On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:59:56 -0800, kalanamak >
wrote:

>Jeff Bienstadt wrote:
>>
>> Rona Yuthasastrakosol wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > We don't have Vernor's in Winnipeg. We do have Canada Dry and
>> > Schwepp's--it's ginger ale, right?
>> >
>>
>> Vernor's is ginger ale on steroids. Great stuff!
>
>????? Vernor's to me is a cross between seven up and gingerale.
>If you want steroids, try Reed's Extra Ginger Beer, or Cock and Bull
>Ginger Beer. Vernors is MILD to me.
>blacksalt

o.k., blacksalt. yours is longest.

are these brands from jamaica? their ginger beer is pretty potent.

your pal,
blake

Kate Connally > writes:
> Sharon Chilson wrote:
> > I grew up drinking Vernors, too. The factory is/was in the city of
> > Detroit. Yes, I think they changed the recipe, too. Used to be when you
> > went to take a drink of it you just about couldn't breathe, all the
> > bubbles and stuff.
>
> You may be right. I just bought some after all this
> talk and it didn't seem as powerful as it used to be.
> Still good though.

Yeah, Vernors is a pale imitation of what it once was. To me, modern
Vernor's tastes like, well, generic ginger ale.

If I want kick, I usually grab either Natural Brew Outrageous Ginger
Ale or Blenheim Hot Ginger Ale. I prefer the latter, but the former
is much easier to find (strangely, for a while my source for Blenheim
was Restoration Hardware, of all places).

--
Richard W Kaszeta

http://www.kaszeta.org/rich

blake murphy > writes:
> are these brands from jamaica? their ginger beer is pretty potent.

I regularly drink Natural Brew Ginger Ale, and it's made from jamaican
ginger, and is fairly potent.

Reed's Extra Ginger is made from Jamaican ginger as well, but I don't
find it as peppy as Natural Brew.

--
Richard W Kaszeta

http://www.kaszeta.org/rich

blake murphy wrote:
>

> >????? Vernor's to me is a cross between seven up and gingerale.
> >If you want steroids, try Reed's Extra Ginger Beer, or Cock and Bull
> >Ginger Beer. Vernors is MILD to me.
> >blacksalt
>
> o.k., blacksalt. yours is longest.
>
> are these brands from jamaica? their ginger beer is pretty potent.
>
> your pal,
> blake

I think Cock and Bull was a British-Jamaican concoction. I see it in
better groceries. Reed's is widely available, at least out here. I think
they all started from a Jamaican recipe.
blacksalt
who mostly drinks them for tummyache.

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:44:28 -0500, Nancy Young
> arranged random neurons, so they looked
like this:

>What I found to be bizarre was going to a town outside of Detroit,
>picking up soda for Thanksgiving, get some of this that, whatever,
>okay, how about ginger ale. Looking, looking, looking, no ginger ale.
>Excuse me, where can I find the ginger ale? Confused looks all
>around. You know, Canada Dry? More blank looks. Schwepp's?
>
>Blew my mind that such a common soda wouldn't be sold everywhere.
>
Went on a trip to Maryland a couple of years ago and couldn't find 7
Up *anyplace*! And that's not the first time. We were in NYC a couple
of weekends ago (for Margaret Suran's brunch, among other things) and
the DH went to a convenience store near our Manhattan hotel and...no 7
Up.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret
had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had
been as full as the waitress', it would have been a very
good dinner." Anonymous.

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Richard Kaszeta wrote:
>
> Kate Connally > writes:
> > Sharon Chilson wrote:
> > > I grew up drinking Vernors, too. The factory is/was in the city of
> > > Detroit. Yes, I think they changed the recipe, too. Used to be when you
> > > went to take a drink of it you just about couldn't breathe, all the
> > > bubbles and stuff.
> >
> > You may be right. I just bought some after all this
> > talk and it didn't seem as powerful as it used to be.
> > Still good though.
>
> Yeah, Vernors is a pale imitation of what it once was. To me, modern
> Vernor's tastes like, well, generic ginger ale.

Well, I don't agree with that last line. It is much
less potent than it used to be but it sure doesn't
taste like any other ginger ale. It has quite a
different flavor.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Richard Kaszeta wrote:
>
> blake murphy > writes:
> > are these brands from jamaica? their ginger beer is pretty potent.
>
> I regularly drink Natural Brew Ginger Ale, and it's made from jamaican
> ginger, and is fairly potent.
>
> Reed's Extra Ginger is made from Jamaican ginger as well, but I don't
> find it as peppy as Natural Brew.

Jamaican ginger beers are another thing altogether
and are nothing like either our regular ginger
ale or Vernor's.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Kate Connally > writes:
> > I regularly drink Natural Brew Ginger Ale, and it's made from jamaican
> > ginger, and is fairly potent.
> >
> > Reed's Extra Ginger is made from Jamaican ginger as well, but I don't
> > find it as peppy as Natural Brew.
>
> Jamaican ginger beers are another thing altogether
> and are nothing like either our regular ginger
> ale or Vernor's.

Oops, I should've finished that post... I also meant to mention some
of the ginger beers: Reed's also makes one, although it's fairly mild.
It's a much different taste, although I do enjoy a ginger beer on
occasion as well. D+G Ginger Beer is a lot more potent. Most of them
I've had were kind of lemony, and had a bit of something bitter in
them too, Gentian perhaps?

--
Richard W Kaszeta

http://www.kaszeta.org/rich