List of U.S. state beverages explained

This is a list of state beverages as designated by the various states of the United States. The first known usage of declaring a specific beverage a "state beverage" within the US began in 1965 with Ohio designating tomato juice as its official beverage. The most popular choice for state beverage designation is milk (or a flavored milk, in the case of Rhode Island). In total, 20 out of the 33 (not including Rhode Island) entities with official beverages (32 states and the District of Columbia) have selected milk.

Table

State	Drink	Year
	Conecuh Ridge Whiskey (state spirit)	2004^[1]
		2019^[2]
		1985^[3]
		1983^[4]
		1967^[5]
Hawaii	'Awa	2018^[6]
		2007^[7]
Kentucky		2005^[8]
Louisiana^[9]		1983^[10]
		2005^[11]
Maryland		1998^[12]
	Rye whiskey (state spirit)	2023^[13]
		1970^[14]
		1984^[15]
		1984^[16]
Nebraska	Milk (state beverage)	1998^[17]
	Kool-Aid (state soft drink)
		2010^[18]
	Cranberry juice (state juice)	2023^[19]
		1981^[20]
		1987^[21]
		1983^[22]
		1965^[23]
		2002^[24]
		1997^[25]
		1982^[26]
		1993
	Milk (state beverage)	1984^[27]
	South Carolina-grown tea (state hospitality beverage)	1995
		1986^[28]
		2009^[29]
		1983
	Milk (state beverage)	1982^[30]
	George Washington's Rye Whiskey (state spirit)	2017^[31]
Washington	Coffee	2011^[32]
	Milk (state beverage)	1987^[33]
	Brandy old fashioned (state cocktail)	2023^[34]

Notes and References

1. Web site: State Spirit of Alabama . July 26, 2018 . February 6, 2014 . Alabama Official Emblems, Symbols, and Honors . . April 15, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080415050744/http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_spirit.html . dead .
2. Web site: 41-860.06. State drink . Arizona State Legislature . September 22, 2021 . January 28, 2022.
3. Web site: Arkansas State Symbols. Arkansas Secretary of State. April 1, 2017. March 12, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160312070335/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/educational/students/Documents/Arkansas_State_Symbols.pdf. dead. .
4. Web site: Delaware Miscellaneous Symbols . Delaware . April 2, 2017. .
5. Book: Florida Almanac 2007-2008 . McGovern, Bernie . 2007 . Pelican Publishing . 451 . 978-1-58980-428-9.
6. Web site: HB2494. May 22, 2023 . State of Hawaii.
7. Web site: SR20 SENATE RESOLUTION recognizing water as the official beverage of Indiana . State of Indiana . November 7, 2023.
8. Web site: 2.084 State drink . Statutes . Kentucky . May 5, 2019.
9. In 2008, Louisiana made Sazerac the official New Orleans cocktail. Unlike state symbols which are found in Title 49 (State Administration) of the Revised Statutes, this is found in Title 33 (Municipalities and Parishes): RS 33:1420.2
10. Web site: RS 49:170 . Louisiana State Legislature . April 2, 2017.
11. Web site: Title 1, Section 224 . Maine Legislature. May 2, 2017. .
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13. Web site: Bush . Matt . 2023-10-02 . Once doomed by Prohibition, rye rebounds to become Maryland’s official state spirit . 2024-05-17 . WYPR . en.
14. Web site: Chapter 2, Section 20, Beverage of commonwealth . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . August 9, 2021.
    - Web site: Concise Facts . Citizen Information Service, Massachusetts Facts . Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . March 26, 2024. .
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16. Web site: State Symbols . Mississippi . April 2, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170403015436/https://www.ms.gov/content/Pages/Symbols.aspx. April 3, 2017 . dead. .
17. Book: Nebraska: The Cornhusker State . 2016–17 Nebraska Blue Book . Nebraska Legislature . 18 . May 5, 2019 . June 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190611171226/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/bluebook/11-19.pdf . dead .
18. Web site: New Hampshire House Bill 1206 (2010) . 2010 . State of New Hampshire . . 2018-12-12-->.
19. News: Redmond . Kimberly . Scutari signs bill designating NJ's official state juice . August 9, 2023 . NJBIZ . BridgeTower Media . August 9, 2023.
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21. News: Official State Symbols of North Carolina . State of North Carolina . North Carolina State Library . . 2011-08-07-->.
    - Web site: Chapter 145. State symbols and other adoptions . 2001. North Carolina Legislature . August 18, 2018.
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23. Book: Stephen Fry in America: Fifty States and the Man Who Set Out to See Them All . Fry, Stephen . Stephen Fry . 2010 . HarperCollins . 160 . 978-0-06-145638-1 . registration .
24. News: Milk becomes official state beverage . Talley, Tim . November 2, 2002 . Amarillo Globe News . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110628200813/http://amarillo.com/stories/2002/11/02/usn_milkbecomes.shtml . June 28, 2011 . December 12, 2016.
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26. Facts About the States, 1993, p.433, Joseph Nathan Kane, 973 F119A.
27. Web site: 1995-96 Bill 3487: State Hospitality Beverage, Tea - South Carolina Legislature Online . April 10, 1995 . December 12, 2016.
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29. Web site: June Dairy Month Kicks Off in Tennessee . December 12, 2016 . June 3, 2009 . TN.gov . State of Tennessee . April 13, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170413040451/http://www.tn.gov/news/26150 . dead .
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31. News: Virginia to honor George Washington's Whiskey . Associated Press . WTOP . March 23, 2017 . April 25, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170416073451/http://wtop.com/virginia/2017/03/virginia-to-honor-george-washingtons-whiskey/ . April 16, 2017 . dead .
    - Web site: George Washington's Rye Whiskey® Named as Virginia's Official Spirit. George Washington's Mount Vernon. June 5, 2018. June 9, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170609000433/http://www.mountvernon.org/about/news/article/george-washingtons-rye-whiskey-named-as-virginias-official-spirit/. dead.
32. Web site: HB 1715 - DIGEST . Washington State Legislature.
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34. News: Shapiro . Ari . November 14, 2023 . Wisconsin crowns the brandy old fashioned as the official state cocktail . January 23, 2024 . NPR.
35. Web site: Rickey Named Official D.C. Cocktail . January 5, 2013 . July 2011 . dcist . Gothamist LLC . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20111014163359/http://dcist.com/2011/07/rickey_named_dcs_cocktail.php . October 14, 2011 .