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Root beer was originally made with sassafras root and bark which, due to its mucilaginous properties, formed a natural, long lasting foam, a characteristic feature of the beverage.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.
Aug 9, 2019 · Charles Hires first sold commercial root beer at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition but the history of root beer goes back to Colonial times.
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The story of where root beer came from has become apocryphal. Antiquarian League President Joseph DeLuca has spent years tracking down facts about Hires, because he is the town’s local boy made good.
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.
Jun 6, 2024 · Root beer traces its origins to the indigenous peoples of North America, who crafted medicinal drinks using sassafras root and various herbs. The tribes of the Eastern Woodlands would steep the bark and roots of the sassafras tree in boiling water.
In the 19th century, American colonists brewed the antecedent root beers in their homes from a variety of ingredients, often serving their concoctions as hot teas. In the 1840s, the first root beer began to appear in confectionaries and general stores, bottled in stoneware and sold for medicinal use.
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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.
