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AERATED
DRINKS.
Ginger
Beer
—
Old
and
New
Methods
of
Manufacture
—
Lemonade-
Chemicals
in
Non-Alcoholic
Drinks
—
Fruit
Syrups
—
Non-
Alcoholic
Cordials
and
Liquors
—
Natural
Mineral
Watet-s
Their
Constituents
—
Artificial
Aerated
Waters
—
Their
Intro-
duction
into
England
—
Manufacture.
POPULAR
among
non-intoxicant
drinks
is
the
homely
Ginger
Beer,
so
dearly
beloved
of
thirsty
holiday
makers
and
small
children
;
dear
also
to
the
boating
man
in
connection
with
good
ale,
as
"
Shandy-
gaff."
And
the stone
bottle, in
which
it
used
gene-
rally
to
be
encased,
is
familiar
to
every
reader.
We
say,
advisedly,
iisedy
because
now-a-days
it
is
also
put
up
in
glass
bottles
;
nay,
it
is
sold
in
casks,
like
beer,
to
the
publicans
and
others.
The
probability
is
that,
in
the
old
days,
its
somewhat
murky
colour
would
not
bear
inspection
through
bright
glass.
The
old
ginger
beer,
whose
flavour
cannot
be
approached
by
the
modern
decoctions,
was
made
of
Jamaica
ginger
ma-
cerated
in
water,
with
the
addition
of
lemon
juice
and
sugar.
It
was
allowed
to
ferment,
and
possessed
decided
traces
of
alcohol.
It
was
made
after
this
fashion
:
Take
i
ounce
of
best
Jamaica
ginger,
and
crush
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