How did ginger beer and ginger ale come to be called beer and ale?

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19th-century barkeeepers used to put out small containers of the ground spice for customers to sprinkle in their beer (supposedly the origin of ginger ale). The best ginger is a pale, buff-colored rhizome grown in Jamaica, and it was used in the time of Henry VIII to combat the plague. Aug 11 03, 6:39 AM

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