"Mexico. Independent soft drink An independent soft drink is a soft drink generally made by smaller privately run businesses or smaller corporations who use alternative marketing strategies to promote their product. The label was arguably started in the early 1970s in response to Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola's mass media campaigns for the edge in the beverage market. Several groups decided to protest by making and in some cases publicly distributing their homemade brew. Jones Soda is one of the more commonly known ""independent"" companies, founded in 1987, as well as Jarritos, a popular ""independent"" soft drink company based from Guadalajara,"
"of the most popular was ""Fruit-Smack"", a fruit-flavored liquid concentrate. By 1927 he had developed a powdered soft drink mix called Kool-Ade, which he packaged in envelopes and sold in grocery stores, promising 10 glasses of beverage for 10 cents. Demand for this product was so great that it soon had international sales. Before long, the Perkins Products Company was focusing entirely on Kool-Ade, and in 1931 Mr. Perkins relocated to Chicago. By 1934 the name was changed to Kool-Aid. The company was sold to General Foods in 1953. Kool-Aid went on to become a household name and made Edwin"
"Carolina, he was a public school teacher for about a year, and soon thereafter opened a drug store in New Bern named the ""Bradham Drug Company"" that, like many other drug stores of the time, also housed a soda fountain. Middle Street and Pollock Street in downtown New Bern, is where Bradham, in 1893, invented the recipe—a blend of kola nut extract, vanilla, and ""rare oils""—for what was initially known as ""Brad's Drink,"" but on August 28, 1898 was renamed Pepsi-Cola. Bradham named his drink after a combination of the terms “pepsin” and “cola,” as he believed that his drink"
"Pepsi Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by PepsiCo. Originally created and developed in 1893 by Caleb Bradham and introduced as Brad's Drink, it was renamed as Pepsi-Cola on August 28, 1898, and then as Pepsi in 1961. Pepsi was first introduced as ""Brad's Drink"" in New Bern, North Carolina, United States, in 1893 by Caleb Bradham, who made it at his drugstore where the drink was sold. It was renamed Pepsi-Cola in 1898 after the root of the word ""dyspepsia"" and the kola nuts used in the recipe. The original recipe also included sugar and vanilla. Bradham sought"
"Barq Brothers bottled carbonated water and various soft drinks of their own creation. Early on their most popular creation was an orange-flavored soda called ""Orangine"", which won a gold medal at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois. Edward Barq moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1897 with his new wife. The following year he opened the Biloxi Artesian Bottling Works. 1898 is often given as the debut year for what was later to be known as ""Barq's root beer,"" but some sources say this particular product was not produced until some two years later. It was on"
"to compete with the English who occupied a good position on the market of strong beers, with an alcohol content ranging from 6 or 7 to 8%. That is how the brothers created the ""Bush beer"", with its 12% alcohol content. To compete with the English, he gave an English name to his beer and translated it into English. Dubuisson bière would be translated into English as ""Bush beer"". However, in the United States, the beer is sold under the name ""Scaldis"" (the Latin name of the river Scheldt). In 1998, the name ""Bush beer"" changed to become the ""Amber"
"Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 describes it as ""a drink of warm gruel, mixed with spice and wine, formerly given to women in childbed"". The word ""caudle"" came into Middle English via the Old North French word ""caudel"", ultimately derived from Latin ""caldus"", ""warm"". The Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 states the word derived from Medieval Latin ""caldellum"", a diminutive of ""caldum"", a warm drink, from ""calidus"", hot. Caudle A caudle (or caudel) is a British thickened and sweetened alcoholic hot drink, somewhat like eggnog. It was popular in the Middle Ages for its supposed medicinal properties. The OED cites the use of the"
"the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Havana. One day at a local bar, Rodriguez's employer ordered Bacardi rum mixed with Coca-Cola. This intrigued a nearby group of American soldiers, who ordered a round for themselves, giving birth to a popular new drink. Bacardi published Rodriguez's affidavit in a ""Life"" magazine ad in 1966. However, Rodriguez's status as a Bacardi executive has led some commentators to doubt the veracity of his story. Another story states that the drink was first created in 1902 at Havana's Restaurant La Florida to celebrate the anniversary of Cuban independence. The drink became a staple in"
"Booth's Gin <nowiki>Booth's Gin</nowiki> was a well-known and widely-consumed make of London dry gin, founded by a Lincolnshire branch of the ancient Booth family in about 1740. ""Booth's"" was most famously sold in distinctive hexagonal glass bottles. Its paper labelling alluded to the Red Lion distillery in Clerkenwell where the drink was originally produced, and to the heraldic crest of the Booth family. Known as the ""gentleman's gin"", reputedly it was a favourite of both Queen Elizabeth II, and the Queen Mother. Sir Kingsley Amis favoured ""Booth's"" as a mixer for Pink Gin. The brand, owned by Diageo Spirits, ceased"
"Big Red (soft drink) Big Red is a soft drink created in 1937 by Grover C. Thomsen and R.H. Roark in Waco, Texas and originally known as Sun Tang Red Cream Soda. It is generally classified as an American variety of cream soda and it is the original ""red cream soda."" The name was changed to ""Sun Tang Big Red Cream Soda"" in 1959 and to ""Big Red"" in 1969 by Harold Jansing, then president of the San Antonio bottling plant, after hearing a golf caddy refer to the soda by that name. Big Red was originally marketed exclusively in"
"main ingredients of water and malt. A drink based on Scholvien's recipe, known as Apple Beer, was introduced in the US in the 1960s. Wild GmbH & Co. KG began producing the Fassbrause concentrate in Spandau after acquiring a factory in 1985. It later sold the production to Dr. August Oetker KG. Today the drink is available on tap throughout Berlin as a specialty drink. It is also occasionally served mixed with beer; this mixture is known in Berlin and Brandenburg as ""Gespritztes"". The brand ""Rixdorfer"", which produces its Fassbrause with water sourced from Bad Liebenwerda, produces a significant amount"
"originally marketed its new product as ""Diastoid"", but trademarked the name ""malted milk"" in 1887. Despite its origins as a health food for infants and invalids, malted milk found unexpected markets. Explorers appreciated its lightweight, nonperishable, nourishing qualities, and they took malted milk on treks worldwide. William Horlick became a patron of Antarctic exploration, and Admiral Richard E. Byrd named Horlick Mountains, a mountain range in Antarctica, after him. Back in the US, people began drinking Horlick's new beverage for enjoyment. James Horlick returned to England to import his American-made product and was eventually made a baronet. Malted milk became"
"Dr. Brown's Dr. Brown's is a brand of soft drink made by J & R Bottling. It is popular in the New York City region and South Florida, but it can also be found in Jewish delicatessens and upscale supermarkets around the United States. Slogans for the products have included: ""Imported From the Old Neighborhood"" and ""Taste of the Town."" Dr. Brown's was created in 1869 and was commonly sold in New York delicatessens and by soda salesmen who sold the product from door to door in Jewish neighborhoods. According to former marketing director, Harry Gold, a New York doctor"
"Bubble Up Bubble Up is a lemon-lime soft drink brand created in 1919, by Sweet Valley Products Co. of Sandusky, Ohio. It is now manufactured by the Dad's Root Beer Company, LLC and owned by Hedinger Brands, LLC for the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and by Monarch Beverage Company of Atlanta for international markets (in particular Asia and Africa). Bubble Up began in 1919 as a lemon-lime carbonated soft drink. Originally owned by Sweet Valley Products of Sandusky, Ohio, Bubble Up was produced ten years before its well-known competitor, 7 Up. The first trademark registration was filed on August"
"a beverage similar to the Mojito by mixing aguardiente, sugar, lime, and mint. He coined the drink “El Draque” after the nickname of his head , Sir Francis Drake. An example of a Signature drink designed for an establishment is the Bellini. It was concocted by Giuseppe Cipriani, the bartender and owner of Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy. Italian white peaches were one of Cipriani’s favorite fruits, but were only available from June to September. In a moment of inspiration he created this refreshing summer beverage by combining the fresh white peaches with prosecco. He named his cocktail after Giovanni"
"20th century. A 1905 article in the National Police Gazette mentions the drink and credits a New Jersey bartender named Frank J. May as its creator. A 1913 news article mentions that sales of the drink had suffered due to the involvement of Bald Jack Rose in the Rosenthal murder case. There are various theories as to the origin of the drink's name. One has the drink being named after (or even invented by) the infamous gambler Bald Jack Rose. Albert Stevens Crockett states that it is named after the pink ""Jacquemot"" (also known as Jacqueminot or Jacque) rose. It"
"other countries. Its simple recipe and inexpensive, ubiquitous ingredients have made it one of the world's most popular alcoholic drinks. Drink critics often consider the drink mediocre, but it has been noted for its historical significance. The drink was created in Cuba in the early 1900s, but its exact origins are not known with certainty. It became popular shortly after 1900, when bottled Coca-Cola was first imported into Cuba from the United States. Its origin is associated with the heavy U.S. presence in Cuba following the Spanish–American War of 1898; the drink's traditional name, ""Cuba Libre"" (Free Cuba), was the"
"Rose Kennedy Cocktail Rose Kennedy (also commonly known as a ""VSS,"" ""Fire Engine,"" ""The Michele,"" ""The White Girl,"" ""The Brian Ziegler,"" ""The Sean Brady,"" or ""vodka soda splash"") is a cocktail popular in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. It consists of varying amounts of vodka and club soda with a splash of cranberry juice for color and taste. The juice sweetens the taste and takes the edge off the alcohol. The cocktail, typically garnished with a lemon or lime wedge, is based on the Cape Cod and named after Rose Kennedy, the matriarch of the Kennedy Family of Cape"
"in a large cocktail glass, also called a ""martini glass"". For this reason, the drink is sometimes mistakenly categorized as a type of martini. The use of citrus flavored vodka as the basis for this cocktail appears to have been widely popularized in the mid 1990s by Dale DeGroff and is used in the IBA approved recipe. However, many bartenders continue to use a standard unflavored vodka and this alternative would undoubtedly be historically consistent with any of the supposed predecessors of this drink that were popular in Ohio, Provincetown, or Minneapolis during the 1970s, or in San Francisco during"
"true because de Clare’s father, Gilbert de Clare, was originally known as “Strongbow”, which suggests that Richard’s nickname was actually inherited from his father. It was initially marketed as ""the strong cider for men"". By 1970, it was the second highest selling cider in the world after its Bulmer's stablemate Woodpecker. The Times (London) 27 March 2001, Tuesday Cider joins favourite pub drinks</ref> By 2001, Strongbow was among the top ten drinks by sales in English and Welsh pubs and bars . In 2003 Bulmers was purchased by Scottish & Newcastle, who in turn were taken over by Heineken in"
"Dr. Brown's soda is also available in a 6-pack of 12-ounce glass bottles. Dr. Brown's Dr. Brown's is a brand of soft drink made by J & R Bottling. It is popular in the New York City region and South Florida, but it can also be found in Jewish delicatessens and upscale supermarkets around the United States. Slogans for the products have included: ""Imported From the Old Neighborhood"" and ""Taste of the Town."" Dr. Brown's was created in 1869 and was commonly sold in New York delicatessens and by soda salesmen who sold the product from door to door in"
"& Brothers’ confectionary was considered to be the best made in Pittsburgh, having a reputation for using the finest ingredients. The company was credited with popularizing the chocolate egg candy, and also sold exotic fruits, nuts, spices, flavored sugars, bon-bons, cookies, and crackers. The company was perhaps most famous for their drink Lemon Blennd, also known as Lemn Blend or Lem-N-Blennd. Lemon Blennd was created in 1914 by druggist E. J. W. Keagy in the North Side of Pittsburgh, and was originally sold as a frozen ice slush drink. Keagy closed his store in 1928 and went to sell his"
"Brandy Alexander A Brandy Alexander is a brandy-based cocktail consisting of cognac, crème de cacao, and cream that became popular during the early 20th century. It is a variation of an earlier, gin-based cocktail called simply an Alexander. There are many rumors about its origins. Some sources say it was created at the time of the London wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles in 1922. Drama critic and Algonquin Round Table member Alexander Woollcott claimed that it was named after him. Other sources say it was named after the Russian tsar Alexander II. The drink was possibly named after"
"production in 2017. Booth's Gin <nowiki>Booth's Gin</nowiki> was a well-known and widely-consumed make of London dry gin, founded by a Lincolnshire branch of the ancient Booth family in about 1740. ""Booth's"" was most famously sold in distinctive hexagonal glass bottles. Its paper labelling alluded to the Red Lion distillery in Clerkenwell where the drink was originally produced, and to the heraldic crest of the Booth family. Known as the ""gentleman's gin"", reputedly it was a favourite of both Queen Elizabeth II, and the Queen Mother. Sir Kingsley Amis favoured ""Booth's"" as a mixer for Pink Gin. The brand, owned by"
"of pickup artist Jacob Palmer, and he is shown drinking it both in the bar and at home. Old Fashioned The Old Fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters, then adding alcohol, originally whiskey but now sometimes brandy and finally a twist of citrus rind. It is traditionally served in a short, round, tumbler-like glass, which is called an Old Fashioned glass, after the drink. The Old Fashioned, developed during the 19th century and given its name in the 1880s, is an IBA Official Cocktail. It is also one of six basic drinks listed in David A."
"1950s. Cranberry juice was used as a mixer with alcohol, first with gin and later with vodka. The Harpoon, later called the Cape Codder, was born, and its descendants such as the Greyhound, the Salty Dog, the Bay Breeze, and the Sea Breeze were later created. Starting in the 1960s, the breeze drinks were sporadically in the top ten most popular mixed drinks. According to some, the Sea Breeze, along with the Cape Codder and Bay Breeze, did not become very popular until the 1970s. This was because in 1959, the U.S. Department of Health stated that cranberry crops were"
"Cod and the mother of President John F. Kennedy from Massachusetts. The cocktail is one of the most commonly ordered cocktails in many American bars, though usually referred to as a ""vodka soda, splash of cran."" It is served in a rocks glass. Rose Kennedy Cocktail Rose Kennedy (also commonly known as a ""VSS,"" ""Fire Engine,"" ""The Michele,"" ""The White Girl,"" ""The Brian Ziegler,"" ""The Sean Brady,"" or ""vodka soda splash"") is a cocktail popular in the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. It consists of varying amounts of vodka and club soda with a splash of cranberry juice for color"
"Barq's Barq's , is an American soft drink. Its brand of root beer is notable for having caffeine.<ref name=""http://www.overcaffeinated.org/database/soda-pop/barqs-root-beer.php"">Caffeine Database | Caffeine and Ingredients in Barqs Rootbeer, OverCaffeinated.org's Report on the Ingredients in Barq's Rootbeer</ref> Barq's, created by Edward Barq and bottled since the turn of the 20th century, is owned by the Barq family but bottled by the Coca-Cola Company. It was known as Barq's Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer until 2012. The Barq's Brothers Bottling Company was founded in 1890 in the French Quarter of New Orleans, by Edward Charles Edmond Barq and his older brother, Gaston. The"
"During these years, the Fred Koch Beverage Company's principal business was soft drinks and made such licensed products as Ward's ""Orange-Crush"" (an orange drink), Welch's ""Welch-ade"" (a grape drink) and ""Green River"" (a lime drink). It also produced a small amount of ""near-beer"" called ""Kobru"", a beverage containing less than one-half of 1% of alcohol. ""Kobru"" was legal under the law, but was not favorably received by residents of Dunkirk, New York. On April 17, 1933, following the repeal of prohibition, the Fred Koch Brewery received a permit to again produce beer and ale. After extensive repairs to the plant,"
"is the sweetener that is added. Barq's Barq's , is an American soft drink. Its brand of root beer is notable for having caffeine.<ref name=""http://www.overcaffeinated.org/database/soda-pop/barqs-root-beer.php"">Caffeine Database | Caffeine and Ingredients in Barqs Rootbeer, OverCaffeinated.org's Report on the Ingredients in Barq's Rootbeer</ref> Barq's, created by Edward Barq and bottled since the turn of the 20th century, is owned by the Barq family but bottled by the Coca-Cola Company. It was known as Barq's Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer until 2012. The Barq's Brothers Bottling Company was founded in 1890 in the French Quarter of New Orleans, by Edward Charles Edmond Barq"
"Troy Alexander, a bartender at Rector's, a New York City restaurant, who created the drink in order to serve a white drink at a dinner celebrating Phoebe Snow, a character in a popular advertising campaign in the early 20th century. The cocktail is known to have been John Lennon's favorite drink. He was introduced to the drink on March 12, 1974 by Harry Nilsson, in the midst of Lennon's so-called The pair began heckling the Smothers Brothers, and whilst being ejected Lennon allegedly assaulted a waitress. Lennon later said the drinks ""tasted like milkshakes."" In the movie ""Days of Wine"
"drink was named after the town. Indeed, a ""Martinez Cocktail"" was first described in Jerry Thomas' 1887 edition of his ""Bartender's Guide, How to Mix All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks"": Other bartending guides of the late 19th century contained recipes for numerous cocktails similar to the modern-day martini. For example, Harry Johnson's ""Bartenders' Manual"" (1888) listed a recipe for a drink that consisted in part of half a wine glass of Old Tom gin and a half a wine glass of vermouth. The first dry martini is sometimes linked to the name of a bartender who concocted the"
"suggested that the original experimental formula tasted more like bodily waste. Dana Shires remembered that ""it sort of tasted like toilet bowl cleaner."" To make it more palatable, at the suggestion of Cade's wife, the researchers added lemon juice and cyclamate to the original formula of water, salt, sodium citrate, fructose and monopotassium phosphate. Cade appeared in ""The Legend of Gatorade"" television commercials narrated by long-time college football announcer Keith Jackson in 2005, during which Cade declared, ""Naturally, we called our stuff ""Gator""ade."" However, the rehydration drink was first known as ""Cade's Ade"" and ""Cade's Cola"" to the Florida Gators"