548532 Wed Aug 13 22:18:13 -0700 2008 13 19 Outer Boroughs 0 3955700 Does anybody know of a market or deli or bodega that has ginger beer in Jackson Heights? I've checked several grocery stores and many delis, but no soap. I quite like the Goya ginger beer --- it has a nice bite --- and I've seen most other Goya sodas, plus other Mexican and South American brands. But no ginger beer. I'm drowning in a sea of Malta over here. I'd be willing to go out of my way for it, but in particular if there's a store someplace on Roosevelt or 37th or Great Northern in the 70s and 80s that has it, I'd swoon. I'm mournfully bright and becalmed. Wed Aug 13 22:18:15 -0700 2008 218352 Diablevert 1 3956791 Good luck. Ginger beer is tough to find in any neighborhood. Stewart's actually makes a decent one - so check out larger stores like Fairway or Target. Thu Aug 14 09:45:11 -0700 2008 3955700 210610 Hank Stamper 1 3956990 I don't know about Jackson Heights, but the ginger beer most widely available in New York is the Jamaican Desnoes and Geddes. You can find D&G ginger beer all over Flatbush. It has a good spicy kick. Here's the company web page: http://www.jamaicadrinks.com/aboutus_dg.htm Thu Aug 14 10:41:23 -0700 2008 3955700 216322 AdrianLesher 1 3958246 I have seen the Goya one at Espresso 77 on 77th off 37th. I don't know if you have asked, but the managers at the Met Food on 37th are pretty willing to order things if you ask them. I've never tasted ginger beer, but Trader Joe's sells a brand of soda called Hansen's and they make a ginger ale that tastes nothing like schweppes or canada dry, so maybe you would like it? Thu Aug 14 17:26:27 -0700 2008 3955700 46911 amandaj 2 3958380 It's not Jackson Heights, but Two for the Pot in Brooklyn Heights sells Idris brand ginger beer. I buy it to make lovely dark and stormies (Gosling's Black Rum only, please). Thu Aug 14 18:27:55 -0700 2008 3958246 96861 jennitrixie 2 3958391 How exciting! I will definitely check it out. Thanks for the tip. Thu Aug 14 18:34:05 -0700 2008 3958246 218352 Diablevert 3 3959184 try the health food store in jackson heights on 37th. i think i've seen it there. or the trade fair on 37th. Fri Aug 15 05:26:06 -0700 2008 3958391 11071 joekarten 4 3959246 Yes, Trade Fair on 37th & 75th has Ginger Beer from the West Indies with a label called Good-o. It's in the front of the store in very large bottles. I've never tried it so don't know if its good quality. At $1.39 probably not. Fri Aug 15 05:53:46 -0700 2008 3959184 16392 Mike V 5 3981194 I tried the good-o --- more snap than ginger ale, but lacking the full bite and flavor of the goya. thanks for the tip! Sat Aug 23 14:30:44 -0700 2008 3959246 218352 Diablevert 2 4001155 Trader Joes sells Reed's Ginger Beer. Mon Sep 01 07:10:55 -0700 2008 3958246 46911 amandaj 3 5154972 Reed's Ginger Beer is pretty bad, tasting more like pineapple than ginger. Definitely not a substitute. Wed Nov 04 08:41:14 -0800 2009 4001155 270187 jgelfand01 1 3961013 As an aside, last time I was at The Islands in Crown Heights they had the best home-brewed ginger beer I've ever had. Combined with the amazing, meltingly good jerk chicken with peas and rice, I died. Literally, died. Fri Aug 15 16:18:03 -0700 2008 3955700 164426 dwagner6 1 4056606 Laughed out loud when I found this post- as a 1 yr resident of JH, I was always on the lookout for ginger beer, with little success. However, early this summer I discovered it- C-town grocery around 89th and Roosevelt (on Roosevelt). They have a couple different brands (which they oddly do not carry at other local C-towns)- all a great deal cheaper than the $5 for 4 dinky bottle ginger beers from Wholefoods and TJs Tue Sep 23 18:50:02 -0700 2008 3955700 228117 starlitebright4 2 4705961 Uh...so this is almost a year later that I finally saw your reply....but thank you, thank you, thank you! Fri May 22 05:54:38 -0700 2009 4056606 218352 Diablevert