Ginger beer is the favorite drink in all parts of the country for use in harvest time, and is probably the very best for such use. It is agreeable to the taste, cooling, very slightly stimulating, and entirely free from harmful effects,” wrote Denver, Colorado’s Daily News. Ginger beer, pop or ale was quite popular in the Victorian West and originated in England a century before; tavern keepers supplied customers with ground ginger to sprinkle on top of their beer and stir it in with a r
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