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ginger wine

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If the knee be lacerated, apply tinder to stop the bleeding; if the moxa should suppurate, spread a plaster; if a cold be caught, prepare medicine and garlic and gruel, and ginger wine!

From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron

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 butcher's wife gave us cake and ginger wine, and was very jolly.

From Oswald Bastable and Others by Brock, C. E. (Charles Edmund)

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

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