel better throughout the day. I didn’t miss the soda at all.
Homemade Seltzer Water!
We bought a SodaStream machine years ago. It’s 100% a must have in the kitchen if you love bubbly seltzer water. A few months ago I noticed that KitchenAid was selling a SodaStream Machine in colors aqua, black, cobalt, green, red, silver, orange and white. What do I love more than great kitchen gadgets? Ones that are colorful and look pretty! We got a aqua sky one, isn’t it a beauty?
Homemade Ginger Ale
I wanted to make a fresh ginger ale syrup with a few basic ingredients. This tastes just like ginger ale soda but without all the bad stuff and calories! If you love ginger ale you’re going to be a fan of this!
You will need star anise for this recipe, which is one of my favorite ingredients for Indian soups! You can buy this from a Asian grocery or buy a entire box on Amazon that will last you forever. You’ll also need some fresh mint.
The star of this drink is the ginger though. It’s not overpowering, it’s just the right taste. Plus who doesn’t love the smell of fresh ginger?
So next time you’re craving ginger ale soda, stay inside and make your own healthy homemade ginger ale!
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Homemade Ginger Ale Soda
HOMEMADE Ginger Ale Soda! This DIY simple syrup recipe is easy to make! Make your favorite flavor soda healthy with fresh ingredients and a sparkling water sodastream machine!
Ingredients
Ginger
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup peeled chopped ginger
- 3 tablespoons fresh mint
- 1 star anise pod
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
Syrup
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Add 1/2 cup water to saucepan and bring to a low boil. Add ginger, mint, star anise and allspice and reduce to simmer for 5 minutes. Take off the stove and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Strain liquid to remove all ginger chunks, mint leaves, star anise and allspice.
- In another saucepan add 1/2 cup sugar with 1/2 cup water. Bring to a boil making sure sugar is dissolved.
- Add ginger water to sugar syrup sauce pan and stir.
Add 2-3 tablespoons of ginger ale syrup to 8 oz glass of cold carbonated water. Stir and serve. Refrigerate any ginger ale syrup left over. This will last a few weeks.
How fun is this!! Love the ginger!! …and fizzy water is so fun! This looks like a really cool machine 🙂
Anise is one of my favorite spices – Pamela – what an ingenious idea to use it with ginger in this refreshing drink!
We bought our Soda Stream for about the same reason — I was drinking soooo much club soda (and getting irrationally angry if the store was sold out!). when I bought it, I said that i was going to make my own soda syrups, which has happened with all of 1 flavor. This sounds like a tasty addition!
Oh, yes, to fizzy water and I think we better buy a soda stream!
Pamela… I’m going to have to look into getting on of these… it would significantly cut down on the sugar my little one drinks… I’m sure she loves the fizz ♡
Oooh I love how you can make your own fizzy drinks! This sounds like a super unique combo of spices to be used in a ‘pop’…I think I would love it!! I bet you could make some fancy cocktails with this too 😉
This sound fun, I like that you can make all kind of mix and match!
Have a great week Pamela 🙂
Oh, I want a Soda Stream SO badly. I hardly ever drink soda, though, so it would never pay for itself. I guess I’ll just keep buying seltzer…
I have to say, I love those straws 🙂
Shauna
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This homemade ginger ale sounds awesome. I am not a soda drinker but I do buy a spicy ginger soda from Trader Joes to mix with bourbon. I think this would be perfect in a mixed drink!
Awesome!! What a cool thing to tell people : “this is homemade soda”. I’m all about figuring out how I can show off . 🙂
We started drinking a lot of seltzer when we lived in the NYC area. Still do, although we always buy it in the store. I’ve wondered whether we should try one of those SodaStream makers — they sound pretty nifty. And the idea of making my own ginger ale is really exciting! I love it, but it’s hard to get a good commercial one. Fun post — thanks.
I love the idea of homemade ginger ale! We love sparkling water at our house … this would be a fun treat!
I definitely need to get myself one of these. Why is my kitchen not bigger? I want to buy all the appliances!
I just discovered your blog today and what’s the first thing I see? A post about ginger ale, one of my ALL TIME favorite drinks. THANK YOU for this! We have a SodaStream too, and I am stoked about trying to make this. Question – do you think the star annise and allspice are critical here? Or do you think one of them could be left out? Just curious. Looking forward to reading more of your blog!!
Hey Nikki, nice to see you here! I think the spices definitely are going to help give it that ginger ale taste, but if you don’t have any – try without. The ginger syrup should still work out nicely!
I often drink what I call ‘fizzy water’ when I go out. I feel like I’m having a proper drink even though there’s no alcohol in it. So I get your addiction, Pamela!
What a beautiful-sounding drink this is … I love ginger!
Oh this looks so delicious. I love homemade ginger ale and after reading this I think I will make some tomorrow!
Very brilliant indeed, Pamela! Ginger ale is a classic -whether ill or not. Definitely a comfort drink =) BTW You also have brilliant taste in colors, Pamela…My KitchenAid mixer in Boulder is that exact shade of blue!
Wow! I have never thought of making homemade ginger ale! What a great idea!
I LOVE your new Soda Stream! When mine wears out, I know what I’m getting. 🙂 I used to drink soda for the same reason and now I drink mostly fizzy water with a bit of lime in it. I’ve never thought to make a flavored syrup though. This sounds delicious! 🙂
We aren’t big soda drinkers, but the exceptions are the occasional ginger ale or root beer. I do enjoy the fizz and would definitely use a Soda Stream if I had one. I keep meaning to try making fermented ginger beer…
This is so cool!!! I want that Kitchen Aid!!!
Melanie @ meandmr.com
looks so refreshing! I can’t remember the last time I drank soda, never been a fan! but I’d happily drink this fizzy drink with all the spices especially because ginger is involved!
Your photos are so bright and refreshing! I love the idea of making my own beverages and being able to use natural ingredients and controlling how much sugar goes in them!
We buy and drink so much ‘fizzy’ water. I should think about a sodastream! And making ginger ale is genius!!
Heck YES…. I want, I want, I want!!! 🙂
Absolutely obsessed with ginger lately. And making my own soft drink would be preferred, controlling the sugar content etc. Loves it. Also love your pics. Very pretty!
looks really refreshing. I also have sodasteam machine, however I have not used it for ages. Guess it is time to start using it again!
I found your blog when I was searching for the Aqua KitchenAid SodaStream. Glad I did cuz now I have a natural GingerAle recipe… Thanks!
Thanks Lexa, enjoy your pretty SodaStream and this recipe!
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I think there’s not enough ginger in this recipe… or maybe the fact that you’re only cooking it for 5 minutes. I use another recipe that uses more ginger, cooks in 2 cups of water for 45 minutes, then steeps for 20 minutes before straining. I find it produces a nice strong flavor.
Hi Pamela,
Looks Delicious! Thanks for sharing this informative content. I get more informations from it. I love soda and am looking for best sodasstream to buy.