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Pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires was the first to successfully market a commercial brand of root beer. Hires developed his root tea made from sassafras in 1875, debuted a commercial version of root beer at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876, and began selling his extract.
Philadelphia-based pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires was the first to successfully market root beer in the late 1800s, and commercial root beer is now produced by major American brands such as PepsiCo, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. Root beer can be bought at most supermarkets and enjoyed at home.
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.
- Mary Bellis
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.
A notable figure in the history of root beer is Charles Elmer Hires, an American pharmacist who is often credited as the father of commercial root beer. In 1876, Hires introduced his own brand of root beer, which quickly gained popularity and became widely available across the United States.
The popularity of root beer continued to grow, and by the mid-19th century, commercial root beer production began in the United States. Entrepreneurs seized on the opportunity to bottle and sell this refreshing drink.
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The first commercial root beer was made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA by Charles Hires in 1876, 10 years before Coca-Cola, according to Philly Magazine. However, root beer is thought to have been made and consumed as early as the 1500s.
