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Thomas Joseph Cantrell, an Irish apothecary and surgeon, manufactured the first ginger ale in Belfast, Ireland, in the 1850s.This was the older golden style fermented ginger ale, dark coloured, generally sweet to taste, with a strong ginger spice flavour, [clarification needed] which he marketed through local beverage manufacturer Grattan and Company. [1]
Ginger beer. Traditional ginger beer is a sweetened and carbonated, usually non-alcoholic beverage. Historically it was produced by the natural fermentation of prepared ginger spice, yeast and sugar. Current ginger beers are often manufactured rather than brewed, frequently with flavour and colour additives, with artificial carbonation.
Vernors is the oldest surviving ginger ale in the United States. According to the company, it was first served to the American public in 1866. [3][4][5] Vernors Company building in Toledo, Ohio, 1925. Vernor opened a drugstore of his own in Detroit, Michigan, on Woodward Avenue, on the southwest corner of Clifford Street [3][6][7] and sold his ...
Thomas Fentiman's original recipe involved milling ginger roots before putting them into copper steam-jacketed pans and leaving them to simmer to release their flavour. [9] Natural botanical ingredients such as herbs, natural flavourings, sugar, spring water and brewer's yeast were then added, thoroughly stirred, and boiled together.
Steam beer, also known as California common beer, is made by fermenting lager yeast at a higher than normal temperature. Historically steam beer came from Bavaria, Germany, and is associated with San Francisco and the West Coast of the United States. [1] It was an improvised process, originating out of necessity, [1] and was considered a cheap ...
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (/ ˌsɛrəˈvɪsi.iː /) (brewer's yeast or baker's yeast) is a species of yeast (single-celled fungal microorganisms). The species has been instrumental in winemaking, baking, and brewing since ancient times. It is believed to have been originally isolated from the skin of grapes.
Gruit. Gruit (pronounced / ˈɡraɪt /; alternately grut or gruyt) is a herb mixture used for bittering and flavouring beer, popular before the extensive use of hops. [1] The terms gruit and grut ale may also refer to the beverage produced using gruit. Today, however, gruit is a colloquial term applied to a beer seasoned with gruit-like herbs.
Blenheim Ginger Ale is a ginger ale bottled by Blenheim Bottlers in Hamer, Dillon County, South Carolina, but was originally bottled in Blenheim, Marlboro County, South Carolina. It has deep roots in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina, as it was created by a local doctor in the 1890s by mixing Jamaica ginger and sugar with local mineral ...