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/dʒˈɪndʒər bɪr/ Listen

Ginger beer

noun

Carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger.

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"Ginger beer" Quotes from Famous Books

... panting and adjusting his disordered garments. "Nothing like being really fit—ready to go anywhere an' do anything—that's my motto." He rang the bell and ordered a bottle of ginger beer. ...

— The Long Trick • Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie

... near the fire all night, covering the pan over with a cloth. The next day skim off the yeast, and pour the liquor carefully into another vessel, leaving the sediment; then bottle immediately, and tie the corks down, and in 3 days the ginger beer will be fit for use. For some tastes, the above proportion of sugar may be found rather too large, when it may be diminished; but the beer will not ...

— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton

... their umbrella. This room was a sort of refreshment room; and as they were told that they must wait here a few minutes till a party was formed, they occupied the time by taking a luncheon. Their luncheon consisted of a ham and veal pie, and a good drink for each of ginger beer. ...

— Rollo in London • Jacob Abbott

... was the band, and everyone enjoyed the dance and everything else. The band, too, was the orchestra at a night of private theatricals, in which J. D. Pemberton and Joseph McKay were the star actors, whilst the others handed round port, ale, cider, ginger beer, oranges, lemons and nuts—that is to say they would if they ...

— Some Reminiscences of old Victoria • Edgar Fawcett

Words linked to "Ginger beer" : beverage, drink, potable, drinkable