Talk:Ginger beer/Archive 1

DSMZ culture
The DSMZ ginger beer plant culture appears to be the famous ginger beer plant identified by Ward in 1891. I added a link to this, as it may provide others some access to the culture if they want to play with it. Additionally, there is a website that claims to be selling this culture (sourced from DSMZ) - should this be added to the external links section? Webaware 09:26, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Cockney Rhyming Slang.
I have removed this from the article for two reasons. Firstly its irrelevance. If I wanted to know a "ginger" was I'd look it up in Cockney Rhyming Slang or Ginger. Secondly the section is, in my opinion, offensive in tone and content.

I don't know exactly what the comment was, but I can guess. As an 'out' British lesbian I can asure you that the cockney ryming slang for Gingerbeer is not offensive if used appropriately and is in common usage. See www.gingerbeer.co.uk! Fluffball70 16:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC). I think we might have to build a linked Article, to talk about the history of the Gingerbeer community and seperate it from the drink.....!

Commercially Marketed Non-alcoholic Brands?
Are there any commercially marketed carbonated ginger beers in the US? It would seem reasonable to me to list them. The ginger ale article lists some, respectively. ~Gertlex 05:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Why would that be useful, and why brands from the USA in particular? There are some fermented ginger beers, as well as force-carbonated ginger beers, in Australia too, and, I imagine, lots of other countries besides. Webaware 07:24, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
 * My bad indeed; my thoughts were subconscious thoughts were probably affected by the ginger ale article (which mentions ginger ales). I think it's useful when someone recognizes a drink they know and can link it to being of the type the article about;  I didn't know Vernors was a ginger ale (just a really unique pop/soda ;) ) until I read the ginger ale article. I did find myself an answer elsewhere, later on. ~Gertlex 21:23, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * To be fair, you're unlikely to mistake ginger beer for anything other than ginger beer. It tastes *very* gingery,and not really like any other soft drinks save ginger ale, vaguely. If you wanted to do a list of brands, split it into it's own page "Ginger Beer Brands" and make sections for other countries. This isn't a US website, so we can't really just list US companies. Patch86 03:20, 28 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Goya Makes a brand of Ginger Beer that you can find in almost any Supermarket like Krogers or Wal-mart. I have to you though, It is very strong. They use the Oil of Ginger to make it. I just tried it for the first and last time. Young Web Programmer msg  19:59, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

not just a drink
Gingerbeer is not just known as a drink/beverage. It is also the name of London's biggest on-line women's community. As this site is so widely accessed from all over the world as a source of women's and also gay information, it really should be mentioned as associated with the drink, especially as it was named after this. Also, on a by note, the word flavour is spelt with a 'u' in all the world except for the usa. I mention this as it has been agreed (I see from reading all these posts) that this wonderfull wiki project is not us based. bloggie 011:26, 09 February 2007 (UTC)

As I mentioned above, I have added a standard redirect on this page to a new article Gingerbeer(web community) that can be used to develop infomation on the London web community that is accessed by thousands of women the world over. That is the only reference that we need and the infomation can be developed seperately.

As for the spelling(and grammar), it's an old Wikipedia debate and it is agreed by Wikipedia that the writers can use whatever English variant they are most comfortable with. USA English spellings are equally valid in this case. (Please note, I am British too) Fluffball70 16:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Terminology
I'm British, and have all my life used "ginger beer" and "ginger ale" pretty much interchangeably to mean (always) the soft drink. The presence of two separate articles actually confused me at first! 81.153.107.160 03:14, 24 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Might be a regional thing. In the midlands people often confuse the two, but elsewhere they seem to know the difference. 87.81.140.191 17:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Ginger beer recipe
I thought some links to recipes might be useful. I didn't understand from the article, but basically 'Ginger beer plant' is a fermented 'juice' concentrate that you create first and get growing (like yeast with making bread), then you water down this concentrate called the 'plant' or 'bug' and add more water/sugar to make ginger beer which you can then bottle and leave to ferment for longer.

Anyways I found this link useful for a Ginger beer recipe: Ginger Beer Recipe ABC.net.au --Evolve2k 07:04, 6 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Right, I'm probably gonna end up with this getting removed because it's not a discussion, but here goes - take an empty 2 litre fizzy drink bottle; stuff lots of finely chopped ginger root into the neck (use loads, until there's 2 or 3 inches of chopped ginger in the bottle); squirt in a generous amount of lemon juice (I use most of a Jif lemon); add half a teaspoon of dried bread yeast and finally add a whole cupful of caster sugar with the help of a funnel. Fill up half way with water, cap off and and shake until the sugar is dissolved, then fill all the way leaving an inch of space at the top of the bottle. Leave the mixture somewhere warm for about 36-48 hours to ferment (there will be tremendous pressure in the bottle, but don't worry, I haven't had one pop yet).


 * Once fermented, leave in the fridge until chilled, then GENTLY let pressure out of the bottle bit by bit with the bottle standing in the sink - if you just uncap it the liquid will squirt everywhere. Once you can get the cap off without it fizzing up, strain the finished ginger beer through a tea strainer and funnel into 4 smaller 500ml bottles, cap them off and leave them out of the fridge for a while - the yeast should re-awaken and refizz the liquid through secondary fermentation....and there you have it - bottle conditioned ginger beer, ABV 0.5% - 1%. 80.41.230.202 (talk) 09:03, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Jeremy Clarkson made a reference to "Ginger Beer" on Top Gear a couple of times(and got in trouble for it!) and neither his entry nor this one explains the link to homosexuality, plus the use of the full term in a non-modern context, such as old books or articles, so I think it should be put back in.

98.160.148.64 (talk) 11:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Quick Ginger Beer Recipe
My local Wal-Mart does not carry ginger beer, nor do most rural grocery stores. After reading some of the recipes linked from the main article, I thought I'd try a simpler way to satisfy my taste for ginger beer. Using a juicer like one would use to make carrot juice, I juiced fresh ginger and added it to ginger ale. For making a 12oz bottle, I used about a tablespoon of ginger juice, six drops of lemon juice, and a squirt of honey and then mixed in cheap ginger ale, capped the bottle and tipped it a few times, and was quite pleased with the results. For a two liter bottle, adding about half a cup of ginger juice along with a bit more lemon juice and honey to the ginger ale works well also. This method costs a lot less than most commercial ginger beers, can be adapted to just the right amount of sharpness for individual taste, and works well when only ginger ale and fresh ginger roots are available locally. Marksz (talk) 04:42, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Any Bottled brands of Alcoholic Ginger Beer?
Are there any bottled brands of Alcoholic Ginger Beer? Where are they available? I know P. F. Chang's China Bistro sells it in their restaurants, but I have never seen one available in bottles. Antmusic (talk) 19:06, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

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