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Steam Engine Train Ginger Beer Firth’s Darlington Brewery ~ c. 1900

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Code: 10408



Genuine Victorian Transfer Printed
GINGER BEER

Firth’s Darlington Brewery ~ England
c. 1900
This is a wonderful English Victorian stoneware bottle 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.

7 1/2 inches tall x 2 3/4 inches wide

Great Condition.  Rare Steam Engine Train printed transfer.