ginger beer

noun

: a sweetened carbonated nonalcoholic beverage heavily flavored with ginger or capsicum or both

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Swap vodka with tequila and mix with ginger beer and lime, and a Moscow Mule suddenly becomes a Mexican Mule. Essence, 24 July 2025 Made simply with 4 ounces ginger beer, 2 ounces vodka, and ½ ounce fresh lime juice, Moscow Mules are summer-friendly without any edits. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2025 This extra-bubbly, ginger pour is wildly spicy thanks to great quality ginger beer and a good hit of lime. Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 9 June 2025 This will be spicier than any bottled ginger beer and will be bright and alive—feel free to spike your ginger beer with a quarter ounce of it, or to make the cocktail bar version, below. Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for ginger beer

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ginger beer was in 1809

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“Ginger beer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ginger%20beer. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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