100-Year-Old Ginger Ale | How to Drink

I set out to prove that today's Canada Dry Ginger Ale tastes nothing like the Dry Ginger Ale of the early 1900's. I did some detective work to find a recipe and made it myself. HTD now has T-shirts and Pins for sale and will soon be adding so much more at htdshop.com - there are only a few shirts left! If you are looking for a great holiday gift, one idea is a unique bottle that you would have a hard time finding at a local liquor store. Curiada has you covered and they deliver right to your front door - https://bit.ly/howtodrinkbottles HTD Shop: http://htdshop.com Patreon: http://bit.ly/H2DPatreon Curiada: https://bit.ly/howtodrinkbottles twitter: http://bit.ly/H2DTwit instagram: http://bit.ly/H2dIG Blog: http://bit.ly/H2DBlog Gear: https://amzn.to/2LeQCbW @Artofdrink 00:00 - Ginger Ale is born 01:01 - History of the recipes 02:52 - Belfast Style Ginger Ale Recipe 04:53 - Tasting Belfast Ginger Ale 06:24 - You Make the Show Possible 07:45 - Early 1900's Ginger Ale 09:44 - Greg, Ginger Ale Detective 13:27 - "Polo" Ginger Ale 14:35 - Tasting "Polo" Ginger Ale 15:45 - Comparing the "Polo" Ginger Ale to Modern Canada Dry 16:39 - Prohibition Gin Buck Prohibition Gin Buck: Build in Glass 2 oz. Gin Squeeze of Lime Top with "Polo" Ginger Ale Stir Optional - 1 Dash Angostura Bitters Belfast Style Ginger Ale Extract: In Mortar and Pestle Add 4 grams Vanilla Bean chopped 9 grams Nutmeg grated 9 grams Ceylon Cinnamon crumbled 1.5 grams Cayenne Pepper Grate into a powder Additionally Add 90 grams Powdered Dried Ginger Root Equal part by weight of Everclear Put into a percolator and let sit for 24 hours Let it strain out (use a vacuum filter to speed up the process) Add more Ethanol to percolator until you have 240 ml of Extract Add 45 microliters Rose Oil 140 microliters Lime Oil 1 ml Bitter Orange Oil Belfast Style Ginger Ale Syrup: Add 30 ml Belfast Style Ginger Ale Extract 1 liter 3 to 2 Simple Syrup (3 parts sugar, 2 parts water) Shake to mix Belfast Style Ginger Ale: 7 parts seltzer 1 part Belfast Style Ginger Ale Syrup Stir to combine "Polo" Ginger Ale Essence: In a Beaker Add 12.38 ml Ginger Oil .99 ml Fresh Ginger Oil 3.53 ml Sweet Orange Oil 1.11 ml Lemon Oil .27 ml Distillation Extracted Lime Oil 175 ml Everclear Stir well to incorporate all ingredients Fill with filtered water to 312 ml Put into Separatory Funnel and chill overnight Separate out Terpenes "Polo" Ginger Ale Syrup: 30 ml Early 1900's Canada Dry Essence 1 liter 3 to 2 Simple Syrup (3 parts sugar, 2 parts water) Shake to mix "Polo" Ginger Ale: 7 parts seltzer 1 part Early 1900's Canada Dry Syrup Stir to combine Slowly but surely, I'm starting a mailing list so that I'm not fully dependent on YT's algorithmized notifications system. If you'll sign up, I promise not to abuse your generosity, or sell your info to anyone. It's over on the blog right here: http://bit.ly/H2DBlog Incredibly Awesome People who make this show possible! Dennis Groome Matthew Tepfer Richard Rappuhn Whiskey Tribe Erik Språng Nicholas Tsotakos William Madrid Adam Doyle Todd Swain Bill Alex Bertrand That One Guy Sarah Chapin LackOfLifestyle M W Patrick Unger TokenChick AmandaKay Chris Psanis Eoheomili Joe Valieant AKA SMASH Russell Pope Sephiroth Kraig M Xiwo Xerase Zack Alexander Davin Ward Mary Kinnaman Turtle_Man1982 Michael Gram Martijn Bakkes Barb Lawler Brody ScarletCinder Phillip Eurs Lokipellia Brad Rogers UwU sebby sharkey Matt Rusch Bryan Vallee Eric Bishop Greg G Guppies Need Water Lt Tocino Stephanie Paich Craig Jorgenson Ben Doggett Bradley Mendrala Cameron Wilson Cat_Branigan Gregory T. Lucas Harry Correll KTDE Veilander Jonathan Nathan van Opdorp Ramon Y Colin Paich Jerry Kris Zee Phillip Iovino Erbie Gerbies Jordan Rapposelli Tripp Dinger David collier Hallie McCray Michael Johns John Huxley Justen Vargas Daniel Sapp Remington Cole Davis Tim Nikita Ioffe Ben Symmonds Billy Franse Darkha1o Ian and Hailey Jackie Hesketh John Flessner Nathan Jarmon Thyme Tj Baker halpeezy TrueLunar Robby Delosier Andrew Wright Dale Meowgi NJM Benjamin Boskoff Jan Guerrero Jon McKee Michael N The Overseer Antoni Williams Charles Wheeler Kenny turnbaugh Ray Watters Scrimblo Bimblo, the Lovable Scrunko Arman Dowgiert