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ALABAMA
Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale
Born in the basement of Birmingham's Alabama Grocery Co. in 1901 when grocer Sidney Lee carbonated a pharmacist's extra-gingery stomach tonic, the formula-which fans say has a nose-tickling, almost spicy finish-has remained largely unchanged.
ALASKA
Duck Shot
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck-or has distinct layers of coffee liqueur, Irish cream and whiskey—it's got to be a duck. In this case, the shot created one snowy December afternoon in 1987 at the Peanut Farm sports bar in Anchorage. Order it by its full (if not particularly appetizing) name: Duck Fart Shot.
ARKANSAS
Grapette
This grape soda from Camden first made a big purple splash in the 1940s, followed by its sister soda, Orangette. After trickling to near extinction in the '90s, it made an early 2000s comeback exclusively at another Arkansas-born company: Walmart.
CALIFORNIA
Wine
Prior to 1976, good wine meant French wine. But a blind taste test in Paris that year saw the underdog, California, unexpectedly win for both red and white.
ARIZONA
Lemonade
The summer sipper featuring squeezed and sweetened lemon juice became the official way to beat the (dry) heat here back in 2019, after a local teen realized the state seal included four of Arizona's five C's (cattle, copper, cotton and climate) but left out citrus, a major industry of the Grand Canyon State.
Nearly 50 years later, Napa and Sonoma counties are called Wine Country.
COLORADO
Hot cocoa
What else would you want to drink during a Rocky Mountain winter? Enjoy cocoa as an après-ski sipper, or skip the slopes and go straight to the chocolate.
CONNECTICUT
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