Canada Dry [way to bold] Ginger Ale

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8-21-21, 9:55pm
GeorgeParker

Canada Dry [way to bold] Ginger Ale

I came across a new product this week. Canada Dry Bold Ginger Ale. I figured it would be 1.5 or maybe 2 times as strong as regular Canada Dry. Nope. It's 4 or 5 times as strong! It makes your mouth tingle at first and then sting. The taste and sting get stronger after you swallow, and every time you take a sip you get a stronger hit and a stronger afterburn. It's so strong I have to dilute it by filling a glass 60% with water and 40% with ginger ale.

I've read negative comments online from people who feel the same way I do about this new ginger ale, but most comments are positive, which means they must be coming from people who love spicy-hot food. I don't.

YMMV, but you have been warned.
8-21-21, 10:00pm
bae

Oh, that sounds wonderful!
8-22-21, 10:49am
SteveinMN

Agreed. Wonder if there's a sugar-free version.... I'll look next time I'm in a decent supermarket or liquor store (around here, they're different).
8-22-21, 11:15am
jp1

I don't typically drink soda anymore but that sounds awesome! I may have to look for it. (says the guy who was just complaining to SO that trader joe's no longer sells the ridiculously spicy habanero sauce that I used to put on my eggs every weekend. )
8-22-21, 11:18am
Jane v2.0

That intrigued me, so I checked Amazon, and there seems to be no sugar-free version.
8-22-21, 11:38am
gimmethesimplelife

This sounds interesting. I love regular Canada Dry and I love ginger ale period. Will look for it - we don't have it at the store that I know of. Rob
8-22-21, 12:31pm
razz

It sounds like ginger beer. Ginger ale is such a disappointment by comparison. I love ginger beer but not been able to find it. The international section at the grocery store had a version but even it was mild.
Years ago my parents made ginger beer and it was wonderful with a bite of flavour.
8-22-21, 12:54pm
catherine

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Originally Posted by razz

It sounds like ginger beer. Ginger ale is such a disappointment by comparison. I love ginger beer but not been able to find it. The international section at the grocery store had a version but even it was mild.
Years ago my parents made ginger beer and it was wonderful with a bite of flavour.

I love ginger beer, and I thought the same thing when I read the OP. Some ginger beers are mild and some are really spicy. We can get several brands down here. I think that one of the things that made ginger beer more popular is the popularity of the Moscow Mule cocktail, although I always drink my ginger beer with no alcohol.
8-22-21, 1:31pm
rosarugosa

I love ginger beer too, but I would never dream of drinking it without dark rum in it, lol.
8-22-21, 1:32pm
razz

Now I am craving some. Have to see who stocks this in Canada.
8-22-21, 3:21pm
GeorgeParker

Like I said, people seem to love it or hate it. If you really want it to stay available, buy it when you see it. Otherwise it will be discontinued like so many other experiments that didn't sell well enough to justify mass production.

For me it has only two benefits: Since I drink it highly diluted with water, my intake of high-fructose corn syrup calories is greatly diminished while still getting the level of flavor I want. And for the same reason, my cost per ounce is likewise greatly reduced.
8-22-21, 4:07pm
razz

Doesn't seem to be readily available in Canada yet, I checked Walmart and my favourite grocery store online.
8-22-21, 9:59pm
catherine

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Originally Posted by GeorgeParker

Like I said, people seem to love it or hate it. If you really want it to stay available, buy it when you see it. Otherwise it will be discontinued like so many other experiments that didn't sell well enough to justify mass production.

For me it has only two benefits: Since I drink it highly diluted with water, my intake of high-fructose corn syrup calories is greatly diminished while still getting the level of flavor I want. And for the same reason, my cost per ounce is likewise greatly reduced.

I drink it straight. Fever Tree is ranked one of the best ginger beers, and they use real cane sugar. But I personally like Reed's brand. I always look for ginger beers with REAL ginger, not ginger flavor. That's important to me.
8-23-21, 12:00am
GeorgeParker

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Originally Posted by catherine

I always look for ginger beers with REAL ginger, not ginger flavor. That's important to me.

Canada Dry is made with real ginger extract and natural flavors. Personally I'm a lot more concerned about the high fructose corn syrup and sodium benzoate in softdrinks than whether their flavors are real or simulated.

BTW ginger ale and ginger beer are not the same thing. Ginger beer has a far stronger flavor than ginger ale. ... Bundaberg Ginger Beer is traditionally brewed over 3 days using real ginger, whereas ginger ale is often a version of carbonated water that's flavored with ginger syrup.
https://www.bundaberg.com/en-us/ging...-a-difference/
8-23-21, 9:48pm
SteveinMN

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Originally Posted by Jane v2.0

there seems to be no sugar-free version.

Bummer. Well, then, back to ginger/lime ICE flavored water....
8-23-21, 9:52pm
catherine

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Originally Posted by GeorgeParker

BTW ginger ale and ginger beer are not the same thing.

I'm well aware. If I ask DH to get me ginger beer and he comes home with ginger ale, there's hell to pay.

Because I really want the health benefits of real ginger in my ginger beer, I'm tempted to try to make it myself:

https://www.moscowmuled.com/blogs/bl...ur-own-at-home
8-24-21, 9:55am
razz

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Originally Posted by catherine

I'm well aware. If I ask DH to get me ginger beer and he comes home with ginger ale, there's hell to pay.

Because I really want the health benefits of real ginger in my ginger beer, I'm tempted to try to make it myself:

https://www.moscowmuled.com/blogs/bl...ur-own-at-home

Lovely to have a kindred spirit in the real ginger beer discussion. I have given up mentioning it as most people have not experienced proper real ginger=based beer. The flavoured sugary stuff sold as ginger ale is a major disappointment so I simple drink water instead. Hope the real stuff gets to Canada eventually.
8-24-21, 10:07am
catherine

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Originally Posted by razz

Lovely to have a kindred spirit in the real ginger beer discussion. I have given up mentioning it as most people have not experienced proper real ginger=based beer. The flavoured sugary stuff sold as ginger ale is a major disappointment so I simple drink water instead. Hope the real stuff gets to Canada eventually.

I think it's our shared connection to the Brits--yours by nationality (and likely ancestry) and mine by ancestry. My Scottish MIL introduced me to ginger beer.

Thinking about the wonderful drinks MIL opened my eyes to, shall we have a discussion about Irn Bru?
8-24-21, 11:08am
razz

I had to look up Im Bru to see what it was. It is the other Scottish drink. A Scottish store near Toronto has a limited number in stock. Will keep my eye open when I am out and about as it sounds interesting. I never acquired a taste for Scotch itself as a drink though.
8-24-21, 12:28pm
catherine

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Originally Posted by razz

I had to look up Im Bru to see what it was. It is the other Scottish drink. A Scottish store near Toronto has a limited number in stock. Will keep my eye open when I am out and about as it sounds interesting. I never acquired a taste for Scotch itself as a drink though.

Irn Bru is non-alcoholic. It's what you drink after you've had too much Scotch.
8-24-21, 1:33pm
razz

I was quoting the website of the source that I found. "Im Bru is the 'other' Scottish drink". I thought that was a comical way to promote a soda since Scotch is known as the chief drink in cultural circles. Do they ever get mixed together?

I am not a drinker of alcohol or knowledgeable about such things so please note - no offence intended.:)

I will confess that on one holiday in the Bahamas, I tasted and fell in love with pineapple juice and coconut rum. DH, to his great amusement, gently escorted me back to our room after a few drinks from the welcoming punchbowl. I thought that one should be able to taste alcohol and I couldn't taste anything but delicious fresh pineapple juice served in coconuts. It was soooooo good!
8-24-21, 1:33pm
Rogar

I can't drink anything stronger than beer, and limited at that, but I do hope John Prine is enjoying a ginger ale and vodka these days.

When I get to heaven
I'm gonna shake God's hand
Thank Him for more blessings than one man can stand
Then I'm gonna get a guitar
And start a rock-n-roll band
Check into a swell hotel
Ain't the afterlife grand?
And then I'm gonna get a cocktail
Vodka and ginger ale
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl
'Cause this old man is goin' to town
8-24-21, 1:39pm
Alan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rogar

I can't drink anything stronger than beer, and limited at that, but I do hope John Prine is enjoying a ginger ale and vodka these days.

When I get to heaven
I'm gonna shake God's hand
Thank Him for more blessings than one man can stand
Then I'm gonna get a guitar
And start a rock-n-roll band
Check into a swell hotel
Ain't the afterlife grand?
And then I'm gonna get a cocktail
Vodka and ginger ale
Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long
I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl
'Cause this old man is goin' to town

I'm a huge John Prine fan but have never tried one of his trademark Handsome Johnny's. Maybe I should.

It also appears to be a fairly frugal drink. He described it this way: "If you get too good vodka it kills the bubbles in your ginger ale. I use diet ginger ale because the other kind is too sweet after a while, you don’t want to get diabetes from drinking it. And in the winter time I drop a lime in it, don’t squeeze it just drop it in from about six inches above."
8-24-21, 3:36pm
rosarugosa

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Originally Posted by catherine

I drink it straight. Fever Tree is ranked one of the best ginger beers, and they use real cane sugar. But I personally like Reed's brand. I always look for ginger beers with REAL ginger, not ginger flavor. That's important to me.

I have some Reed's in the other room. :)
8-24-21, 3:40pm
herbgeek

I had some Irn Bru at a local Scottish festival. Ick. Tasted like bubble gum soda with a little orange flavor in there.

They do have some funny commercials though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlkr0ML9SQ4
8-24-21, 6:34pm
razz

Loved those commercials, Herbgeek!
8-24-21, 6:57pm
catherine

Quote:

Originally Posted by herbgeek

I had some Irn Bru at a local Scottish festival. Ick. Tasted like bubble gum soda with a little orange flavor in there.

They do have some funny commercials though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlkr0ML9SQ4

Thanks for sharing!! Loved it!
8-24-21, 7:10pm
iris lilies

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Originally Posted by catherine

I love ginger beer, and I thought the same thing when I read the OP. Some ginger beers are mild and some are really spicy. We can get several brands down here. I think that one of the things that made ginger beer more popular is the popularity of the Moscow Mule cocktail, although I always drink my ginger beer with no alcohol.

At our Burns Dinner years ago I bought some Ginger Beer, but was not sure if it had alcohol in it.

it does not have alcohol, right?
8-24-21, 7:27pm
herbgeek

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it does not have alcohol, right?

No alcohol.
8-24-21, 7:34pm
ApatheticNoMore

My understanding was some ginger beers had a small amount of alcohol. Or so it was when I was introduced to it, and last I had it, not recently.
9-5-21, 5:37pm
dado potato

I watched a video review of "Knob CreeK" 100 proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. aged 9 years in a single barrel.

I am not sure of the presenter's name... perhaps Pearson.

When he tasted that bourbon over ice, his comment was "Ooo! Peppery!" He added (I estimate) to 2 parts bourbon: 2 parts "Canada Dry Bold" and 1 part Grenadine. He commented that this mixed drink was "not peppery any more". I guess the pomegranate flavor in the Grenadine syrup accentuates the subtle "black cherry note" in the bourbon, and the ginger flavor in the Canada Dry Bold offsets the pepperiness.

A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down... -- Mary Poppins
9-5-21, 8:34pm
GeorgeParker

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Originally Posted by dado potato

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down... -- Mary Poppins

That song begins: "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and SNAP, the jobs a game." Mary Poppins lied to us. :(
9-5-21, 10:18pm
Jane v2.0

Amazon Fresh sells a sugar free ginger beer called Sundaberg. I have no idea if it's any good, but I have it in my cart.
9-5-21, 11:01pm
boss mare

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Originally Posted by Jane v2.0

Amazon Fresh sells a sugar free ginger beer called Sundaberg. I have no idea if it's any good, but I have it in my cart.

Its pretty good. My DH drinks it quite a bit
9-6-21, 7:30am
iris lilies

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Originally Posted by jp1

I don't typically drink soda anymore but that sounds awesome! I may have to look for it. (says the guy who was just complaining to SO that trader joe's no longer sells the ridiculously spicy habanero sauce that I used to put on my eggs every weekend. )

I stopped going to Trader Joe’s mostly because the specialty products I developed a taste for disappeared from shelves without notice.There is not a TJ’s near me anyway, it is too Urban here for their Hawaiian shirt wearing/granola seeking brigade. Their sister store, Aldi’s, is more to speed around here.
9-10-21, 10:33pm
Jane v2.0

Bundaberg verdict: musty and medicinal. Not horrible, but I like kombucha better.
9-18-21, 3:55pm
JaneV2.0

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Originally Posted by Jane v2.0

Bundaberg verdict: musty and medicinal. Not horrible, but I like kombucha better.

Update: Still a bit musty and medicinal, but I've grown accustomed to it, and will probably re-order. It's cheaper than kombucha; I need to make some of that.
9-18-21, 4:46pm
catherine

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Originally Posted by JaneV2.0

Update: Still a bit musty and medicinal, but I've grown accustomed to it, and will probably re-order. It's cheaper than kombucha; I need to make some of that.

I haven't had the Bundaberg, but I know that ginger beers are very different in terms of their spiciness, which is why I like Reed's the best. I also like kombucha. That's my treat.

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