ginger beer
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Wildsea

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1,855 posts

230 months

Tuesday 7th October 2008
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Just finished the last of my Rochester ginger beer and was thinking of a change so what are your suggestions? The stronger the taste the better!!

martinmac

536 posts

217 months

Tuesday 7th October 2008
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Have a couple of bottles in the garage fridge that I had forgotten about. Cheers.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

290 months

Tuesday 7th October 2008
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Everyday Old Jamaica

Specialist Entemanns

alman

796 posts

230 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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Fentimans rules

CR0X

1,859 posts

219 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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theres a new on at Makro, called Lashings.

Not quite as strong as say Belvoir, but quite tasty, and dangerously moorish.

They do a tradtional lemonade too ... again keep wanting more.

Yugguy

10,728 posts

255 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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CR0X said:
dangerously moorish.

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Like this bloke?



laugh

Forthright MC

8,362 posts

303 months

Wednesday 8th October 2008
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for proper beer with a hint of ginger, Everards Sly Fox gets a thumbup from me
lovely, not too overbearing ginger flavours on the pallete, best sampled cask conditioned for the best taste/quality too yes (not too sure if they bottle it actually...)

Burgmeister

2,206 posts

230 months

Saturday 11th October 2008
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Forthright MC said:
for proper beer with a hint of ginger, Everards Sly Fox gets a thumbup from me
lovely, not too overbearing ginger flavours on the pallete, best sampled cask conditioned for the best taste/quality too yes (not too sure if they bottle it actually...)
No, no no no you are wrong. Sly fox is like playing Russian Roulette, the game can go well or it can go terribly. The risk is so severe you don't really want to play it in the first place. Most Sly Fox is overpoweringly gingery. I know as i used to sell the stuff. I would describe it as a tourist beer..."oh look love, we happen to find ourselves in a pub. They dont make pubs like this anymore. What beers do they have on tap? Oh this one looks interesting it appears to have a cunning hint of ginger. I will have one of those barman."

sorry to rain on your parade but give me some Golden Pippin or Cumberland ale anytime.

sal 965

586 posts

231 months

Saturday 11th October 2008
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What about the Aussie brand Bundaberg (spelling?). The better half swears by it and it's even better if you mix it with their rum.

CR0X

1,859 posts

219 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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Bundaberg is nice, nice old chap running it in Australia. Had dinner and breakfast with them, he is also into farming olive trees which is apparently the big thing in Aus.

The UK version has less SO2 than the Australian version, meaning that it has less bite. Pity ...

We used to sell it the UK, but gave it back to Bundaberg as we didn't want to put the money up for shelf space. We also turned them down for producing the bottles themselves, resulting in six months no supply for Waitrose last year, despite them still paying for the shelf space.

The UK version is nice but for those who are a fan of the Australian original, you must just be a bit disappointed!

Plotloss

67,280 posts

290 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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CR0X said:
Bundaberg is nice, nice old chap running it in Australia. Had dinner and breakfast with them, he is also into farming olive trees which is apparently the big thing in Aus.

The UK version has less SO2 than the Australian version, meaning that it has less bite. Pity ...

We used to sell it the UK, but gave it back to Bundaberg as we didn't want to put the money up for shelf space. We also turned them down for producing the bottles themselves, resulting in six months no supply for Waitrose last year, despite them still paying for the shelf space.

The UK version is nice but for those who are a fan of the Australian original, you must just be a bit disappointed!
Sounds like a similar story to Red Bull.

The proper Thai version of that is far superior to the Vodka mixer thats made matey billions.

CR0X

1,859 posts

219 months

Friday 17th October 2008
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I think that Red Bull sold over 3.5bn alone last year. Not bad for a product that costs peanuts to make and package.

EmmaP

11,758 posts

259 months

Saturday 18th October 2008
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Old Jamaica for me!

Wadeski

8,775 posts

233 months

Saturday 18th October 2008
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Bundaberg root beer is horrid, i'll have to try the ginger though.

Tycho

12,078 posts

293 months

Sunday 19th October 2008
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I love Bundaberg Ginger Beer. Get in cases from Costco.