Alcoholic Ginger Beer - Locally Brewed | Bundaberg Rum (2024)

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What's the alcohol in alcoholic ginger beer? ›

Ginger beer was typically drunk "green," that is, as soon as possible, at a relatively low alcohol content. However, the Huffington post notes that ginger beer could (and can) reach an ABV of around 11%, roughly twice the strength of a typical light beer.

Bundaberg Brewed Drinks is a proud family owned business, based in the small Australian town that shares our name, Bundaberg. Our family, the Flemings, founded the brewery and still run it to this day. For as long as we've been in business we've lived by one simple rule; If it's worth brewing it's worth brewing well.

Today, most commercial ginger beers contain no alcohol or less than . 5 percent. Ginger beer's spicy-sweet flavor profile makes it an excellent mixer and it's a key ingredient in classic co*cktails. Because it contains no alcohol, ginger beer is also a go-to ingredient for spirit-free drinks.

Working with the neighbours at Bundaberg Brewed Drinks, they've partnered the best Ginger Beer with Queensland Cane Spirit for a refreshing tasting zesty ginger bite.

It is expensive to do it, and ginger juice makes such a big component that to make it it's our highest cost per production beer that we make.

It is made with ginger, sugar, water, and yeast and can be either alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Ginger beer has several health benefits, including supporting digestive health, boosting the immune system, and relieving nausea. It can also be used in co*cktails and mocktails.

Brewed ginger beer originated in Yorkshire in England in the mid-18th century, it was popular in Britain and its colonies from the 18th century. Other spices were variously added and any alcohol content was limited to 2% by excise tax laws in 1855.

Packed with flavor, it's good enough to be enjoyed on its own, or mixed to make a variety of different co*cktails. But let's set one thing straight – the key ingredient to a great Moscow Mule is a good ginger beer, not ginger ale!

Yes, it's non-alcoholic and safe for children.

Do you have to be 21 to buy ginger beer? ›

While the purchase of non alcoholic beer is illegal for individuals under 21 years old in most states across the USA, consumption is not. So, the good news for you is that you can drink non alcoholic beer under the age of 21, even though you can't purchase it. You might be wondering how that's even possible.

Yes, it's non-alcoholic and safe for children.

Most commercial ginger beers are non-alcoholic, but some contain trace amounts of up to 0.5% alcohol. Others, like Crabbie's Original Alcoholic Ginger Beer, Goslings Stormy Ginger Beer, and Royal Jamaican Alcoholic Ginger beer, have anywhere from 1% to nearly 5% ABV.

The British Excise Regulations of 1855 required that the drink contained no more than 2% alcohol, and usually it was far less potent: hence ginger beer became popular with children. By the start of the 20th century it was produced commercially in almost every town in the United Kingdom.