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Reed’s Ginger Brews
Ginger ale is the oldest known soft drink. Before modern soft drink technology
existed, non-alcoholic beverages were brewed at home directly from herbs, roots,
spices, and fruits. These handcrafted brews were highly prized for their taste
and their tonic, health-giving properties. Reed’s Ginger Brews are a revival
of this lost art of home brewing sodas. We make them with care and attention to
wholesomeness and quality, using the finest fresh herbs, roots, spices, and fruits.
We believe that Reed’s Ginger Brews are unique in their kettle-brewed origin
among all mass-marketed soft drinks. Reed’s Ginger Brews contain between
8 and 39 grams of fresh ginger in every 12-ounce bottle. We use pure cane sugar
as the sweetener. Our products differ from commercial soft drinks in three particular
characteristics: sweetening, carbonation and coloring for greater adult appeal.
Instead of using injected-based carbonation, we produce our carbonation naturally,
through slower, beer-oriented techniques. This process produces smaller, longer
lasting bubbles that do not dissipate rapidly when the bottle is opened. We do
not add coloring. The color of our products comes naturally from herbs, fruits,
spices, roots and juices and our beverages are GMO free.
In addition, since Reed’s Ginger Brews are pasteurized, they do not require
or contain any preservatives. In contrast, modern commercial soft drinks generally
are produced using natural and artificial flavor concentrates prepared by flavor
laboratories, tap water, and highly refined sweeteners. Typically, manufacturers
make a centrally processed concentrate that will lend itself to a wide variety
of situations, waters and filling systems. The final product is generally cold-filled
and requires preservatives for stability. Colors are added that are either natural,
although highly processed, or artificial.
Our Reed’s line contains the following products:
Reed’s Original Ginger Brew was our first creation and is a Jamaican recipe
for homemade ginger ale using 17 grams of fresh ginger root, lemon, lime, honey,
raw cane sugar, pineapple, herbs and spices. Reed’s Original Ginger Brew
is 20% fruit juice.
Reed’s Premium Ginger Brew is sweetened only with honey and pineapple
juice. Reed’s Premium Ginger Brew is 20% fruit juice and contains 17 grams
of fresh ginger root.
Reed’s Raspberry Ginger Brew is brewed from 17 grams of fresh ginger root,
raspberry juice and lime. Reed’s Raspberry Ginger Brew is 20% raspberry
juice.
Reed’s Spiced Apple Brew uses 8 grams of fresh ginger root, the finest
tart German apple juice and such apple pie spices as cinnamon, cloves and allspice.
Reed’s Spiced Apple Brew is 50% apple juice.
Reed’s Cherry Ginger Brew is naturally brewed from 17 grams of fresh ginger
root, cherry juice from concentrate and spices.
Reed’s Light 55 Calories Extra Ginger Brew is a reduced calorie version
of our top selling Reed’s Extra Ginger Brew that was made possible by using
Stevia. We use the same recipe of 26 grams of fresh ginger root, honey, pineapple,
lemon and lime juices and exotic spices.
Reeds Extra Ginger Brew is the same recipe as Original Ginger Brew, but has
26 grams of fresh ginger root for a stronger bite.
Reeds Stronger Ginger Brew has 50% more ginger than the Extra Ginger Brew and
has the highest ginger content of any of our beverage products.
Reed’s Natural Energy Elixir is an energy drink infused with all natural
ingredients designed to provide consumers with a healthy and natural boost to
energy levels
Reed’s Nausea Relief is based on our Ginger Brews with added B vitamins.
Both ginger and B vitamins have been studied for their effectiveness in combating
nausea.
Virgil’s Root Beer
Virgil’s is a premium craft root beer. We use all-natural ingredients, including
filtered water, unbleached cane sugar, anise from Spain, licorice from France,
bourbon vanilla from Madagascar, cinnamon from Sri Lanka, clove from Indonesia,
wintergreen from China, sweet birch and molasses from the southern United States,
nutmeg from Indonesia, pimento berry oil from Jamaica, balsam oil from Peru and
cassia oil from China. We collect these ingredients worldwide and gather them
together at the brewing and bottling facilities. We combine these ingredients
under strict specifications and finally heat-pasteurize Virgil’s Root Beer,
to ensure quality. We sell Virgil’s Root Beer in three packaging styles:
12-ounce bottles in a four-pack, a special swing-lid style pint bottle and a 5-liter
self-tapping party keg. The Virgil’s soda line is GMO free.
In addition to our Virgil’s Root Beer, we also offer the following products
under our Virgil’s brand:
Virgil’s Cream Soda,
Virgil’s Orange Cream Soda,
Virgil’s Black Cherry Cream Soda,
Virgil’s Real Cola,
Virgil’s Dr. Better,
Virgil’s ZERO line, including Root Beer, Cream Soda, Real Cola, Dr. Better
and Black Cherry Cream Soda. (Our ZERO line is naturally sweetened with Stevia),
and
Reed’s Culture Club Kombucha
We introduced our Culture Club Kombucha in 2012. Kombucha is a fermented tea that
dates its origin back thousands of years. Among consumers, Kombucha is believed
to have healing and cleansing characteristics. Sweetened tea is introduced to
a “starter” culture and lightly fermented to produce an acetic drink.
We make the finest Kombucha possible, using a combination of Oolong and Yerba
Mate teas, spring water and a combination of ginger, organic juices and flavors
Initially, we produced four flavors, Goji Ginger, Hibiscus Ginger Grapefruit,
Lemon Ginger Raspberry and Cranberry Ginger. We introduced four additional flavors
in 2013, Pomegranate Ginger, Coconut Water Lime, Cabernet Grape, and Passion Mango
Ginger. In 2014, we added the first Coffee Kombucha.
Other Beverage Brands
We have other popular brands that currently have limited distribution, including
China Cola, California Juice, Sonoma Sparkler and Flying Cauldron Butterscotch
Beer. We are continually developing new brands and products.
Private Label Products
We design and manufacture drinks for private label customers in multiple facilities.
We are experts in flavor development and in matching existing products in the
market. We develop the recipe and may design the label and/or the bottle style.
We do not private label any of our own branded product recipes.
Our private label products have been primarily sparkling juices, waters and teas.
We develop the sources for glass and ingredients. We have a variety of packaging
options, including swing-lid bottles, foil capsules and various label types. Our
Los Angeles facility is certified as SQF level 2 compliant.
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