A Ginger Beer Taste Test

Friends of mine...(good friends) scoffed when I told them that the best Ginger Beer on this planet was made by Stewart's. I went on and on about how Stewart's Ginger Beer was not only the best Ginger Beer but quite possibly the best soda pop ever! My good friends Jeremy and Sonja insisted that I was dead wrong. Protesting with raised eyebrows and heads nodding left and right they cried out that "Reed's Extra Ginger Brew" was the best Ginger Beer. Feeling a bit like Alma listening to Abinidi I sat and wondered if I was wrong. "Could this "Reed's" Ginger Beer be the best ever??? We ended the argument amicably and I went home.

Now I have had "Reed's" ginger candy and it is in fact the best ginger candy I have ever had. I had never put it together that the "Reed's" ginger candy and "Reed's" ginger beer were the same company....DUH!! They were. So obviously I was quite intrigued when I saw a four-pack of "Reed's Extra Ginger Brew" on my local Albertson's supermarket shelf. Standing in the beverage aisle I looked straight ahead, eye level at the four-pack contender. I wondered if this stuff was the real deal.

I called my friend Jeremy at home, not taking my eyes of the four-pack.

"Is this the stuff?" I asked.
"Yeah Man...It's the stuff...and it's the best" said Jeremy.
My eyes narrowed...scratching my chin I said, "OK...I'll get it and do a review on the blog."
Jeremy said, "you do that and if you disparage it I'll comment."
"MmmmOK" I said.

So here is the first taste test ever conducted on "The Daily Item."

The beverages: Reed's Extra Ginger Brew Ginger Beer and Stewart's Ginger Beer.

Reed's Extra Ginger Brew Ginger Beer

Bottle Appeal *****

Price $$$$
Aroma *****
Ginger Burn *****
After-taste ****
Taste ****1/2

Stewart's Ginger Beer
Bottle Appeal ****

Price $$$$
Aroma *****
Ginger Burn *****
After-taste *****
Taste *****

A little drum roll please...

I hereby declare the Winner and Still ChampionStewart's Ginger Beer

There you have it. Scientifically I have determined that the best Ginger Beer on this planet is indeed Stewart's Ginger Beer. These results were echoed by my dear wife Ruth and our oldest son Brent. I feel bad proving my good friends wrong and I hope this taste test won't come between our friendship. But truth is truth.