Lashings of ginger beer!

Yet more research. What would a bunch of hip, socially and sexually liberated teens and young adults keep in the fridge in their youth club when they're living in a post-apocalyptic survivalist commune? I've spent this afternoon reading up on everything from growing lemons in a rather cold and wet climate (achievable on a small scale if you have a greenhouse, by the way) to recipes for Victorian soft drinks...

This is going to be another one of those minor background details that gets added because the idea amuses me. I have a bit of a weakness for old-school ginger beer, cream soda etc. Not the stuff you get in a can from Barr or Schweppes, but the real deal, brewed the old-fashioned way with yeast to get the carbonation and no artificial anything. The result probably isn't much healthier for you than a regular soft drink, all-natural organic sugar is still sugar as far as your metabolism is concerned, but I guarantee it tastes better!