Cocktails with Ginger beer
Ginger beer is a sweet, carbonated ginger drink, usually a non-alcoholic mixer, spicier and fuller than ginger ale.
ABVUsually 0%The mixer is non-alcoholic; traditionally brewed ginger beer can reach 5%.
Substitutes for Ginger beer
Another ginger beer swaps in one for one. Ginger ale works in the same amount but is much milder. To bring back the heat, muddle a thin slice of fresh ginger in the glass. A barspoon of ginger syrup works too, though it also adds sugar. Soda water with ginger syrup to taste is a rougher stand-in.
A ginger-flavored soda, far gentler in both ginger and bite. Ginger beer was traditionally fermented, and some, such as Bundaberg, still are.
Description
Traditional ginger beer is fermented and keeps a little alcohol, while the modern kind is simply carbonated under pressure. The label shows it as "under 0.5%".
Storage
Refrigerate after opening and use promptly, as carbonation is lost once the seal is broken.
