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Ginger Beer Stoneware ~ Corston Brewery ~ c. 1900

Code: 12094

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Genuine Victorian Transfer Printed
GINGER BEER

Corston Brewery

Bunwell, England
c. 1900

This is a wonderful 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.

7 inches tall x 2 3/4 inches wide ~ Complete with screw type top.

Great Condition.