Goose Island Spicy Ginger

This fall we, like the good Midwesterners we pretend we are, spent a brisk Friday afternoon visiting a few orchards.   One of my favorites is in Jordan, as they have a lovely orchard that you can ride horses through.  But alas, they no longer offer horseback rides. But at least we scored on some caramel apples, at least until the indigestion set in.

Like a mirage out of the desert, lo and behold, we came across Minnesota's Largest Candy Store.  Don't let the name fool you, it isn't just candy.  They have over 150 types of root beer in their coolers, and other tasty sodas, too.  Clearly, I have found my people.

My poor abused stomach immediately found Goose Island's WBC Spicy Ginger.  Having previously fallen in love with Goose Island's Orange Cream, I grabbed it with two hands and didn't look back.

Ingredients:  Triple filtered carbonated water, sugar, natural flavor, citric acid, sodum benzoate as a preservative and caramel color.

This is a quite sweet soda, the cane sugar gives it an almost sticky mouth feel.  The ginger is definitely present.  It isn't the strongest bite, but it is there.  I wouldn't quite call it "spicy,"since I didn't get that lovely tingling mouth after drinking it.  It did, however, settle my stomach, and some days that's all you can ask.

It is tasty enough, and definitely a step up from Canada Dry.  If you aren't used to the truly bitey ginger beers out there this would be a great beverage to start with.

And visit Minnesota's Largest Candy Store, which also seems to go by the name of Jim's Apple Farm.  Worth the drive.