ginger beer
noun
: a sweetened carbonated nonalcoholic beverage heavily flavored with ginger or capsicum or both
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The lack of specificity there is deliberate—sometimes the ginger is ginger ale, sometimes ginger beer, sometimes ginger syrup and soda water, while the lemon is sometimes peel or juice, and the whiskey sometimes blended or rye.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2026
The zero-proof cocktails include the Airplane Mode, which mixes a nonalcoholic Italian liqueur, orange, lemon juice and honey, and the Ginger Drit, which has a nonalcoholic Italian liqueur, lemon juice, ginger beer and mint.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
The Burnet Road location serves Blue Euphoria (blueberry lavender lemonade) and Rasp-putin (raspberry syrup, lemon and ginger beer), while Cedar Park features Lavender Ball Drop (lavender, lemon and grapefruit) and Pomegranate Lime Fizz.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
Clean Sheet features a chamomile-thyme tincture mixed with blue fig Syrup, elderflower and lemon juice finished with elderflower tonic, while the False Promise boasts jasmine and sencha tea extract with coconut water and lime juice finished with ginger beer and Thai basil.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 31 Dec. 2025
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2026
The zero-proof cocktails include the Airplane Mode, which mixes a nonalcoholic Italian liqueur, orange, lemon juice and honey, and the Ginger Drit, which has a nonalcoholic Italian liqueur, lemon juice, ginger beer and mint.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
The Burnet Road location serves Blue Euphoria (blueberry lavender lemonade) and Rasp-putin (raspberry syrup, lemon and ginger beer), while Cedar Park features Lavender Ball Drop (lavender, lemon and grapefruit) and Pomegranate Lime Fizz.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 6 Jan. 2026
Clean Sheet features a chamomile-thyme tincture mixed with blue fig Syrup, elderflower and lemon juice finished with elderflower tonic, while the False Promise boasts jasmine and sencha tea extract with coconut water and lime juice finished with ginger beer and Thai basil.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Ginger beer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ginger%20beer. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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