# 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:** 9 **Page:** 4
### Author: ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady) #### Post date: [June 30, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/61 "2011-06-30T20:56:12Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > 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. Ale 8 is indeed awesome but is not, to my knowledge, a true ginger ale. It has other flavorants and is labeled as a soft drink, rather than a ginger ale. And most people I know don’t drink them interchangeably but rather treat them as two completely separate beverage entities. ---
### Author: ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT) #### Post date: [June 30, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/62 "2011-06-30T20:57:56Z")
Yep, you can get Hansen’s [here](http://www.amazon.com/Hansen-Beverage-Ginger-Soda-12-Ounce/dp/B003SBRV14/ref=sr_1_8?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1309466992&sr=1-8). Vernor’s has an online store [here](http://www.thevernorsstore.com/). -XT ---
### Author: ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone) #### Post date: [June 30, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/63 "2011-06-30T21:05:45Z")
I’m not sure about a favorite, but I’m sure it’s not the Super Chill diet ginger ale I bought at Jewel/Albertson’s today. As Bill the Cat would say, “ **ACK!** ” ---
### Author: ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3) #### Post date: [June 30, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/64 "2011-06-30T22:03:53Z")
It has to be [Buffalo Rock](http://www.buffalorock.com/products/gingerale.html). Mostly because Kist no longer makes its golden ginger ale. ---
### Author: ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3) #### Post date: [June 30, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/65 "2011-06-30T22:04:56Z")
nevermind ---
### Author: ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob) #### Post date: [June 30, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/66 "2011-06-30T22:20:34Z")
[Red Rock Golden Ginger Ale](http://pipelinebrandsusa.com/soda_brands/red_rock_ginger_ale.html) ---
### Author: ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie) #### Post date: [June 30, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/67 "2011-06-30T23:17:24Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > That’s not bad. Don’t they use cane sugar for that (and all Blue Sky beverages?) > > I should have also mentioned in my earlier post that I only drink diet ginger ale, so my preferences are probably not valid. Yep, cane sugar, om nom nom. Never seen a diet version though. Although a bigger ginger beer fan, for ale, BlueSky has some good bite. In an emergency situation it can make an OK dark and stormy. ---
### Author: ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut) #### Post date: [July 1, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/68 "2011-07-01T17:57:07Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Yep, you can get Hansen’s [here](http://www.amazon.com/Hansen-Beverage-Ginger-Soda-12-Ounce/dp/B003SBRV14/ref=sr_1_8?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1309466992&sr=1-8). Vernor’s has an online store [here](http://www.thevernorsstore.com/). > > -XT Vernor’s is pretty expensive, unless those web prices are inflated. Does it typically cost that much ~$1.50 a can? ---
### Author: ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor) #### Post date: [July 2, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096/69 "2011-07-02T00:02:21Z")
Canada Dry uses real ginger. And no phosphoric acid preservatives. Sounds good to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-brand-of-ginger-ale/587096.md?page=3)