Herbal Brewers ~ Ginger Beer Stoneware ~ Sheffield ~ c. 1919

Genuine Victorian Transfer Printed
GINGER BEER / HERBAL CONCOCTION

Holmes & Moore Sheffield c. 1919

This is a wonderful Large English Victorian stoneware flagon that once held Ginger Beer probably mixed with a variety of exotic flavored herbs .  The original recipe requires only ginger, sugar, water, lemon juice and a fungal-bacteria symbiote known as a ginger beer plant. Fermentation over a few days turns the mixture into ginger beer.  Brewed ginger beer originated in the mid-18th century.

10 1/2 inches tall x 5 5/8 inches wide   Great Condition.