crabbies ginger beer?

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Cactus_Jack wrote: »

....I was looking forward to trying it but wasn't impressed. .......... not enough of a ginger taste.......

Just got 3 bottles from Morrisons and I thought the same.
Old Jamaica Ginger Beer has more bite.

wigglebeena

Why not ginger wine: nice and strong, sainsbury's do their own well cheap and you can add some basics fizzy water. Plus you can breathe fire after every sip.

ben500

Can't beat a good nip of Stone's Green Ginger wine.

hoyles10

I quite like Crabbys but like you say you can't beat a good nip of Stone's Ginger wine. Don't think Crabbys is worth £2 a bottle so think i'll wait a few weeks and i'm sure it'll be in Netto at £1 and i'll stock up then

ben500

hoyles10 wrote: »

I quite like Crabbys but like you say you can't beat a good nip of Stone's Ginger wine. Don't think Crabbys is worth £2 a bottle so think i'll wait a few weeks and i'm sure it'll be in Netto at £1 and i'll stock up then

TBH I try every ginger beer I come across and there is nothing on the market today with anything like the bite you expect from good ginger beer, used to make my own years back and when the bottles didn't explode and you actually got to drink some it was awesome, but nowadays if you want something with a bit of punch to it you have to go for a ginger wine, today's ginger beers just don't cut the mustard. Stone's is one of the best for it's price, there are other cheaper ginger wines but again you tend to sacrifice quality in exchange for price, you can usually pick up Stone's at around a four and a half to five pounds if your smart.

As for Crabbie's it's nice but that's the best description I could attribute to it, it's been around for years just getting mass marketed now is all, people will swoon of course but they are buying overpriced "nice" pop that's all.

hoyles10

I didn't know it had been around for years but I guess it's a bit like Magners when that became really popular through a campaign to put ice in it and a bit marketing push.

Derby_Tup

We're speaking about this as if it is a new thing? I guess the Crabbie's brand of alcoholic Ginger Beer may be - although they've been making a very nice Green Ginger wine for some time - if you like that sort of thing. I enjoy the Green Ginger wine as a mixer with whisky. I'm not sure I'd enjoy mixing an alcoholic Ginger Beer with whisky.

Anyhow, Ginger Beer - the alcoholic variety - is a centuries old English traditional drink. It used to be commonly available on draft and looked just like an ordinary pint of beer. It has all but disappeared from the pub scene over the last 50 years which is rather a shame - because traditional Ginger Beer is not pop, and it isn't fizzy. It's just like a pint of normal ale with a bit of a kick to it.

There are still some breweries that sell it on draft - if you are lucky enough to live near the West Midlands (which I don't) then check out Envilles brewery - or see their website. They do a very nice alcoholic traditional ginger beer which they sell on draft in pubs around the Black Country.

Derby_Tup

I think some folks on here seem to confusing a few completely different things.

There is Ginger Ale - which the Canada Dry/ Schweppes type fizzy non-alcoholic stuff - usually served as a mixer.

There is Green Ginger Wine - 2 most common makes are Stones and Crabbies - this sweet alcoholic wine can be drank on its own, but is usually mixed with whisky to create a "whisky mac". This is a very warming drink and fits the description of being a winter drink.

And then...

There is Ginger Beer - alcoholic variety - used to be "home-made" by many folks in years gone by and was often a pale cloudy colour. Associated with long summer days and cricket - served cool and refreshing.

These are 3 completely different type of drinks - pop, wine and beer.

What we started talking about on here was a new version of the latter - Ginger Beer - by Crabbies. Not Crabbies Ginger Wine and not pop. Hope that helps!

Clowance

Derby_Tup wrote: »

I think some folks on here seem to confusing a few completely There is Ginger Beer - alcoholic variety - used to be "home-made" by many folks in years gone by and was often a pale cloudy colour. Associated with long summer days and cricket - served cool and refreshing.
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AArgh I hadn't realised the Famous Five were a load of drunken yobs - they are always having lashings of ginger beer!

withabix

LOL - ginger beer, traditionally made using a ginger beer plant isn't alcoholic using the standard recipe and procedure.

More sugar, more time and less diluting is required to acheive a worthwhile effect!

Plenty of ginger beer plant recipe on t'internet, both alcohoic and non-alcoholic.

Makes you poo quite efficiently though, due to the high yeast content in the end product, unless you follow full 'home brew' procedures.