# I found real old style Ginger Beer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [October 18, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172 "2018-10-18T20:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/21 "2018-10-19T15:39:07Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Concur. I also like their smaller bottles. I don’t need such a big gulp to sate my cravings. I’m the opposite. I like a ginger beer to “love me long time.” Fever Tree is really good, but I want it in bigger bottles. Starting with 1 liter, ideally. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/22 "2018-10-19T16:16:46Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > Trader Joe’s made a ginger beer a few years ago that was both really good, and pretty cheap relative to other ginger beers I’ve had. It also came in those flip-top rubber stoppered glass bottles like Grolsch beer. I wish I’d stocked up on it when it was available. > > Goslings makes a ginger beer, as well, which isn’t Jamaican style, but it’s mostly hum-drum: a kicked up version of ginger ale. They would do be to stick to the black rum side of the Dark and Stormy. Was it their Triple Ginger Brew? I just bought and consumed a bottle from one of their Southern California stores last week. It is a pretty strong ginger beer. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/23 "2018-10-19T18:02:04Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I’ll have to try the Bundaberg, if I can find it locally. > > My go-to ginger beer currently is Fever-Tree, which kicks the butt of any mass-produced ginger ale on the market. Beyond being great ice-cold, it’s a treat when partially frozen into ginger beer slush. I can report the Bundaberg Ginger Slush is awesome. I let it freeze for about 45 minutes, I am really enjoying it currently. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/24 "2018-10-19T20:14:50Z")
I don’t know ginger beer in general, but Bundeberg is certainly good. You can get it at Costco, too. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/25 "2018-10-19T20:49:45Z")
Bundaberg, rum and lime juice is a pretty tasty highball. Not quite a Dark and Stormy, but really close. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/26 "2018-10-20T14:34:21Z")
Ginger related - Gingeroo, made by the Old New Orleans Rum Distillery, is pretty tasty stuff. I’ve not seen anything else like it. Its sweet but it sure beats Canada Dry. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/27 "2018-10-20T15:00:15Z")
For the extreme ginger aficionado, Powell and Mahoney used to make their Powell & Mahoney Old Ballycastle Ginger Vintage, a super strong non-alcoholic ginger syrup for mixing with, well, whatever you wanted. I still have a full bottle from a buying binge I went on years ago. Sadly it seems the product is no longer available. But here’s a nice [picture](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41Z9v2yzMZL._SY355_.jpg). I don’t know how Powell and Mahoney’s ginger beer product ranks amongst the others I’ve tried; I’ve never seen it in stores. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/28 "2018-10-22T14:25:53Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > Was it their Triple Ginger Brew? I just bought and consumed a bottle from one of their Southern California stores last week. It is a pretty strong ginger beer. It was! They still make it; they just won’t sell it to me? Jerks. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/29 "2018-10-22T19:17:39Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > It was! They still make it; they just won’t sell it to me? Jerks. Next time you are at TJs take a look around. For some reason they treat it as a seasonal beverage and only sell it during the last quarter of the year. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/30 "2018-10-22T19:25:19Z")
I like Bundaberg well enough, but if you should try [Stoney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoney_(drink)) if you can get it. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/31 "2018-10-23T22:12:07Z")
What no Crabbies? If you’re gonna have ginger beer, might as well have it fermented. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/32 "2018-10-23T22:44:48Z")
I’ve been impressed by the Crabbie’s flavors I’ve tried. But around here it’s rather pricey. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/33 "2018-10-24T00:52:27Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Bundaberg, rum and lime juice is a pretty tasty highball. Not quite a Dark and Stormy, but really close. That would be Bundaberg Rum of course. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/34 "2018-10-24T01:21:58Z")
> [@ThisSpaceForRent](#): > > I guess that answered my question…Soda pop it is. I had the same question. Thanks for asking it. On a note related to the OP, but non-alcohol related, the grocery store down the road from my apartment in Beijing now stocks [Hey Song sarsaparilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeySong_Corporation) from Taiwan. I like it, but I sure do miss the [birch beer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_beer) I got introduced to in my short stint in Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/36 "2019-08-18T11:02:35Z")
My husband’s homemade. Just ginger, lemon, sugar, and a good long sit in the shed 🆒 ETA: Oh, I see this board is being ginger-beered by the ginger-beer-inator… ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/37 "2019-08-18T11:18:36Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > For Americans: it’s pronounced BUN-da-berg. Named after the Qld town where it’s produced, an area where both ginger and sugarcane grow well. My Yank husband has contorted it into all kinds of faux-German BOON-der-BURGHHHH nonsense on more than one occasion. Your husband must be weird, as I can’t conceive of a way to pronounce it besides the way you say. > [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t know ginger beer in general, but Bundeberg is certainly good. You can get it at Costco, too. My Costco has Fever Tree. I’ve had those two, Cock & Bull, plus a few others that escape me. I don’t notice any big differences, no grapefruit taste and all are good. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/38 "2019-08-18T11:26:55Z")
> [@moscowmule](#): > > What’s the best ginger beer ever? The best I’ve had was home-brewed by a couple that was older than dirt 25 years ago. I haven’t seen them since the 90s and only had their ginger beer twice, but it was absolutely excellent. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/39 "2019-08-18T15:26:57Z")
> [@Ginger beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ginger-beer/746835/53): > > has anyone tried fever tree ginger beer? > [@What is your favorite kind of Ginger Beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-kind-of-ginger-beer/350509/69): > > I feel that ginger ale is a good substitute for ginger beer when making a moscow mule. Does anyone agree? > [@moscowmule](#): > > What’s the best ginger beer ever? You had to zombie three separate threads to seek our responses? :dubious: My favorite ginger beers of the ones still being produced are Blenheim’s (especially the “hot” pink-capped bottles), Buffalo Rock, Jamaica, and Gosling’s. I have not tried Fever Tree, or not that I recall. I’ll keep an eye out for it. Most ginger ale isn’t strong enough to be a decent substitute for ginger beer. There are exceptions: the above-mentioned Buffalo Rock actually bills itself as ginger ale but it’s as gingery and strong as any of the others in that list (well maybe not as strong as the Blenheim pink-cap). ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/40 "2019-08-18T15:36:42Z")
What do you have against zombie threads? From the username clearly he finds ginger beer very important. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172/41 "2019-08-18T15:47:16Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Most ginger ale isn’t strong enough to be a decent substitute for ginger beer. There are exceptions: the above-mentioned Buffalo Rock actually bills itself as ginger ale but it’s as gingery and strong as any of the others in that list (well maybe not as strong as the Blenheim pink-cap). I like Blenheim’s xtra hot. I have a dozen bottles chilled right now. But is it anything more than their regular ginger ale with extra capsaicin added? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-real-old-style-ginger-beer/823172.md?page=3)