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.
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.
The bottling right to Stewart’s Root Beer were acquired in 1990 by the Cable Car Beverage Corporation. 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.
How to observe National Stewart’s Root Beer Day
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- Use the hashtag #NationalStewartsRootBeerDay to spread the word about the day on social media.
- Make a root beer float for your family to enjoy.
- Try one of the other flavored drinks made by the company.
What is a national day?
National days of the year are a fun way to celebrate odd and unusual foods, animals and items that you come into contact with. Be sure to check out my national day’s guide for more fun days to celebrate.
There are close to 2000 national days in the year and over 150 of them are celebrated in June. Be sure to check out this post to discover more about the national days in June, as well as the June word search printable of national days.
Be sure to also check out these other national food days this month:
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