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      • Hires used over 25 herbs, berries, and roots to flavor carbonated soda water and then introduced his version of root beer at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial exhibition, where it was a huge hit. In 1893, the Hires family began selling bottled root beer. Soon after, other root beer brands popped up, including Barq’s, Dad’s, and Mug Root Beer.
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  1. Aug 9, 2019 · Root beer as we know it today is descended from "small beers," a collection of beverages (some alcoholic, some not) concocted by American colonists using what they had at hand. The brews varied by region and were flavored by locally grown herbs, barks, and roots.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Root_beerRoot beer - Wikipedia

    Root beer was originally made with sassafras root and bark which, due to its mucilaginous properties, formed a natural, long lasting foam, a characteristic feature of the beverage. Root beer was originally carbonated by fermentation. As demand and technology changed, carbonated water was used.

  3. Aug 6, 2021 · The first commercialized root beer was created by a Philadelphia pharmacist named Charles Elmer Hires, who discovered a tisane while on his honeymoon in New Jersey. Soon after, he began selling a dry version of the tea blend that had to be mixed with water, sugar, and yeast and then left to ferment.

  4. Jun 6, 2024 · In 1875, Charles Hires, a Philadelphia pharmacist, introduced the first commercially produced root beer. Inspired by a delicious herbal tea he encountered during his honeymoon, Hires set out to create a healthier alternative to alcoholic drinks, which were prevalent at the time.

  5. Nov 18, 2023 · A sampling fountain at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876 launched “Hires Root Beer” as the first nationally distributed brand name soft drink. Hires Root Beer ad from 1919: “The natural flavor of real root juices makes Hires more delicious than imitation root beers”.

  6. The Charles Hires' version of the root beer beverage was first introduced to the public at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial exhibition. The Hires family continued to manufacture root beer and in 1893 first sold and distributed bottled root beer.

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  8. Charles Elmer Hires, a pharmacist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, invented Hires Root Beer. According to the official narrative, Hires had root beer for the first time while on his honeymoon in 1875, a traditional American libation that dates back to the colonial era.

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