I love ginger, its savory and spicy, but plays so very well with sweet. I love every succulent thing about Ginger, its flavor, it's aroma, it's weird knobbly alien claw shape. I love Ginger so much I even got a Ginger roommate, even if his creepy soulless stare keeps me up at night.
Here's What You'll Need:
2 Tablespoons Crystallized Ginger
2 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
1 Fresh Knob of Ginger, peeled and slightly bruised
9 fl Ounces of Apple Juice
9 fl Ounces of Canada Dry Ginger Ale
6 fl Ounces Stirrings Ginger Liquor (available at Krogers)
Here's What You'll Do:
1. Mix the Apple Juice and Ginger Liquor in a pitcher and chill.
2. Chill your Ginger Ale
3. Use a coffee grinder, spice grinder, blender, food processor, or your cousins braces to thoroughly grind the Crystallized Ginger together with the Sugar to make Ginger Sugar.
4. Rub the rims of three tumblers with the ginger root to moisten them and dip them in your Ginger Sugar.
5. Pour 3 fl Ounces of Ginger Ale into each tumbler, followed by 5 fl Ounces of your Ginger Liquor, Apple Juice Mixture.
6. Smell it... Oh, sooo sexy.
7. Drink it.... Burns sooo good.
Bonus Points:
1. As above, but pour it all into one, much larger glass and don't share it.
2. Try grating a little fresh Nutmeg into your Ginger Liquor, Apple Juice Mixture before you chill it. Nutmeg and Ginger are B.F.F.'s 4E.
3. Make a little rose out of Pickled Ginger to go with each glass and serve them on a tray, have your guests drop the rose into their drink before consuming. It's tasty, fun, and adds a little bit of flashy ceremony.
