ginger wine

British  

noun

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

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ginger wine

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

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)

And the toast was drunk in ginger wine and water, out of willow-patterned tea-cups, because the glasses couldn't be found.

From The Railway Children by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

We had ginger wine at supper, to celebrate Helena's return.

From The Legacy of Cain by Collins, Wilkie

“No rum, gentlemen?” said Silas; “well, you do astonish me; but you’ll taste my wife’s green ginger wine, and drink her health?”

From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon