The King's Ginger

jthomas60506 · Post by **jthomas60506** » Sat May 05, 2012 5:40 pm

I stopped at a favorite brewpub last night, and the bartender was kind enough to let me sample a couple his favorites. I tried one that I had never even seen on the shelves. It's a rich and VERY gingery (hence the name) liqueur that, according to the bartender, is traditionally carried on foxhunts. He said it was difficult to find, but, on a whim, I stopped at our local high-end liquor store and found a bottle.

Sooo. . .for your next foxhunt (or just a nice after-dinner relaxing drink) you might give it a try.

jt

joe mcclaine · Post by **joe mcclaine** » Sat May 05, 2012 10:10 pm

I discovered this a few years ago and now I always get a bottle in winter from Berry Bros. & Rudd on St James' St.

Absolutely brilliant stuff and ideal for cold, snowy nights (indoors or out).

ShadowsDad · Post by **ShadowsDad** » Sat May 05, 2012 11:35 pm

who is it made by? Imported by?

Thalay Sagar · Post by **Thalay Sagar** » Sun May 06, 2012 3:51 am

I think it may be a bit of a challenge for us on this side of the pond to find. Google gave me this: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archi ... ca/251903/

cjc15153 · Post by **cjc15153** » Sun May 06, 2012 11:11 am

It looks like it's infused post-distillation so you should be able to approximate it at home.

http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/12/d ... anton.html

Post by **drmoss_ca** » Sun May 06, 2012 12:07 pm

Crabbie's Green Ginger Wine for me!

Chris

Kyle76 · Post by **Kyle76** » Mon May 07, 2012 11:15 am

Wild Turkey American Honey makes a nice sipper on a cold winter's night.

Rufus · Post by **Rufus** » Tue May 15, 2012 3:56 am

SWMBO and I are heading over to England next week for our annual "dust-up" with the family. I'm going to be on the look out for a bottle of The King's Ginger. Of course I'll be re-stocking with TOBS and Trumpers whilst in St Peter Port, Guernsey...no VAT

joe mcclaine · Post by **joe mcclaine** » Tue May 15, 2012 4:02 am

Rufus wrote:SWMBO and I are heading over to England next week for our annual "dust-up" with the family. I'm going to be on the look out for a bottle of The King's Ginger. Of course I'll be re-stocking with TOBS and Trumpers whilst in St Peter Port, Guernsey...no VAT

It has become more popular since appearing in "The Chap" magazine a couple of years ago so I reckon any independent wine merchants (at least half decent ones) will stock it.

jthomas60506 · Post by **jthomas60506** » Wed May 16, 2012 8:19 am

drmoss_ca wrote:Crabbie's Green Ginger Wine for me!

Chris

Chris,

It sounds like you stole my great grandad's "cough syrup" recipe.

jt

p.s., If anyone in the Chicagoland is looking for it, I also saw a couple of bottles at Binny's, which is a liqour mart out in the burbs. They ran 40 dollars or so.

Rufus · Post by **Rufus** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 2:18 pm

joe mcclaine wrote:
Rufus wrote:SWMBO and I are heading over to England next week for our annual "dust-up" with the family. I'm going to be on the look out for a bottle of The King's Ginger. Of course I'll be re-stocking with TOBS and Trumpers whilst in St Peter Port, Guernsey...no VAT
It has become more popular since appearing in "The Chap" magazine a couple of years ago so I reckon any independent wine merchants (at least half decent ones) will stock it.

Unfortunately I couldn't find any, either in the Southampton/Winchester area or in St Peter Port, Guernsey, when we were there in late May.