Who makes the best tasting ginger ale?!
Who makes the best tasting ginger ale?
Which brand is the most authentic to the original recipe
Answers:
Canada Dry and not the diet stuff
Schweppes
The History of Ginger Ale
By Mary Bellis
Around 1851, the first ginger ales were created in Ireland.
John McLaughlin invented the modern Canada Dry version of Ginger Ale in 1907. Canadian, John McLaughlin graduated from the University of Toronto in 1885 with a Gold Medal in Pharmacy. By 1890, John McLaughlin had started in the soda pop business by opening a carbonated water plant in Toronto, Canada. He sold his product to local drugstores that used the carbonated water to mix with fruit juices and flavoring to create delicious sodas to sell to their soda fountain customers. John McLaughlin began making his own soda drink recipes and created McLaughlin Belfast Style Ginger Ale in 1890. McLaughlin also developed a method of mass bottling his Ginger Ale leading to successful sales. Each bottle of McLaughlin Belfast Style Ginger Ale had a map of Canada and a picture of a beaver (the national animal of Canada) on the label.
By 1907, John McLauglin had refined his recipe by lightening the dark color and improving the sharp taste of his first Ginger Ale. The result was Canada Dry Pale Dry Ginger Ale which John McLaughlin patented.
On May 16, 1922, "Canada Dry" Pale Ginger Ale was trademark registered. "The Champagne of Ginger Ales" is another famous Canada Dry trademark.
Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Canada dry
Their is a local brand in Kentucky that tastes like what I used to love as a child.
When I was a kid this little mom & pop soda co. They mad Bull Dog ginger ale. Tasted good with everything.
The one in Kentucky is Ale8.
I do! I make my own using freshly peeled ginger cooked in simple syrup, cool then add mineral water and lemon or lime. mmmmmmm think I will have a glass!
I like Schweppes .....don't know if it's most authentic
Canada Dry!!
Schweppes
My absolute favorite is Schweppe's but next is Seagrams then Canada Dry
The best I've had was at a place called Tommy Knocker's in Colorado. It totally tastes like the original. I think they sell it in some Liquor stores, but I'm not totally sure.
In Canada P.C.(Presidents Choice). And Verners.
Verner's. You can taste the bite.
seagrams
Vernor's, but I think it's only available in Michigan. You might be able to find some really good ones made by small independant companies. Check your upscale grocery or specialty stores.
Schwepps