• Letstakealook@lemm.ee
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      19 hours ago

      That’s not the case. “Ale” is a type of beer. In any case, carbonated ginger beverages, regardless of name, were traditionally carbonated by fermentation, but modern mass market sodas are often artificially carbonated and flavored.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        11 hours ago

        At least in Australia, Bundaberg Ginger Beer is brewed traditionally still. Tastes way better than artificial carbonation. Also works better for tummy woes.

      • Traditionally yes. But that hasn’t been the case since, like, the 40’s or 50’s when soda fountains became huge. Even most modern root beer like A&W, Mug, and Barqs aren’t technically root beer, in the traditional sense. It might be different regionally, but here where I am if you go to a store and see ginger ale and ginger beer both being sold, they aren’t the same thing.