Peppers Pepsin Bitters = Dr.Pepper?

[whiskeyman]

Article in Bristol newspapers...

http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/debate_goes_on_about_origin_of_dr_pepper/47373/

 

[madman]

very nice great info! now i just gotta know? who invented mtn dew?????lol

 

[athometoo]

great stuff , fits right in with what ive been researching on the waco and ft worth artesias . dr pepper used this bottling company prior to being called dr pepper . they started putting dr pepper on bottles in 1914 i believe . sam

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: madman

very nice great info! now i just gotta know? who invented mtn dew?????lol

Mountain Dew has always existed, it is the Alpha and Omega of the soft drink world. Long live the Dew! Amen. *snicker*

Everyone knows that Bill Bridgeforth created Mountain Dew. *snicker*

 

[whiskeyman]

I thought M. Licht of Knoxville Tenn invented Mt Dew...back around 1916 or earlier ???...came up with the name in any event.

Back in 1991 I wrote an article for Bottles & Extras magazine about the Pepper Bros of Bristol...(C.T. & J.G.)...and their bitters....I surmised at that time that their Celebrated Aperient & Tonic Bitters may have been the base for Dr Pepper.

BTW...no Bitters from the Pepper Bros are known to exist.

 

[morbious_fod]

1928 was the earliest reference to Mountain Dew and M Licht so far. Maybe more research will scare up something earlier. I was just messin around with Madman. LOL!

Well at least we know that Dr. Charles Pepper had a bitters formula to steal, circumstantial evidence is starting to pile up in favor of Rural Retreat. What we need is a smoking gun.

 

[athometoo]

hey morb , if your looking for smoking guns , i think waco texas has ya beat . just ask the ATF or the locals . cant ask david koresh about it anymore . []

 

[morbious_fod]

ORIGINAL: athometoo

hey morb , if your looking for smoking guns , i think waco texas has ya beat . just ask the ATF or the locals . cant ask david koresh about it anymore . []

LOL! Good point. They don't call it wacko texas for nothing. LOL!

 

[whiskeyman]

Morb,,,indeed they did.

 

[morbious_fod]

Awesome! I was wondering if there was any advertising for their operation.