Anyone have a recipe for ginger ale similar to vernor's?!
Anyone have a recipe for ginger ale similar to vernor's?
Answers:
Vernor′s recipe is a secret.
Before the Civil War began, James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist, had concocted a new drink. It was a mix of 19 ingredients, including ginger, vanilla and natural flavorings.
When Vernor was called off to war in 1862, he stored the secret mixture in an oak cask in his pharmacy. After returning from battle four years later, he opened his secret keg and found the drink inside had been transformed by the aging process in the wood. It had taken on a zippy, zesty, gingery flavor. It was like nothing else he had ever tasted.
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Syrup concentrate for ale:
3 1/2 cups water
4-inch long piece of ginger, peeled & chopped
2 Tbsp vanilla flavoring
3 tsp lemon flavoring (non-alcoholic)
1/2 tsp stevia powder (or to taste)
Directions:
Boil down the ginger in water for 10 minutes. Strain out ginger pieces and pour ginger juice into jar. Add vanilla and lemon flavorings and stevia. Let cool and store in refrigerator as a syrup concentrate. Add 1/8 - 1/4 cup of syrup to 6-8 oz of sparkling water and serve.
Serving the Ale:
1 cup sparkling water or club soda per serving
Source(s):
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~dins/history...
http://www.metnews.com/articles/2005/rem...