List of U.S. state beverages

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This is a list of state beverages as designated by the various states of the United States. The first known usage of declaring a specific beverage a "state beverage" within the US began in 1965 with Ohio designating tomato juice as its official beverage. The most popular choice for state beverage designation is milk (or a flavored milk, in the case of Rhode Island). In total, 20 out of the 33 (not including Rhode Island) entities with official beverages (32 states and the District of Columbia) have selected milk.

Contents

Table

StateDrinkYear
Alabama Conecuh Ridge Whiskey (state spirit)2004 [1]
Arizona Lemonade 2019 [2]
Arkansas Milk 1985 [3]
Delaware Milk 1983 [4]
Florida Orange juice 1967 [5]
Hawaii 'Awa 2018 [6]
Indiana Water 2007 [7]
Kentucky Milk 2005 [8]
Louisiana [notes 1] Milk 1983 [9]
Maine Moxie 2005 [10]
Maryland Milk 1998 [11]
Massachusetts Cranberry juice 1970 [12]
Minnesota Milk 2004 [13]
Mississippi Milk 1984 [14]
Nebraska Milk (state beverage)1998 [15]
Kool-Aid (state soft drink)
New Hampshire Apple cider 2010 [16]
New Jersey Cranberry juice (state juice)2023 [17]
New York Milk 1981 [18]
North Carolina Milk 1987 [19]
North Dakota Milk 1983 [20]
Ohio Tomato juice 1965 [21]
Oklahoma Milk 2002 [22]
Oregon Milk 1997 [23]
Pennsylvania Milk 1982 [24]
Rhode Island Coffee milk 1993 [25]
South Carolina Milk (state beverage)1984 [26]
South Carolina-grown tea
(state hospitality beverage)		1995 [26]
South Dakota Milk 1986 [27]
Tennessee Milk 2009 [28]
Vermont Milk 1983 [29]
Virginia Milk (state beverage)1982 [30]
George Washington's Rye Whiskey
(state spirit)		2017 [31]
Washington Coffee 2011 [32]
Wisconsin Milk (state beverage)1987 [33]
Brandy old fashioned (state cocktail)2023 [34]
Federal district
or territory		DrinkYear
District of Columbia Rickey 2011 [35]

Notes

  1. ↑ In 2008, Louisiana made Sazerac the official New Orleans cocktail. Unlike state symbols which are found in Title 49 (State Administration) of the Revised Statutes, this is found in Title 33 (Municipalities and Parishes): RS 33:1420.2

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References

  1. ↑ "State Spirit of Alabama". Alabama Official Emblems, Symbols, and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives and History. February 6, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ "41-860.06. State drink". Arizona State Legislature. September 22, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Arkansas State Symbols" (PDF). Arkansas Secretary of State. Retrieved April 1, 2017..
  4. ↑ "Delaware Miscellaneous Symbols". Delaware. Retrieved April 2, 2017..
  5. ↑ McGovern, Bernie (2007). Florida Almanac 2007-2008. Pelican Publishing. p. 451. ISBN   978-1-58980-428-9.
  6. ↑ "HB2494". State of Hawaii. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  7. ↑ "SR20 SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing water as the official beverage of Indiana". State of Indiana. Retrieved November 7, 2023.
  8. ↑ "2.084 State drink". Statutes. Kentucky. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  9. ↑ "RS 49:170". Louisiana State Legislature. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Title 1, Section 224". Maine Legislature. Retrieved May 2, 2017..
  11. ↑ Maryland at a Glance, Maryland State Archives, March 6, 2016, retrieved April 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Chapter 2, Section 20, Beverage of commonwealth". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
    - "Concise Facts". Citizen Information Service, Massachusetts Facts. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 26, 2024..
  13. ↑ "State Drink - Milk", sos.state.mn.us, Minnesota Secretary of State, retrieved January 1, 2024.
  14. ↑ "State Symbols". Mississippi. Archived from the original on April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017..
  15. ↑ "Nebraska: The Cornhusker State". 2016–17 Nebraska Blue Book (PDF). Nebraska Legislature. p. 18. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
  16. ↑ "New Hampshire House Bill 1206 (2010)". State of New Hampshire. 2010.
  17. ↑ Redmond, Kimberly (August 9, 2023). "Scutari signs bill designating NJ's official state juice". NJBIZ. BridgeTower Media. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  18. ↑ New York State Law § 82, New York State Assembly.
    - New York State Symbols, New York State Secretary of State.
    - New York State Symbols, I Love New York government tourism marketing office.
    - Marc Butler (June 8, 2008), June Is the Time to Recognize New York's Dairy Industry, New York State Assembly.
  19. ↑ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina.
    - "Chapter 145. State symbols and other adoptions". North Carolina Legislature. 2001. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  20. ↑ "State Symbols (capital, bird, tree, flag...)", nd.gov, The State of North Dakota, 2011, retrieved April 2, 2017.
  21. ↑ Fry, Stephen (2010). Stephen Fry in America: Fifty States and the Man Who Set Out to See Them All . HarperCollins. pp.  160. ISBN   978-0-06-145638-1.
  22. ↑ Talley, Tim (November 2, 2002). "Milk becomes official state beverage". Amarillo Globe News. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  23. ↑ "State Symbols: Animal to Crustacean", sos.oregon.gov/blue-book, Oregon Blue Book, 2021, retrieved April 20, 2021.
  24. ↑ Facts About the States, 1993, p.433, Joseph Nathan Kane, 973 F119A.
  25. ↑ "§ 42-4-15. State drink", State of Rhode Island General Laws, State of Rhode Island General Assembly, retrieved May 5, 2019
  26. 1 2 "1995-96 Bill 3487: State Hospitality Beverage, Tea - South Carolina Legislature Online". April 10, 1995. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  27. ↑ "1-6-16", sdlegislature.gov, South Dakota Legislature, 2017, retrieved April 2, 2017.
  28. ↑ "June Dairy Month Kicks Off in Tennessee". TN.gov. State of Tennessee. June 3, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  29. ↑ Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual, Biennial Session, 2017–2018 (PDF), Office of the Secretary of State, 2017, p. 12, retrieved May 1, 2019
  30. ↑ "Code of Virginia", law.lis.virginia.gov, Virginia Law, 2017, retrieved April 2, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Virginia to honor George Washington's Whiskey". WTOP. Associated Press. March 23, 2017. Archived from the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
    - "George Washington's Rye Whiskey® Named as Virginia's Official Spirit". George Washington's Mount Vernon. Retrieved June 5, 2018.[ dead link ]
  32. ↑ "HB 1715 - DIGEST" (PDF). Washington State Legislature.
  33. ↑ "Wisconsin's State Symbols", legis.wisconsin.gov, State Wisconsin Reference Bureau, 2017, retrieved April 2, 2017.
  34. ↑ Shapiro, Ari (November 14, 2023). "Wisconsin crowns the brandy old fashioned as the official state cocktail". NPR . Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  35. ↑ "Rickey Named Official D.C. Cocktail". dcist. Gothamist LLC. July 2011. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
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