ginger beer
noun
: a sweetened carbonated nonalcoholic beverage heavily flavored with ginger or capsicum or both
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The new non-alcoholic drinks on the menu include the passion fruit mocktail made with lime, pineapple, passion fruit and soda, the prickly pear mocktail, which mixes lime, ginger beer and prickly pear and the yuzu matcha mocktail, which contains yuzu syrup, lemon, lime and matcha.
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Fermented Ginger Tonics Fermented ginger tonics, sometimes called non-alcoholic ginger beer or ginger ale, are made by adding a ginger bug to brewed ginger tea.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
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.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 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
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Fermented Ginger Tonics Fermented ginger tonics, sometimes called non-alcoholic ginger beer or ginger ale, are made by adding a ginger bug to brewed ginger tea.
—Lindsey Desoto, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
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.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 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
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“Ginger beer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ginger%20beer. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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