1892 Drinks of the world

AERATED DRINKS. — Old and New Methods of Manufacture

— Lemonade-

Ginger Beer

— Non-

— Fruit Syrups

Drinks

Non-Alcoholic

Chemicals

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— Natural Mineral Watet-s

Alcoholic Cordials and Liquors

Their Constituents duction into England — Manufacture. POPULAR among non-intoxicant drinks is the homely Ginger Beer, so dearly beloved of thirsty holiday makers and small children ; dear also to the boating man in connection with good ale, as " Shandy- We say, advisedly, iisedy because now-a-days it is also put up in glass bottles ; nay, it is sold in casks, like beer, to the publicans and others. The probability is that, in the old days, its somewhat murky colour would not bear inspection through bright glass. The old ginger beer, whose flavour cannot be approached by the modern decoctions, was made of Jamaica ginger ma- cerated in water, with the addition of lemon juice and sugar. It was allowed to ferment, and possessed decided traces of alcohol. It was made after this fashion : Take i ounce of best Jamaica ginger, and crush — Artificial Aerated Waters — Their Intro- gaff." And the stone bottle, in which it used gene- rally to be encased, is familiar to every reader.

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