The potvins then became the fourth family to run hosmer. Bottling nostalgia, along with the soda the new york times. Andrew devolve obituary plainfield, ct norwich bulletin. Hosmer mountain soda news newspapers books scholar jstor july 2016. Jan 15, 2012 forget the desserts sodas and other sugary drinks are the largest sources of added sugar in the diets of american children today. Please click accept cookies to continue to use the site. Vintage 28oz hosmer mountain soda bottle willimantic ct conn. O ut of this years bumper crop of drinks books, its good to see one that gets to the point of why we drink.
Hosmer mountain cream soda comes from the northeast section of connecticut known as the quiet corner. List of soft drink flavors wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Hosmer mountain soda began over 100 years ago in 1912 bottling their signature highquality spring water. Hosmer mountain sarsaparilla soda is a delicious sarsaparilla soda that will surely be enjoyed.
Beverage options range from hosmer mountain soda to selections from the beer and wine garden. A peek inside the hosmer mountain soda shack chris dehnel patch staff check out the hosmer mountain history here. Low carbonation and lipsmacking flavors attract fans from all over new england, but residents of connecticuts quiet corner have a special advantage. Carbonated nonchlorinated water, natural and artificial flavor, caramel color, fructose, glycine, aspartame, potassium benzoate, calcium saccharin, carbohydrate gum, citric acid, acelfame k, malic acid.
Hosmer mountain spring bottling works began production of soft drinks before world war i with an array of flavors including orange ade. List of soft drink flavors wikimili, the best wikipedia. All three play up the olde tyme feel, look, and i guess taste. Vintage hosmer mountain willimantic, connecticut clear glass 28oz size soda bottle the bright yellow and black graphics look perfect to me. Although it is grounded in the history of the soda fountain, it is told in an interesting way and kept my attention. Almond common mixed flavor in many drinks, also the primary flavor for brands like suburban club sodas such as almond smash. Today, the soda fountain is nothing other than a small, selfserve soft drink dispenser. Hosmer mountain cream soda is available at beverages direct.
Hosmer mountain sarsaparilla ingredients ingredients. There are two schools of thought regarding the names first appearance on the continent. I used to buy from hosmer mountains soda shack in willmantic and manchester all the time when i lived there. A short history of the mississippi valley classic reprint.
See more ideas about grape soda, soda and soda brands. While both have a bunch of very good museums and some fun places to eat and drink, the fact that hosmer mountain is made in willimantic and sold in both towns is the main reason i find. Each flavor is labeled with images created by comic book artists specifically for the bottles. Hosmer mountain soda willimantic, connecticut facebook. Willimantic celebrates summer with its third thursday. Cola was a success until the early 1970s when it was discontinued due to declining sales and the sale of the grapette company in 1972.
Jan 16, 2020 hosmer mountain soda has two locations in connecticut, at 217 mountain st. Almondflavored soft drinks are sometimes prepared using orgeat syrup. Hosmer mountain has been producing 30 flavors of craft soda since 1912. Chubby cocacola cola lacaye cott beverages crush d. It has gained recent prominence in the united states after the success of the not your fathers root beer brand manufactured by small town brewery.
Hidden gems of northcentral connecticut tolland, ct patch. In october my boyfriend took me to an awesome place, hosmer mountain soda shack in manchester connecticut. This little soda shack is tiny but full of delicious bubbly drinks. Pepper dry soda fanta fanta zero faygo fentimans fit soda fitz. The cookie settings on this website are set to allow all cookies to give you the very best experience. Hosmer mountain cream soda is a delicious cream soda that will surely be enjoyed. Excerpt from a short history of the mississippi valley the centenary of the louisiana purchase, now close at hand, about to be commemorated by the st. The best books on drink of 2017 books the guardian. Dads deer park sparkling desnoes and geddes diet 7up diet coke diet mountain dew diet pepsi diet sunkist dr thunder dr. Hosmer mountain soda has two locations in connecticut, at 217 mountain st. And this section, specifically, is about our three soda companies plus any other home grown and homemade stuff, like the rootbeer at the sycamore in bethel. Aug 23, 2014 by 1875, there was a soda fountain in almost every city across america.
These drinks, low in nutrients and often high in calories, are thought by many to be one of the leading causes of our country s high obesity levels. Aug 02, 2019 hidden gems of northcentral connecticut tolland, ct the latest hidden gems feature highlights a small town store in a building which dates back more than two centuries. This volume identifies a soda s common ingredients, both natural and artificial, and explores their origins, as well. Hosmer mountain sarsaparilla soda comes from the northeast section of connecticut known as the quiet corner. Louis exposition, is turning the thoughts of men to the region in which lies the heart of the union. Vintage 28oz hosmer mountain soda bottle willimantic ct. Hosmer mountain sarsaparilla soda beverages direct. Hosmer mountain soda, manchesterwillimantic no disrespect to manchester and willimantic, but hosmer mountain soda may be the best thing about those two towns. Hosmer mountain spring bottling works began production of soft drinks before world war i. About us our sodas antiques noncarbonated red lightning shop online company store cart home delivery news locations contact us.
Everything about hosmer mountain is vintage, including the ancient, cracked route books that peter baker, a veteran driver, uses to deliver soda to customers six days a week. Shop here for the best selection and great deals on fresh oldfashioned retro sodas and sparkling beverages still produced in glass bottles. This timeline chronicles the popular drink from its creation when it was touted as a health drink to rising concerns that sodasweetened naturally or artificiallyis a. Potvin and his four sons bill, john, andy and chuck flavors. The term soft drink is derived from soda water, dating as far back as 1798. For four soda makers, oldfashioned is in style the new york. Fred meyer, whose husband had passed away the previous summer. Since 1912, hosmer mountain has been bottling the finest sodas in a state that still boasts a handful of. This was a period where soda fountains gained critical. Hidden gems of northcentral connecticut manchester, ct. The high demand for a cane sugar formula led potvin to create hosmers antique soda line, featuring root beer, birch beer, cream and sarsaparilla, all sweetened with cane and brown sugars. Carbonated nonchlorinated water, natural and artificial flavor, caramel color, fructose, glycine, aspartame, potassium benzoate, calcium saccharin, carbohydrate gum, citric acid, acelfame. By 1875, there was a soda fountain in almost every city across america.
Customers can buy single bottles, sixpacks, or cases of hosmer mountain soda at their two retail locations. From the early 20th century up until the 1960s, it was common for smalltown residents and bigcity dwellers to enjoy carbonated beverages at local soda fountains and ice cream saloons. Ultimate root beer sampler best root beer, root beer bottle, beer sampler, beer. Forget the desserts sodas and other sugary drinks are the largest sources of added sugar in the diets of american children today. Find 2 listings related to hosmer mountain bottling in columbia on. Averys beverages, foxon park, castle beverages and hosmer mountain bottling company are the states only remaining independent soft. Hosmer mountain soda is a small soft drink producer based in eastern connecticut. Melon soda anjola is a brand of pineappleflavored soda a glass of raspberryade as named and marketed by a. Genealogy profile for john hosmer, ii john hosmer, ii 1700 1733 genealogy genealogy for john hosmer, ii 1700 1733 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Company store showing all 2 results default sorting sort by popularity sort by average rating sort by latest sort by price. Accourding to one source, the name originated in northern germany around the year 547 a. Hosmer mountain soda manchester, connecticut local.
Joseph priestly invented carbonated water in 1767, when he first discovered a method of infusing water with carbon dioxide co2 by suspending a bowl of water over acontinue reading. Bottled in the land of swiftmoving waters is the script that appears on every label of hosmer mountains sodas now just as it did when the company started in. Hosmer mountain is like the old drug store soda fountain in a bottle. The history of soda pop also known colloquially in different regions of the united states as soda, pop, coke, soft drinks, or carbonated beverages dates back to the 1700s. As with many things, the soda fountain has been replaced with the convenience of takehome drinks. May 7, 2016 a collection of vintage grape soda designs. Hard soda, also referred to as flavored beer, adult soda, fermanted soda, mature soda and uncut soda, is a type of alcoholic beverage and craft beer that is manufactured in the style of a soft drink. Willimantic celebrates summer with its third thursday street. Mcgovern shelved 2 times as beerhistory avg rating 3. James hosmer, son of stephen hosmer, was baptized in 1605 in hawkhurst, county of kent, england and later settled in massachusetts. Its hardly a surprise when you find out willimantic was called the land of swift moving waters by the native americans that hunted in the rivers there. Cola has been brought back to life for a new generation of soda pop enthusiasts and is currently bottled by orca beverage works at their retro soda facility in. By the 1930s the company, like scores of independent bottlers all over connecticut, was turning out assorted sodas. Aug 09, 1992 the hosmer mountain bottling company in willimantic has quenched thirsts since 1910, when an entrepreneur began bottling water from hosmer mountain s spring and delivering it, in horsedrawn.
In the peak of summer, sales were reaching 1200 glasses of soda per day. July 15, 1928 september 25, 20 plainfield andrew w. Soda makers bottle nostalgia portland press herald. The exact origin of the hosmerosmer name is lost in history. Often housed together with apothecaries, the ornate, baroque soda fountain counter served as a meeting place for people of all ages and became especially popular as a legal place to gather during prohibition.
Sep 21, 2019 the popularity of soda fountains collapsed in the 1970s with the introduction of fast foods, commercial ice cream, bottled soft drinks, and restaurants. Popular beer history books showing 116 of 16 ancient brews. Soda history the history of soda is longer than you might think. Using a number of specific examples, it paints a picture of how important soda fountains were at the turn of the century. Hosmer mountain soda wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
Jun 10, 2017 excerpt from a short history of the mississippi valley the centenary of the louisiana purchase, now close at hand, about to be commemorated by the st. From a short history of drunkenness viking i learned how alcohol affects. They appeal to those that dont go for bubbly soft drinks but still want to enjoy hosmer creations. Hosmer mountain bottling company has been doing business in willimantic, connecticut continuously for over 100 years. Jul 15, 2019 beverage options range from hosmer mountain soda to selections from the beer and wine garden. Genealogy profile for john hosmer, ii john hosmer, ii 1700 1733 genealogy genealogy for john hosmer, ii 1700 1733 family tree on geni, with over 200. The bottling works there uses spring water from the base of a valley ridge. A button from the information booth gets you 20 percent off the beer and wine garden all season. They feature all of the classic flavors of the new england independent bottlers, such as root beer, birch beer, cream soda, sarsaparilla and lime rickey. Sep 04, 2005 everything about hosmer mountain is vintage, including the ancient, cracked route books that peter baker, a veteran driver, uses to deliver soda to customers six days a week. The hosmer mountain bottling company in willimantic has quenched thirsts since 1910, when an entrepreneur began bottling water from hosmer mountains spring.
Hosmer makes about 35 flavors including diets, seltzers and a line of antique sodas made with cane sugar. Since 1912, hosmer mountain has been bottling the finest sodas in a state that still boasts a handful of independent soda bottlers. Hidden gems of northcentral connecticut tolland, ct the latest hidden gems feature highlights a small town store in a building which dates back more than two centuries. Descendants lived in massachusetts, new hampshire, connecticut, vermont, maine, new york, michigan, illinois, and elsewhere. Tucked away in the small city of willimantic, connecticut is one of the oldest, most retro soda companies in the nation. Noncarbonated both of these beverages were developed recently as of twenty plus years ago. This was a period where soda fountains gained critical mass and started to compete with the local taproom.
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