Code: 12091
Genuine Victorian Transfer Printed
GINGER BEER
Barton’s Brewery
Birmingham, 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.
6 3/4 inches tall x 2 3/4 inches wide
Great Condition.