Although the terms were once used interchangeably, ginger ale and ginger beer grew apart during the 19th and 20th centuries. They’re now decidedly different drinks, with diverging ingredients and ...
When teacher Elaine Fraser collapsed at home after drinking a ginger beer, she had no idea she had an allergy. “It escalated unbelievably quickly,” Elaine recalls. “My chest was concave ...
Even though my favourite alcoholic beer is actually ginger-flavoured ― and though ginger wine has turned a bit trendy in recent years ― I’ve always wondered why completely child-safe fizzy g ...
Have you ever found yourself skimming a cocktail list, and your eyes do a double-take? You see a drink with ginger beer, followed by one with ginger ale. Is it a typo? Hardly. Both fizzy ginger drinks ...
If you love both gin and ginger beer, your next obsession is probably going to be the Foghorn. It's a throwback drink from the early 1900s, and it may remind you of a Moscow Mule (we'll get to ...
Elaine Fraser recognised the symptoms of anaphylactic shock thanks to training by the school where she works When teacher Elaine Fraser collapsed at home after drinking a ginger beer, she had no ...
This simple highball combines dark rum, ginger beer and fresh lime. Predating the vodka-based Moscow Mule, the drink was likely created by sailors drinking in Bermuda just after World War I.