SC - Ginger ale (as an offshoot from Kvass)

[david friedman]

Melesine asked:

>Does this mean ginger ale or ginger beer are period, or am I
>hopelessly misreading the sentence?  Would anyone happen to have a
>recipe for a period fermented ginger drink?  I've never seen a reference to
>it, but then my experience is fairly limited.

Our small mead recipe (actually 17th century, being from Kenelm Digby)
comes out very like a weakly alcoholic ginger ale.  It is flavored with
ginger and orange peel.  See the Miscellany for recipe.

Elizabeth (about 2 weeks behind)