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Ingredients: 6 lemons (preferably organic), zested and juiced 1 1/2 to 2 cups sugar 1 gallon of water 1/8 to 1/4 tsp yeast 1. Zest the lemons (I peeled off the yellow part of the peel with a potato peeler so the pieces were large and easy to strain out). Bring to a simmer with the sugar...

I like to brew mine, but if I was looking for instant gratification I would go with flavored simple syrup (1 part water and 1 part sugar), added to seltzer or club soda, like an Italian soda. You could get fancy and have several flavors, and guests could make their own.

try this book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1580170528/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 It's got a lot of recipes. Though I wouldn't look down my nose at the extracts either- they still come out better than anything you can buy in a can.

crystallized ginger is made by boiling the ginger in sugar syrup, so it will be much milder in ginger flavor ounce for ounce than an unsweetened ginger, as it's meant to be eaten like candy. Unsweetened dried ginger would work better for a soda brew, I think, but it will have a different flavor...

There are recipes for both ginger beer and root beer that call for hops.

this sounds great! I wonder how it would work as a fermented soda. I'll have to try it.