when was the first time root beer came known to people.?
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Root beer was a traditional beverage and herbal medicine. The beverage was often alcoholic, usually around 2%. As a medicine it was used for cough and mouth sores. Commercially prepared root beer was developed by Charles Elmer Hires on May 16, 1866. He presented root tea powder at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial exhibition. In 1893 he began selling bottled carbonated root beer.\n\nHome-made root beer is made using flavouring (either a concentrate, or actual roots and spices) to which is added sugar, water, and yeast. It is allowed to ferment under pressure to retain the carbonation and limit the alcohol produced by the yeast to low levels
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It was used in medieval times as a pain reliever. There is no documented info as to who first discovered it.
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Joseph Priestly was a pastor in England back in the 1800s who happened to live next to a brewery. One day, he noticed a dense gas hanging around the vats of beer that put out fires. After accidentally dissolving some of this gas in a water and discovering it had a fizz to it, he used it as a pick-me-up for his friends and followers. The gas was CO2, and Priestly actually invented the first modern soda drink.
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I believe I've heard of it as a take of viral marketing.  In the specific case, it was an introduction of a new alcoholic drink, a vodka, I think.  They hired a crew in the age demographic they were looking to reach, and had them go to local bars to chat up patrons if they've ever tried this new product, get their email address, conduct a follow up survey, then ask if they would recommend it to friends.\n\nThe program worked as the company moved it to the 3rd most requested by brand name for the product.
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Here's a soda/pop history timeline. See 1871 for the answer to your question!\n\n1798 The term "soda water" first coined.\n\n1810 First U.S. patent issued for the manufacture of imitation mineral waters. \n\n1819 The "soda fountain" patented by Samuel Fahnestock. \n\n1835 The first bottled soda water in the U.S. \n\n1850 A manual hand & foot operated filling & corking device, first used for bottling soda water. \n\n1851 Ginger ale created in Ireland. \n\n1861 The term "pop" first coined. \n\n1871- The first soda pop trademark was issued for LEMON'S SUPERIOR SPARKLING GINGER ALE\n\n1874 The first ice-cream soda sold. \n\n1876 Root beer mass produced for public sale. \n\n1881 The first cola-flavored beverage introduced. \n\n1885 Charles Aderton invented "Dr Pepper" in Waco, Texas. \n\n1886 Dr. John S. Pemberton invented "Coca-Cola" in Atlanta, Georgia. \n\n1892 William Painter invented the crown bottle cap. \n\n1898 "Pepsi-Cola" is invented by Caleb Bradham. \n\n1899 The first patent issued for a glass blowing machine, used to produce glass bottles. \n\n1913 Gas motored trucks replaced horse drawn carriages as delivery vehicles. \n\n1919 The American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages formed. \n\n1920 The U.S. Census reported that more than 5,000 bottlers now exist. \n\nEarly 1920's The first automatic vending machines dispensed sodas into cups. \n\n1923 Six-pack soft drink cartons called "Hom-Paks" created. \n\n1929 The Howdy Company debuted its new drink "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Sodas" later called "7 Up". Invented by Charles Leiper Grigg. \n\n1934 Applied color labels first used on soft drink bottles, the coloring was baked on the face of the bottle. \n\n1952 The first diet soft drink sold called the "No-Cal Beverage" a gingerale sold by Kirsch. \n\n1957 The first aluminum cans used. \n\n1959 The first diet cola sold. \n\n1962 The pull-ring tab first marketed by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company of Pittsburgh, PA. The pull-ring tab was invented by Alcoa. \n\n1963 The Schlitz Brewing company introduced the "Pop Top" beer can to the nation in March, invented by Ermal Fraze of Kettering, Ohio. \n\n1965 Soft drinks in cans dispensed from vending machines. \n\n1965 The resealable top invented. \n\n1966 The American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages renamed The National Soft Drink Association. \n\n1970 Plastic bottles are used for soft drinks. \n\n1973 The PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) bottle created. \n\n1974 The stay-on tab invented. Introduced by the Falls City Brewing Company of Louisville, KY. \n\n1979 Mello Yello soft drink is introduced by the Coca Cola company as competition against Mountain Dew. \n\n1981 The "talking" vending machine invented.
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Vulcanized rubber was invented in 1843, so it came first. Look up Charles Goodyear.
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Why not its an American beer and they would want to do their own advertising. Personally I think they're doing well hitting on the fact that Americans aren't that interested or bothered by Football. \n\nIts a good idea if a bit patronising on Americans the jokes where probably written by an advertising company.
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We are all here at home (me and my family). I'm on my first beer now while waiting for the corned beef to finish :)
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Old joke... because the Pirates lost the opener. For you younger people here, before twist off bottle caps, beer bottles had to be opened with a tool called an opener.
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Caleb Bradham of New Bern, North Carolina was a pharmacist. Like many pharmacists at the turn of the century he had a soda fountain in his drugstore, where he served his customers refreshing drinks, that he created himself. His most popular beverage was something he called "Brad's drink" made of carbonated water, sugar, vanilla, rare oils, pepsin and cola nuts.\n\n"Brad's drink", created in the summer of 1893, was later renamed Pepsi Cola in 1898 after the pepsin and cola nuts used in the recipe. In 1898, Caleb Bradham wisely bought the trade name "Pep Cola" for $100 from a competitor from Newark, New Jersey that had gone broke. The new name was trademarked on June 16th, 1903. Bradham's neighbor, an artist designed the first Pepsi logo and ninety-seven shares of stock for Bradham's new company were issued.\n\nAfter seventeen years of success, Caleb Bradham lost Pepsi Cola. He had gambled on the fluctuations of sugar prices during W.W.I, believing that sugar prices would continue to rise but they fell instead leaving Caleb Bradham with an overpriced sugar inventory. Pepsi Cola went bankrupt in 1923.\n\nIn 1931, Pepsi Cola was bought by the Loft Candy Company Loft president, Charles G. Guth who reformulated the popular soft drink. Guth struggled to make a success of Pepsi and even offered to sell Pepsi to the Coca-Cola company, who refused to offer a bid.\n\nIn 1940, history was made when the first advertising jingle was broadcast nationally. The jingle was "Nickel Nickel" an advertisement for Pepsi Cola that referred to the price of Pepsi and the quantity for that price. "Nickel Nickel" became a hit record and was recorded into fifty-five languages.\n\nIn 1964, Diet Pepsi was introduced.
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Allen & Wright - the inventors of a&w rootbeer
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Doing double shots of Capt. Morgan and root beer.  This'll be #4. Feeling pretty good. These go down pretty smooth. I say try one!
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I did have one of these, in 1978. \nI was in college, living in the residential community on campus. We had had our Thanksgiving dinner before the holiday started. I had eaten a great deal. Then, I started drinking cheap Scotch, warm, with a friend. \nNext thing I know, I'm looking in my toilet saying to myself, "Barf in the toilet, not on the floor. Barf in the toilet, not on the floor." I barfed all over the bathroom, my bedroom, and passed out. \nIt was 15 years before I could stand the smell of Scotch.
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I was stationed in Germany...and had heard all the rumors about "hearty German Woman".  I had only been in country about 2 weeks and "the regulars" took "the newbies" out to a VERY German bar.  \n\nI not only drank ALOT of German beer....I did ALOT of banana schnapps  << did I spell that right...anyway.  So a little into the evening I am feeling AMERICAN and GIRLY and I loudly yell in a crowded, smoke infested room of old German men......"BIG BREASTED GERMAN LADY, BRING ME A BEER NOW".......!  I don't know the look on anyone ones face when I said it, I was too caught up in my moment....BUT...I did hear their cheer when she brought me a brimming beer and said in PERFECT ENGLISH......"HERE SMALL TITTY GIRL.....SOMEDAY YOU WILL WISH YOU HAD WHAT I DO"!\n\nConclusion:  I passed out....they brought me home.....they plopped me on the top bunk.....I fell.  I puked banana for the next 2 days.....I now wish my Grandma was German.  Go figure!
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i really have no idea where it came from. for some reasons monkeys come to mind. i think they were carriers and some human got it and then it just kindof spread from there. it took a while to become mainstream.
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Well, it was not known in Europe until after the discovery of America. There explorers encountered tobacco and the odd sight of people with smoke coming out of their mouths and noses.
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It was invented by the chinese when they kicked a brussel sprout around about a couple of hundred years ago