Vernor's
Detroit's Vernor's ginger ale is America's oldest soft drink, invented in 1866 by James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist. In 1862, Vernor was called off to the American Civil War. According to legend, he left a mixture of ginger, vanilla and spices sitting in an oak cask in his pharmacy. After returning from battle four years later, he opened the keg and found the drink inside had been changed by the aging process in the wood. It was like nothing else he had ever tasted, and he reportedly declared it "Deliciously different," which remains the drink's motto to this day.
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