What's the best ginger ale on the market?

Scobie

Scobie

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Fellow CAGs, cold and flu season is upon us, and in my experience there are few more soothing drinks when you're under the weather than ginger ale. It's also great year round and can be useful as a drink mixer.

What I wanna know, though, is what's the best ginger ale on the market? Vote and discuss!
 
Oh God, ginger ale is inarguably the best non-Pepsi Blue soda in human history. I'm a fan of Canada Dry, myself, especially with crushed ice. :D

Vernor's I've found to be pretty myeh.
 
Shit, outta your list, only Canada Dry and Seagram's are available here. Shasta is pretty good here.
 
its all about the first glass from a new bottle. Fully fizzed with no carbonation escaping, thats the ticket.

Canada Dry, then Schweppes and Seagrams
 
[quote name='Ikohn4ever']its all about the first glass from a new bottle. Fully fizzed with no carbonation escaping, thats the ticket.

Canada Dry, then Schweppes and Seagrams[/quote]

Quoted for fukken truth. First cup of ale is God in a glass. :D
 
[quote name='Hex']Oh God, ginger ale is inarguably the best non-Pepsi Blue soda in human history. I'm a fan of Canada Dry, myself, especially with crushed ice. :D

Vernor's I've found to be pretty myeh.[/QUOTE]

MY GOD MAN! Cnada dry is like flat, tasteless sugarwater. You thought Vernors is MEH ? You have to be a fruitcake in a past life or something. None of that crap - schwepps, seagrams, or shasta could pass as real ginger ale.

Stewarts Ginger Beer is inarguably the best mass marketed ginger ale period.

And 1 part vanilla vodka mixed with 4 parts vernors is probably the best summertime thirst quencher on god's green earth.
 
[quote name='6669']Shit, outta your list, only Canada Dry and Seagram's are available here. Shasta is pretty good here.[/QUOTE]
Shasta = Soda for white trash

...Sorry :sad:
 
[quote name='bmulligan']MY GOD MAN! Cnada dry is like flat, tasteless sugarwater. You thought Vernors is MEH ? You have to be a fruitcake in a past life or something. None of that crap - schwepps, seagrams, or shasta could pass as real ginger ale.

Stewarts Ginger Beer is inarguably the best mass marketed ginger ale period.

And 1 part vanilla vodka mixed with 4 parts vernors is probably the best summertime thirst quencher on god's green earth.[/QUOTE]

I was waiting for some Michigan-Ohio-Indiana CAGs to show Vernor's some love! I remember growing up in NE Ohio and finding an occasional Vernor's vending machine. Super ice cold cans for 35 or 40 cents. :bouncy:

Vanilla vodka and Vernor's is pretty nice. Ever have a Boston cooler? :D

Also, I forgot about Stewart's, but I was generally trying to keep away from the Ginger Beer genre.
 
[quote name='bmulligan']MY GOD MAN! Cnada dry is like flat, tasteless sugarwater. You thought Vernors is MEH ? You have to be a fruitcake in a past life or something. None of that crap - schwepps, seagrams, or shasta could pass as real ginger ale. [/quote]
I just don't happen to like ginger ale that doesn't taste like ginger ale. ;)
 
[quote name='bmulligan']MY GOD MAN! Cnada dry is like flat, tasteless sugarwater. You thought Vernors is MEH ? You have to be a fruitcake in a past life or something. None of that crap - schwepps, seagrams, or shasta could pass as real ginger ale.

Stewarts Ginger Beer is inarguably the best mass marketed ginger ale period.
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I'll have to try Stewarts if I see it. I always felt that Canada Dry tasted like 7up with a dab of molases.
 
[quote name='Scobie']Vanilla vodka and Vernor's is pretty nice.[/quote]I tried vodka once. It tasted like battery acid. But vanilla something else and Vernors sounds interesting.



Currently drinking a Vernors right this moment.
 
[quote name='guinaevere']I tried vodka once. It tasted like battery acid. But vanilla something else and Vernors sounds interesting.



Currently drinking a Vernors right this moment.[/quote]

I used to drink vodka, then it was like, this shit SUCKS. Now I drink whiskey :lol:
 
[quote name='guinaevere']I tried vodka once. It tasted like battery acid. But vanilla something else and Vernors sounds interesting.[/QUOTE]

Try a Boston cooler! Vernor's with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
 
[quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']I used to drink vodka, then it was like, this shit SUCKS. Now I drink whiskey :lol:[/quote]I can't drink much of anything. low tolerance.
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[quote name='Scobie']Try a Boston cooler! Vernor's with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.[/quote]All those years in Boston and I never even heard of that. sounds yummy!
 
Vernors is the best I have ever had. Now you have my interests up in mixed drinks I can create with ginger ale. Any more ideas?
 
From last I heard in Britan they banned Sweeps unless they lower there sugar
or label it unhealthy for the heart. Check out what the british thinks.
 
I'm the current one vote for Blenheim. Obviously no one has tried this one, otherwise I would think this would be getting the votes. The flavor labelled as "hot" has an amazing kick and makes the other ginger ales taste like sugar water. The only problem is that it can be expensive and hard to find.
 
[quote name='CitizenB']I haven't drank any in a long time. I think the last I had was Canada Dry.[/QUOTE]
same here, now I feel like drinking ginger ale
 
[quote name='guinaevere']All those years in Boston and I never even heard of that. sounds yummy![/QUOTE]

It actually had no connection to the city of Boston, but rather with Boston Boulevard in Detroit (where Vernor's was first made). I guess there was a shop or something that started serving ginger ale floats and called them Boston coolers.

[quote name='E_G_Man']Vernors is the best I have ever had. Now you have my interests up in mixed drinks I can create with ginger ale. Any more ideas?[/QUOTE]

There's the classic Shirley Temple which is ginger ale and grenadine syrup with a splash of orange juice, garnished with an orange slice and a marschino cherry. The orange juice is often not added any more these days for some reason.

You may also be interested in ginger ale and orange sherbet, or stirring some lightly crushed mint leaves into the ginger ale. And of course there are countless alcoholic recipes with ginger ale.
 
I like the Jamaican ginger beer that comes in a green bottle.

the "naturally flavored" (i.e. chemically flavored) ginger ales are decent but there's no ginger in them.
 
shasta. I work at a retirement home and thats what we serve them. It is actually the best ginerale I ever drank. So much more pure than the others.
 
And if you're so inclined, and don't laugh, but if Canada Dry, Scheweppes, etc...all of those Ginger Ales suck...because they are basically just sugared up club soda.

Vernors actually tastes like Ginger Ale is supposed to....but if you can't find that (I can't in the North East), try.....Polar.

Yep, generic old Polar sodas...PARTICULARLY the DIET. The Diet Polar Ginger Ale tastes more like Ginger Ale to me than any of the sugary Canada Dry's or Schweppes...
 
[quote name='donkeykong91']I'm the current one vote for Blenheim. Obviously no one has tried this one, otherwise I would think this would be getting the votes. The flavor labelled as "hot" has an amazing kick and makes the other ginger ales taste like sugar water. The only problem is that it can be expensive and hard to find.[/QUOTE]

I get some everytime I am at South of the Border.
 
[quote name='Scobie']I was waiting for some Michigan-Ohio-Indiana CAGs to show Vernor's some love![/QUOTE]

Done. Easiest question I've answered all week.
 
Another question would be how long Canada Dry has been around?

I only recently heard of it from the 90's or so. Unless it recently jump waters.
 
[quote name='RegalSin2020']Another question would be how long Canada Dry has been around?

I only recently heard of it from the 90's or so. Unless it recently jump waters.[/QUOTE]

Not far off, if you meant the 1890's... from the Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Dry):

"In 1890, Canadian pharmacist John J. McLaughlin opened a carbonated water plant in Toronto. In 1904, he created Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale. When McLaughlin began shipping his product to New York in 1919, it became so popular that he opened a plant in Manhattan shortly thereafter. Due to its popularity, P. D. Saylor and Associates bought the business from McLaughlin and Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc. was born.

"In 1907 the drink was appointed to the Royal Household of the Governor General of Canada, seeing the change in the label from a beaver atop a map of Canada to the present Crown and shield.

"Canada Dry's popularity as a mixer began during Prohibition, when its flavor helped mask the taste of homemade liquor. In the 1930s, Canada Dry expanded worldwide, and from the 1950s onward, the company introduced a larger number of products. Today, Canada Dry is owned by Cadbury-Schweppes, but the ginger ale bottles often bear a map of Canada as part of the beverage's logo."
 
[quote name='donkeykong91']I'm the current one vote for Blenheim. Obviously no one has tried this one, otherwise I would think this would be getting the votes. The flavor labelled as "hot" has an amazing kick and makes the other ginger ales taste like sugar water. The only problem is that it can be expensive and hard to find.[/QUOTE]Yes. Yes indeed to all. If only I lived in S. Carolina...
 
[quote name='Scobie']It actually had no connection to the city of Boston, but rather with Boston Boulevard in Detroit (where Vernor's was first made). I guess there was a shop or something that started serving ginger ale floats and called them Boston coolers.[/quote]
Ahh. That makes complete sense. Thanks for the info.

There's the classic Shirley Temple which is ginger ale and grenadine syrup
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Anything with grenadine is a winner in my book.

Waitress, may I have a diet coke with grenadine puh-lease?

[quote name='Apossum']the "naturally flavored" (i.e. chemically flavored) ginger ales are decent but there's no ginger in them.[/quote]If you want a real ginger ale, hit a Natural Foods store. They usually have one or two to choose from. I'm not a big fan of ginger in any form, so I'm content with the more prevelant ginger ales out there today.
 
With all this excitement over ginger ale, I felt compelled to pick up a 4-pack of Archer Farm's ginger beer from the Target today. I'm going to have a bottle or two with dinner while watching the Goonies. Blenheim's has set the bar quite high for ginger beers for me, but we'll see how this one goes.
 
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