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DSMZ culture

The DSMZ ginger beer plant culture appears to be the famous ginger beer plant identified by Ward in 1891. I added a link to this, as it may provide others some access to the culture if they want to play with it. Additionally, there is a website that claims to be selling this culture (sourced from DSMZ) - should this be added to the external links section? Webaware 09:26, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cockney Rhyming Slang.

I have removed this from the article for two reasons. Firstly its irrelevance. If I wanted to know a "ginger" was I'd look it up in Cockney Rhyming Slang or Ginger. Secondly the section is, in my opinion, offensive in tone and content.

I don't know exactly what the comment was, but I can guess. As an 'out' British lesbian I can asure you that the cockney ryming slang for Gingerbeer is not offensive if used appropriately and is in common usage. See www.gingerbeer.co.uk! Fluffball70 16:25, 7 April 2007 (UTC). I think we might have to build a linked Article, to talk about the history of the Gingerbeer community and seperate it from the drink.....![reply]

Commercially Marketed Non-alcoholic Brands?

Are there any commercially marketed carbonated ginger beers in the US? It would seem reasonable to me to list them. The ginger ale article lists some, respectively. ~Gertlex 05:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why would that be useful, and why brands from the USA in particular? There are some fermented ginger beers, as well as force-carbonated ginger beers, in Australia too, and, I imagine, lots of other countries besides. Webaware 07:24, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My bad indeed; my thoughts were subconscious thoughts were probably affected by the ginger ale article (which mentions ginger ales). I think it's useful when someone recognizes a drink they know and can link it to being of the type the article about; I didn't know Vernors was a ginger ale (just a really unique pop/soda ;) ) until I read the ginger ale article. I did find myself an answer elsewhere, later on. ~Gertlex 21:23, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To be fair, you're unlikely to mistake ginger beer for anything other than ginger beer. It tastes *very* gingery,and not really like any other soft drinks save ginger ale, vaguely. If you wanted to do a list of brands, split it into it's own page "Ginger Beer Brands" and make sections for other countries. This isn't a US website, so we can't really just list US companies. Patch86 03:20, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

not just a drink

Gingerbeer is not just known as a drink/beverage. It is also the name of London's biggest on-line women's community. As this site is so widely accessed from all over the world as a source of women's and also gay information, it really should be mentioned as associated with the drink, especially as it was named after this. Also, on a by note, the word flavour is spelt with a 'u' in all the world except for the usa. I mention this as it has been agreed (I see from reading all these posts) that this wonderfull wiki project is not us based. bloggie 011:26, 09 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As I mentioned above, I have added a standard redirect on this page to a new article Gingerbeer(web community) that can be used to develop infomation on the London web community that is accessed by thousands of women the world over. That is the only reference that we need and the infomation can be developed seperately.

As for the spelling(and grammar), it's an old Wikipedia debate and it is agreed by Wikipedia that the writers can use whatever English variant they are most comfortable with. USA English spellings areequally valid in this case. (Please note, I am British too) Fluffball70 16:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Terminology

I'm British, and have all my life used "ginger beer" and "ginger ale" pretty much interchangeably to mean (always) the soft drink. The presence of two separate articles actually confused me at first! 81.153.107.160 03:14, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Might be a regional thing. In the midlands people often confuse the two, but elsewhere they seem to know the difference. 87.81.140.191 17:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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 As I mentioned above, I have added a standard redirect on this page to a new article [[Gingerbeer(web community)]] that can be used to develop infomation on the London web community that is accessed by thousands of women the world over. That is the only reference that we need and the infomation can be developed seperately.
-As for the spelling(and grammar), it's an old Wikipedia debate and it is agreed by Wikipedia that the writers can use whatever English variant they are most comfortable with. USA English spellings are equally valid in this case. (Please note, I am British too) [[User:Fluffball70|Fluffball70]] 16:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
+As for the spelling(and grammar), it's an old Wikipedia debate and it is agreed by Wikipedia that the writers can use whatever English variant they are most comfortable with. USA English spellings areequally valid in this case. (Please note, I am British too) [[User:Fluffball70|Fluffball70]] 16:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
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