List of U.S. state beverages

This is a list of state beverages as designated by the various states of the United States.^[1] The most popular state beverage, with 21 states out of the 28 with state beverages choosing it, is milk or a flavor of milk (Rhode Island chose coffee-flavored milk).

Table

State	Drink	Year
Alabama	Conecuh Ridge Whiskey (State Spirit)	2004[2]
Arkansas	Milk	1985
California	Wine	1979
Delaware	Milk	1983
Florida	Orange juice	1967[3]
Indiana	Water	2007[4]
Kentucky	Milk	2005[5]
Louisiana	Milk	1983
Maine	Moxie (State Soft Drink)	2005
Maryland	Milk	1998
Massachusetts	Cranberry juice	1970
Minnesota	Milk	1984
Mississippi	Milk	1984
Nebraska	Milk (State Beverage)	1998
	Kool-Aid (State Soft Drink)
New Hampshire	Apple cider	2010[6]
New York	Milk	1981[7][8][9][10]
North Carolina	Milk	1987[11]
North Dakota	Milk	1983
Ohio	Tomato juice	1965[12]
Oklahoma	Milk	2002[13]
Oregon	Milk	1997
Pennsylvania	Milk	1982
Rhode Island	Coffee milk	1993[14]
South Carolina	Milk (State Beverage)	1984 [15]
	South Carolina-grown tea (State Hospitality Beverage)	1995 [16]
South Dakota	Milk	1986
Tennessee	Milk	2009[17]
Vermont	Milk	1983[18]
Virginia	Milk	1982
Wisconsin	Milk	1987[19]

D.C. & U.S. Territories	Drink	Year
District of Columbia	Rickey	2011[20]
Puerto Rico	Piña Colada	1978[21]

See also

• List of U.S. state foods
• Lists of U.S. state insignia
• Vernors, Michigan local soft drink
• Sazerac Official Drink of New Orleans

References

1. [ Official State Beverages], NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
2. "State Spirit of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2005-08-25.
3. McGovern, Bernie (2007). Florida Almanac 2007-2008. Pelican Publishing. p. 451. ISBN 978-1-58980-428-9.
4. Biddle, RiShawn (March 19, 2007). "Naming water the official drink of Indiana -- and other legislative silliness.". The Indianapolis Star. Archived from the original|archive-url= requires |url= (help) on January 1, 1970. |archive-url= is malformed: path (help);
5. "Kentucky State Symbols". Kentucky Legislature. 2007-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
6. "Senate Approves Apple Cider as State Beverage". 2010-05-12.
7. "New York State Law § 82". New York State Assembly.
8. "New York State Symbols". New York State Secretary of State.
9. "New York State Symbols". I Love New York government tourism marketing office.
10. Marc Butler (June 8, 2008). "June Is the Time to Recognize New York's Dairy Industry". New York State Assembly.
11. "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina.
12. Fry, Stephen (2010). Stephen Fry in America: Fifty States and the Man Who Set Out to See Them All. HarperCollins. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-06-145638-1.
13. Talley, Tim (November 2, 2002). "Milk becomes official state beverage". Amarillo Globe News.
14. Rhode Island statutes - section 42-4-15
15. "1995-96 Bill 3487: State Hospitality Beverage, Tea - South Carolina Legislature Online". 1995-04-10.
16. "1995-96 Bill 3487: State Hospitality Beverage, Tea - South Carolina Legislature Online". 1995-04-10.
17. "June Dairy Month Kicks Off in Tennessee". TN.gov. State of Tennessee. June 3, 2009.
18. [ Office of the Secretary of State, Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual, Biennial Session, 1993-1994, p. 19.]
19. "Wisconsin State Symbols". State of Wisconsin.
20. "Rickey Named Official D.C. Cocktail". dcist. Gothamist LLC. July 2011. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
21. "Celebrate Two of Mankind's Greatest Inventions". Retrieved 2007-06-19.

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