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I don't really think there is a difference, except for the name. But now that I think about it, maybe ginger beer is alchoholic and ginger ale is the non-alchoholic kind.
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Ginger beer has a much stronger, sturdier and denser ginger flavor..you have to really love ginger to like ginger beer! :)
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Source: http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/967/ The original 19th century ginger ale eventually became known as Golden Ginger Ale. It is quite obscure now & produced only by a handful of soft drink makers. Dry Ginger Ale is a paler, less distinctly-flavoured version that was developed & gained popularity as a mixer during Prohibition. The differences between ginger ale & ginger beer in the modern context, are really no greater than the variations within recipes for each of these beverages themselves. In historical terms, the difference is that ginger ale is normally non-alcoholic as it is not fermented with the same SCOBY as real ginger beer. This one is interesting http://www.fohbc.com/BandE_Article4.html
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Between non-alchoholic ginger beer and ginger ale, I believe the only major difference is the amount of ginger, because neither is fermented. Also, more thought tends to go into ginger beer, and companies experiment many more with secondary ingredients like pineapple, citrus juices, and herbs. So there is much more variety in ginger beer than there is amongst ginger ales. Ginger ale is the mass-produced low-quality cousin of real ginger beer... kind of like how Coors Light and Budweiser, etc are the crappy cousins of real beer.
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