Beverage and Ginger beer

Beverage noun - A liquid suitable for drinking.

Ginger beer and beverage are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Ginger beer" with "Beverage", this terms are similar.

Ginger beer noun - Carbonated slightly alcoholic drink flavored with fermented ginger.

Beverage and ginger beer are semantically related. You can use "Beverage" instead a noun phrase "Ginger beer".