Best drink in the world:
first make homemade Ginger Beer:
12 oz roughly chopped ginger. Don't peel.
1 bay leaf
Put in a large bowl. Add 10 cups boiling water. Let sit/steep for at least 4 hours but overnight is better. Then strain ginger mixture into a pitcher.
3/4 water, 3/4 sugar into a saucepan and bring to boil. Reduce to simmer, let sugar melt, stirring once in awhile. Let cool. Mix in sugar water, and squeeze a whole lemon.
Then, mix equal parts Ginger Beer with a good lemonade, like Paul Newmans***. If you do this you can forego the lemon in the above recipe, and even cut back on the sugar.
Add a shot or two of vodka. I prefer Stoli Gold. Add a lime wedge and lots of ice. You could add club soda to make it sorta like a Moscow Mule, but that's optional.
Drink on a hot day.
-bri
*** the ginger beer is totally drinkable on its own.
first make homemade Ginger Beer:
12 oz roughly chopped ginger. Don't peel.
1 bay leaf
Put in a large bowl. Add 10 cups boiling water. Let sit/steep for at least 4 hours but overnight is better. Then strain ginger mixture into a pitcher.
3/4 water, 3/4 sugar into a saucepan and bring to boil. Reduce to simmer, let sugar melt, stirring once in awhile. Let cool. Mix in sugar water, and squeeze a whole lemon.
Then, mix equal parts Ginger Beer with a good lemonade, like Paul Newmans***. If you do this you can forego the lemon in the above recipe, and even cut back on the sugar.
Add a shot or two of vodka. I prefer Stoli Gold. Add a lime wedge and lots of ice. You could add club soda to make it sorta like a Moscow Mule, but that's optional.
Drink on a hot day.
-bri
*** the ginger beer is totally drinkable on its own.
doctorspooky:
I once bought a bottle of so called "Ginger Beer" at the grocery store. It tasted like Toilet Duck smells. 