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Which brand is America's oldest continuously produced soda pop?
This a spin-off of a thread started by member iggyworf on June 9, 2016 titled ...
"Vernors Ginger Ale 150th B-Day"
Here's the link ...
https://www.antique-bottles.net/showthread.php?686953-Vernors-Ginger-Ale-150th-B-Day
Those of you who followed that thread, or are familiar with the various Vernor's histories, are aware of the popular belief that Vernor's Ginger Ale was developed and first sold in 1866 at James Vernor's drug store in Detroit, Michigan. I questioned the 1866 origin date because the earliest time-period reference I could find for Vernor's Ginger Ale was from 1884 ...
The Detroit Free Press newspaper ~ June 28, 1884
Whereas ...
The (current) earliest time-period reference I can find for Hires Root Beer is 1878 ...
The Indiana Progress newspaper ~ July 25, 1878
(To be continued with much more, including Hires Root Beer claim about originating in 1876)
This a spin-off of a thread started by member iggyworf on June 9, 2016 titled ...
"Vernors Ginger Ale 150th B-Day"
Here's the link ...
https://www.antique-bottles.net/showthread.php?686953-Vernors-Ginger-Ale-150th-B-Day
Those of you who followed that thread, or are familiar with the various Vernor's histories, are aware of the popular belief that Vernor's Ginger Ale was developed and first sold in 1866 at James Vernor's drug store in Detroit, Michigan. I questioned the 1866 origin date because the earliest time-period reference I could find for Vernor's Ginger Ale was from 1884 ...
The Detroit Free Press newspaper ~ June 28, 1884
Whereas ...
The (current) earliest time-period reference I can find for Hires Root Beer is 1878 ...
The Indiana Progress newspaper ~ July 25, 1878
(To be continued with much more, including Hires Root Beer claim about originating in 1876)