Conducting personal empirical research into gastric reflux reduction. Last night, unlike the previous three nights,I consumed a large glass of hard (8%) ginger beer. This morning (3am) I was woken by gastric reflux, unlike my experience the previous three nights. On each of the days concerned, I've taken a proton pump inhibitor tablet at around 4pm. AFAIK, ginger isn't supposed to play nicely with gastric reflux conditios, so I wonder if it's a boozy fix instead. The brewer also makes hard versions of lemon, cider, berry & at least two other fruit drinks. Further research is needed.