carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger

fermented from sugar and pieces of ginger root

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a milky alcoholic drink that is effervescent and ginger flavored. Made with gingerroot.

Ginger beer is a type of carbonated alcoholic beverage or soft drink, flavored primarily with ginger, lemon and sugar. It originated in England in the mid 1700s, and it reached its peak of popularity in the early 1900s. The original recipe requires only ginger, sugar, and water, to which is added a gelatinous substance called "ginger beer plant".