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June 20, 1919
- Roy W. Allen, a hotelier, bought the rights to a root beer recipe from an Arizona pharmacist in 1919. Shortly thereafter, he moved to the town of Lodi, California, where he officially opened his first root beer stand on June 20, 1919, which happened to be the same evening as the city-wide homecoming parade for local World War I soldiers.
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Aug 9, 2019 · While Charles Hires and his family contributed greatly to the popularity of modern root beer, its origins can be traced to pre-colonial times during which indigenous tribes commonly created beverages and medicinal remedies from sassafras roots.
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Root beer was originally made with sassafras root and bark which, due to its mucilaginous properties, formed a natural, long lasting foam, a characteristic feature of the beverage.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.
Charles Elmer Hires (August 19, 1851 – July 31, 1937) was an American pharmacist and an early promoter of commercially prepared root beer. He founded the Charles E. Hires Co., which manufactured and distributed Hires Root Beer. [1]
Hires Root Beer was created by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires. The official story is that Hires first tasted root beer , a traditional American beverage dating back to the colonial era , while on his honeymoon in 1875. [ 2 ]
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Originally Hires packaged the mixture in boxes and sold it to housewives and soda fountains. They needed to mix in water, sugar and yeast. Hires would become the largest manufacturer of the soft drink “root beer” in the world. But at first the drink was slow to catch on.
Jun 6, 2024 · When most people think of American classic root beer, they think of A&W. Founded in 1919 by Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright in Lodi, California. The buddies started by selling root beer at a parade honoring World War I veterans. As the business grew, Allen bought out Wright's shares.
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Nov 7, 2021 · One of the most famous root beer brands of all time is A&W. The iconic product was introduced to the world just over a century ago by two entrepreneurs by the names of Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright — the eponymous "A" and "W." So, what's their story?
