Crabbie's
| Type | Ginger beer |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | John Crabbie & Company |
| Distributor |
St. Killian (USA) |
| Country of origin | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Introduced | 2009 |
| Alcohol by volume | 4.0% |
| Colour | golden yellow |
| Flavour | Ginger beer with a spicy sparkling flavor |
| Variants |
Spiced Orange |
| Website | Crabbies UK |
St. Killian (USA)
Halewood International Limited (UK, AU)
Spiced Orange
Strawberry & Lime
Crabbie's is a Scottish brand traditionally known for its green ginger wine but now promoted for ginger beer, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The brand was also known for its malt and blended scotch whiskies. The brand name is owned by Halewood International Holdings PLC.
Crabbie's traces its founding to 1801 when Miller Crabbie was a merchant in Edinburgh. The business was inherited by his son John Crabbie (1806 – 1891) who went on to found John Crabbie & Co.
In the mid-19th century, John Crabbie acquired a former porter brewery located between Yardheads and Great Junction Street in Edinburgh's port of Leith. Over the ensuing years the premises were extended mainly to provide bonded warehouses for Crabbie's whisky business. The company was also engaged in gin rectifying and the production of fruit-based cordials. Of these, Crabbie's was best known for its green ginger wine which was continued to be made in Leith until the 1980s when John Crabbie & Co was acquired by another Leith distiller and blender, Macdonald & Muir, and production of green ginger wine was transferred to Broxburn, West Lothian. Macdonald & Muir had acquired the Glenmorangie Distillery in 1918 and renamed itself The Glenmorangie Company in 1996. In 2007, it sold the brand to the present owners, Halewood International. Preserving its links with Leith, John Crabbie & Company Limited is in the present day a dormant company with a company address in Mitchell Street, Leith. However, production of Crabbie's ginger beer takes place in Liverpool, England. Crabbie's alcoholic ginger beer is 4.0% alcohol by volume. It is a carbonated beverage but is not brewed. It is based on a ginger steep, which takes up to six weeks to produce, and four secret ingredients. Crabbie’s is typically chilled over ice with a slice of lemon or lime.
Since 2011 Crabbie's has been distributed in Australia through Woolworths Liquor, Beer Wine Spirits and Dan Murphy's grocery stores. In 2012, Crabbie's began distribution in the United States through St. Killian company
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