Monday, November 22

fentiman's ginger beer


Big fan of ginger beer. This Fentimans is a storied brand from the UK that may be available in the states soon/now?? They also sell shandy (basically a mix of carbonated lemonade and beer) drunk by schoolchidren on warm summer nights in England.

Ingredients in their ginger beer:
Fermented Ginger Root Extract (Water/Ginger Root Extract/Wort Syrup/ Yeast)
Carbonated Water
Sugar & Glucose Syrup
Natural flavoursl; Ginger/Capsicum/Lemon/Speedwell/Juniper/Yarrow extracts
Pear Juice concentrate
Cream of Tartar
Citric Acid

10 comments:

Søren Rømer said...

HAHAHA! Hilarious!! :)

michael said...

available now!... not such a fan of the shandy... dandelion and burdock interesting flavors!

tinder said...

most delicious & quite a kick indeed... ;) Curiosity Cola is nice too ...Dandelion & Burdock is my British b/h's fave, very old fashioned, not too different from root beer I'd say

Apothecary Fox said...

This ginger beer still has a trace of alcohol in it....not enough to make it boozy obviously and it is sold as non alcoholic in Britain as it is under the minimum. Anyway, the brand is great and the tonic is stellar. Used to serve it all the time.

Apothecary Fox said...

forgot to say, the ad is hilarious. Love it.

HOM said...

all their stuff has a touch of booze in it, being naturally fermented. The liquor store in porter has the ginger beer and Zing Pizza has the burdock, lemonade and cola. I think Permberton has 4 packs?

james at 10engines said...

@Horrible. the L store in porter is really spruce up now.. thx.

Anonymous said...

I'm no longer considered "school children" but Leine's Summer Shandy is actaully pretty good on a hot summer day.

Greg D.

Mark said...

Awesome. Just had my first Fentiman's in a San Diego bar called the Neighborhood. Came in these 125ml bottles, fun "pour your own drink" thing. I did find it locally, but man, spendy. Works great for my fall drink though (bourbon/ginger).

DVR Life said...

It is my favorite brand of ginger beer. I've managed to find it at a chain store called World Market