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FRANK DAMN TAST Y GINGER BEER Owned by Frucor, originally a small New Zealand juice business, Frank Damn Tasty Ginger Beer is another sweet one. It’s high in fizz factor, leaves a lingering spice in the mouth and frankly, it’s really quite peppery.
B OUNDARY ROAD GRIZZLY BEER Boundary Road Grizzly Beer is a combination of ginger and beer so unsurprisingly it scored high on beer factor. The hotheads also found it to be fizzy and spicy. At 4.5% alcohol, it is “very beer-y and not so ginger beer-y,” but you could probably get away with drinking it in the morning and nobody would be any the wiser. We did, anyway.
GINGERELLA GINGER ALE This light ale is made with organic Sri Lankan ginger and vanilla, and Indian sugar. High in fizz, flavour and ginger factor, she’s fiery, just like our redheads. So watch out.
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PHOENIX ORGANIC GINGER BEER A complex ginger beer, Phoenix starts off sweet and feather soft and ends with a savoury aftertaste. Good matched with left-over Christmas ham or at a summer’s day barbeque. Enjoyed particularly by the young gingerella; more experienced drinkers might find it too bland.