Ginger Ale is basically just sugared ginger flavored carbonated water. Ginger Beer actually goes through a firmentation process, which then makes the carbonation in the bottle (though today’s manufacturers may add carbonated water as well). Today’s firmentation process is pretty mellow, and the resulting alcohol content is so low that they don’t have to label alcohol being in the bottle. The same firmentation process results in a more cloudy appearance, and some unfiltered content, which is why Bundaberg suggests inverting the bottle a couple times before drinking it.

So, Ginger Beer is a non-alcoholic (mostly) beverage that has more body, more complex flavors, and a richer color than it’s very close cousin, ginger ale. Both taste of ginger, both are sweet, both are refreshing, and both are bubbly. But only ginger beer has the complexity of flavor that yeast firmentation brings to the table, and because it takes longer to make and has more ingredients in it, ginger beer is also more expensive. But it is so very worth it! Give Bundaberg a try and let me know what you think.

I’m not an expert but can you class Canada Dry, Schweppes and Vernors as a Ginger Beer. Old Tyme Ginger Beer Is the best I’ve tried to date.

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Bundaberg Ginger Beer makes a great ‘dark & stormy’ and back home in Australia this is traditionally made with Bundaberg Rum which happens to be Australia’s most popular spirit and produced in the same town as Bundaberg Ginger Beer.

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