It is a deformation of the lunfardo for the English ginger beer ,yínyerbiir "ginger beer") which was not really an alcoholic beverage, but a ginger soda mixed with citrus to give it an acidic taste. It was used as an irony for a spirit drink prepared with fruits of the calafate by prisoners of the defunct Ushuaia prison. See birra .
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