# Favorite brand of Ginger Ale
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 28, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096 "2011-06-28T02:37:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/1 "2011-06-28T02:37:57Z")
I’m talking about the mass-produced brands and not your
grandma’s secret recipe…basically something available to the masses.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/2 "2011-06-28T02:51:14Z")
Stewart’s and Reed’s
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### Author:  [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/3 "2011-06-28T03:01:15Z")
My all time favorite was Trader Joe’s, before they discontinued it. Now it’s Reeds.
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/4 "2011-06-28T03:02:11Z")
[Vernor’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor%27s)
Dude, add Vernor’s to your poll. It’s not complete without it.
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### Author:  [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/5 "2011-06-28T03:06:20Z")
“Mass market”: Hansen’s
“Mom and Pop” (but available at some BevMos): [Blenheim](http://www.blenheimgingerale.com/)
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### Author:  [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/6 "2011-06-28T03:39:44Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> [Vernor’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor%27s)
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> Dude, add Vernor’s to your poll. It’s not complete without it.
Honestly never heard of it, but will look out for it.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/7 "2011-06-28T03:46:28Z")
Vernors.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/8 "2011-06-28T03:50:27Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> [Vernor’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor%27s)
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> Dude, add Vernor’s to your poll. It’s not complete without it.
Ditto. How is Vernor’s missing from a ginger ale poll?
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### Author:  [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/9 "2011-06-28T03:56:06Z")
Vernor’s is my favorite, though there is a cane sugar brand at World Market (I don’t remember the name) that’s also really good when I can find it (like Pig Iron cola it’s not always in, but whenever I see it I buy every bottle).
-XT
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### Author:  [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/10 "2011-06-28T04:10:11Z")
> [@xtisme](#):
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> Vernor’s is my favorite, though there is a cane sugar brand at World Market (I don’t remember the name) that’s also really good when I can find it (like Pig Iron cola it’s not always in, but whenever I see it I buy every bottle).
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> -XT
I believe Jone’s Soda has a cane sugar ginger ale. Or did at some point, IIRC.
I like Canada Dry, with a double shot of Gibson’s finest in it.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/11 "2011-06-28T04:15:36Z")
I didn’t know Vernors made ginger ale. But I love their root beer so I’d try it.
My favorite ginger ale is Barritts.
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### Author:  [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/12 "2011-06-28T04:18:58Z")
I didn’t even know Seagrams made a ginger ale. I like Reed’s.
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### Author:  [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/13 "2011-06-28T04:21:36Z")
Vernor’s is okay, but Ale-8-One from Winchester, KY is the best, bar none. I have to get some shipped here once in a while, and I stock up when I go back for a visit.
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### Author:  [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/14 "2011-06-28T05:28:28Z")
Gosling’s Ginger Beer or Blenheim. Haven’t had Vernor’s and will check it out.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/15 "2011-06-28T05:29:53Z")
Vernor’s sucks. AJ Stephans Ginger Beer beats all comers hands down. Then Reed’s Extra and Bundaberg.
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/16 "2011-06-28T13:41:40Z")
Vernor’s is the best ginger _ale_ I’m aware of.
But it and other ginger ales can’t hold a candle to most ginger beers. AJ Stephans has one of the very, very best, as far as I’m concerned. Blenham’s is nice too, as is Reeds extra and Bundaberg.
Old Tyme Ginger beer is nice too, but necessitates a trip to Canada for me to get any.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/17 "2011-06-28T13:44:33Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> [Vernor’s](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernor%27s)
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> Dude, add Vernor’s to your poll. It’s not complete without it.
Came to post this.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/18 "2011-06-28T14:34:26Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> Vernor’s is the best ginger _ale_ I’m aware of.
Yes, I was voting Vernor’s based on this distinction. I prefer ginger beers, but as far as ginger ales go, Vernor’s is the most gingery of the bunch. It’s also a bit sweeter, too, with a sort of cream soda-like flavor to it, so it’s quite different than the dry ginger ales in the OP. Vernor’s is a “golden” ginger ale, while the rest of the OPs choices are “dry” ginger ales.
I’m curious about Blenheim’s. I’ve never had it, but I’ve heard it’s classified as a golden ginger ale, and that it’s supposed to be really hot, like a ginger beer. That said, I can’t find any definitive line for where ginger ale stops and ginger beer begins, and it seems the terminology is fuzzy.
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/19 "2011-06-28T14:48:38Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> Vernor’s sucks.
Of all “major” mass market brands, I find Vernor’s the most repulsive. Maybe it’s the “cream soda” flavor another poster alluded to. Blechh.
I probably couldn’t tell apart Canada Dry from Schweppes’ blindfolded. but they’re both OK. Supermarket house brands tend to be lousy; I suspect that the closest they get to actual ginger is maybe if the bottling plant has a picture of ginger root on the wall as the bottles zoom by.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/20 "2011-06-28T15:02:48Z")
Canada Dry. I went through a phase in high school where I drank a lot of ginger ale (in part because that was what Capt. Frank Furillo, a recovering alcoholic, always drank on _Hill Street Blues_), but not so much nowadays.
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