Ginger ale is great...ginger beer, which I think is what some of you are talking about, is not so good. I used to think they were the same thing until a recent experience with ginger beer....ugh, nasty stuff. Canada Dry is great. I drink it on the plane all the time. Oddly I found that is the only time, on a plane that is, I used to drink it and I have talked to other people who have said the same thing. Strange. Not sure what it is about air travel that makes ginger ale so appealing.