ginger wine

British  

noun

1. an alcoholic drink made from fermented bruised ginger, sugar, and water

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ginger wine

Ginger wine may be made in precisely the same manner, only, with the 9-gallon cask for ginger wine, 2 lbs. of the best whole ginger, 'bruised', must be put with the sugar.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

He was shown into the blue-and-white room, and there, after business had been transacted, very nervously on Miss Ailie's part, she offered him his choice between ginger wine and what she falteringly called wh-wh-whiskey.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

The Scottish housekeeper, Mrs. Wallace, was also a devoted friend and a great dispenser of cakes, ices, and home-made cowslip and ginger wine.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

He showed me how an idol looked—it is like when you come to the castor oil under the ginger wine.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

We played desert islands all the afternoon and drank Uncle's health in ginger wine.

From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Nesbit, E. (Edith)