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

    Question #37378. Asked by tjoebigham. (Aug 11 03 3:09 AM)


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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, 5:39 AM

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