How To Make Ginger Beer In South Africa

What is Ginger Beer?

Traditional ginger beer is a sweetened and carbonated, usually non-alcoholic beverage. Historically it was produced by the natural fermentation of prepared ginger spice, yeast and sugar.

How To Make Ginger Beer In South Africa?

Is there alcohol in ginger beer?

Ginger beer contains around 0.5 percent alcohol.

What is ginger beer taste like?

Ginger beer is very bubbly with a strong ginger flavor, with a spicy finish. It’s brewed and fermented.

Years ago it was an alcoholic beer, but today’s ginger beer is non-alcoholic.

Can you drink ginger beer straight?

Some ginger beers are designed to be used in mixed drinks, whereas others are supposed to be consumed straight up like any other soda.

Of course, nobody’s forcing you to use ginger beer in a certain way, so you can drink a mixer straight up or vice versa. However, you may find that mixers are more subtle in flavor.

Which ginger beer is the best?

Best Overall: Maine Root Ginger Brew.

Best Cocktail Mixer: Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer.

Best for Moscow Mules: Q Ginger Beer.

Best for Dark ‘n Stormy: Bundaberg Ginger Beer.

Best for Drinking Straight: Barritt’s Ginger Beer.