A pint of: Jeremiah Weed - root brew

Firstly the label & name made this instantly intriguing & appealing. It's trying to be very American with the use of the language used on the bottle. It says that Jeremiah Weed is the original southern gentleman from Kentucky, USA. I doubt he's ever existed & it's a shame to read on the back that it's produced & brewed in the UK & then gives a London address. I feel that it should either be genuinely American, brewed there and imported. Or be proud to be British & have a different theme. This is perhaps though a bug bear of mine, I dislike Fosters & other mass produced lagers that claim to be of Australia or a European country when they are in fact all brewed in the same brewery in the UK. A wine producer couldn't get away with it & I wish the same were true of beer. But anyway...

The drink itself is a 'ginger brew with fruit alcohol, spirit & flavourings'. No where on the label does it expand on what fruits are used or what spirit. Although I am assuming spirit meant whiskey et al but it may well mean the departed soul of Jeremiah Weed. Certainly given that it's only 4% abv the latter is certainly possible.

The drink is a cloudy amber. It is a bit fizzy & quite sweet. It doesn't taste very gingery. Far less than say the Wychwood ginger beard. That said this drink is very nice & extremely drinkable. It reminds me a lot of a favourite cocktail called the lucky leaf. To make a leaf which i wish was my invention, put some ice in a tall glass, then add 2 dashes of angostura bitters, half a limes juice, a shot of whiskey, a shot of green apple sourz & top it off with ginger beer.

This drink is £2 in Sainsburys currently. I give it 7 out of 10, I'm only marking it down for the bollocks on the bottle. The drink itself is brill.