ginger beer
noun
: a sweetened carbonated nonalcoholic beverage heavily flavored with ginger or capsicum or both
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Lively first launched her non-alcoholic drink company in 2021 with elegant glass-bottle branding and flavors including lemon lime, grapefruit, ginger beer and tonic water.
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Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Non-drinkers are included with alcohol-free beer and more interesting drink choices such as ginger beer among the soft drinks.
—Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The initial sip delivers flavors that are earthy, tart, sweet and tropical with a bracing zing, thanks to the strong ginger beer.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
The nonalcoholic El Diablo is made with panax ginseng, which is used in herbal medicine as an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, plus NA tequila, fresh lime juice, black currant syrup, ginger beer, disco inferno and bolivar bitters ($9).
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2024
View from the Top (lemon-anise syrup, grapefruit, lime, ginger beer).
—Molly Ruggere, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024
Add the orange juice, sparkling water, ginger beer, and agave or simple syrup.
—Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
The Bush Mule This cocktail is made with Bushmills Irish whiskey, ginger liqueur, lime juice, and ginger beer.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Crisp ginger beer foams nicely in your mouth, biting playfully at the back of your throat.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2024
Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
Non-drinkers are included with alcohol-free beer and more interesting drink choices such as ginger beer among the soft drinks.
—Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
The initial sip delivers flavors that are earthy, tart, sweet and tropical with a bracing zing, thanks to the strong ginger beer.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
The nonalcoholic El Diablo is made with panax ginseng, which is used in herbal medicine as an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, plus NA tequila, fresh lime juice, black currant syrup, ginger beer, disco inferno and bolivar bitters ($9).
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2024
View from the Top (lemon-anise syrup, grapefruit, lime, ginger beer).
—Molly Ruggere, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024
Add the orange juice, sparkling water, ginger beer, and agave or simple syrup.
—Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
The Bush Mule This cocktail is made with Bushmills Irish whiskey, ginger liqueur, lime juice, and ginger beer.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Crisp ginger beer foams nicely in your mouth, biting playfully at the back of your throat.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1809, in the meaning defined above
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