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- May 12, 2010
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- Now Florida but always a Kentuckian
For the last several days I have been quite sick, some kind of stomach virus. About the only thing I can tolerate is ginger ale.
Thought I would post short history on the beverage.
Thomas Cantrell claimed he was first to have invented ginger ale. He did so in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1851. It was marketed by the Gratton and Company. It was a golden ginger ale.
Dry pale ginger ale was first created by John McLaughlin of Canada. He introduced it in 1907 as Canada Dry Ginger Ale. It became very popular and became the ginger ale of choice.
The golden type ginger ale is more uncommon. One maker is Vernors.
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