
These effervescent refreshers rose-out of the quest to concoct the most gingery punch-in-the-face devisable in liquid form.
Batch #1: Lemon-Ginger
After first opening up a flat first batch, (the lemon-brew), a longer fermentation quickly found itself topping the essentials definitely proved. Flat batches make great lemon shake-ups!
Batch #2: Lime-Ginger
Popped and fizzed just like champagne! Perfect body and nose; a little sweet and not enough ginger for my tastes. Think: super bubbly ginger ale with lime.
Since a bag of grapefruit now resides in the fridge, the fruit’s essence* will permeate the next round.
*An achievable byproduct of candying grapefruit peels while reducing simple syrup.
To get the basics down, these renditions referenced the America’s Test Kitchen recipe and video.