June 17 is celebrated each year as National Stewart’s Root Beer Day. It’s a great day to get your friends together to enjoy a cold glass of root beer.
It’s one of the many beverage-themed national days of the year. Some of those national drink days are devoted to cocktails and alcoholic beverages, and others are devoted to more non-alcoholic drinks!
Keep reading to learn facts about Stewart’s Root Beer, and learn how to celebrate this June 17 national day.
How to observe National Stewart’s Root Beer Day
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- Host a root beer tasting, and see which brand tastes the best. Be sure to include Stewart’s!
- Make a root beer float for your family to enjoy.
- Wear a root beer t-shirt to show your love for this soda.
- Try one of the other bottled drinks that Stewart’s makes.
- Burn a root-beer scented candle.
- Decorate your kitchen with this root beer floats sign.
- Use the hashtag #NationalStewartsRootBeerDay to spread the word about the day on social media.
Facts about Stewart’s Root Beer
Stewart’s Root beer is a brand of old-fashioned fountain sodas made in the USA. The brand was founded by Frank Stewart in 1924 in Mansfield Ohio.
Frank set up his first root beer stand as a way to add to his income as a school teacher.
Cable Car Beverage Corporation acquired the bottling right to Stewart’s Root Beer in 1990. They added cream soda and ginger beer to the line in 1992 and several other flavors are now made.
In 2006 at the World Cup of Root Beer, Stewart’s Root Beer was named the top root beer.
More June 17 national days
Have you enjoyed learning about National Stewart’s Root Beer Day? You’re in luck, June 17 is home to more than one national day.
Below are a list of all the June 17 national days:
- National Stewart’s Root Beer Day
- Global Garbageman Day
- National Apple Strudel Day
- National Eat Your Vegetables Day
- National Cherry Tart Day (date disputed – also celebrated June 18 & 21)
For more reasons to celebrate this month, be sure to check out this list of June national days, and June food days.
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