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Beverage & Drinking Related History:

• 7UP - 1928
• Aluminum Can - 1958-9
• Beer - Beer Timetable
  • 1553 - Beck's
  • 1786 - Molson
  • 1810 - Oktoberfest 
    1829 - Yeungling
  • 1847 - Labatt Beer
  • 1876 - Budweiser (later becomes the 1st national brand)
  • 1876 - Beer pasteurization
  • 1904 - Lone Star Beer
  • 1933 - beer prohibition ends (4/7) 
  • 1935 - Beer Can (Kreugers)
  • 1935 - Cone Top Beer Cans - Picture Archive 
  • 1935 - Vaughan Novelty Company introduces the still common one piece bottle opener/can top piercer combination
  • 1939 - First "No Deposit, No Return, Not To Be Refilled " bottle
  • 1962 - Iron City Beer uses the "Tab Top Opener" (called a "tear tab" - banned in mid 1970s)
  • 1963 - Beer Keg, stainless steel
  • 1963 - Soft Top Aluminum Cans
  • 1984 - Twist-Off Cap introduced by Labatt
• Beer Tray - 1890s
• Bottle caps
  • 1856 - Cork disk attached screw cap (another source cites 1889)
  • 1875 - Wire attached mechanical cap (used till about 1915)
  • 1892 - Crown cork invented by William Painter. Cork liners used until replaced by plastic in the mid 1960s
  • 1936 - ROPP Aluminum Cap (Roll-on Pilfer Proof)
  • c1966 - Twist-off Crown Cap
• Bottle Openers:
  • Wall Mount: 1925 ?

  Bristol Tn-VA  - Collectible Bottles

• Canada Dry - 1907
• Coca Cola History
  • Coca Cola - 1886
  • Coca Cola, Classical Bottle - 1915 (patent date)
  • Coca Cola Six Pack - 1923
  • Coca Cola in Cans - 1960 (first regular production) 1967, Coke cans go Aluminum
• Coffee - Nice Timeline of coffee and coffee house history
  • Coffee Creamer - 1952 (Pream)
  • Coffee Pot - 1803
  • Drip Coffee Maker Invention - 1908
  • Espresso - originated in 1822
  • Freeze-dried - developed in 1938
  • Instant coffee mass marketing - 1906
  • Percolator - Late 1865
  • Silex Pyrex ® drip coffee pot - 1915
  • Mr. Coffee - 1972
  • first vacuum packed coffee - 1900 (Hills)
• Cognac - 1750
• Color Labels - 1934
• Coca Cola
  • Coke - First use as a brand name - 1941
  • Coke Can - 1960
  • Coca Cola advertising in Brazil - lots of images 
• Cork Screws:
  • 1882 Single lever classic design (patent)
  • 1888 Double Lever (British Patent)
  • 1900 Combo cork screw / bottle opener (patent)
  • 1930 Double Lever (US Patent)
• Crown Bottle Cork (Cap) - 1892
• Diet Drinks - 1952    First Diet Cola - 1959
• Dr. Pepper - 1885 (invention) 1888 (sale in bottles)
• Drink Mixers:
  • Hamilton Beech - 1911
• Drinking Fountain, sanitary - 1909
• Fanta - 1958
• Gin and Tonic - 1852
• Ginger Ale - 1861
• Glass Blowing Machine - 1899
• Ice Cubes
  • 1950 - Ice Cube Tray with Lever Ejector Mechanism (patent application date) Arthur J. Frei
• Kool-Ade - 1927 (originally spelled Kool-Ade. Non concentrate called, Fruit Smack) Pitcher - 1954
• Malted Milkshake - 1922 (Walgreens - Ivar Coulson)
• Milk & Milk Bottles Bottles: 1880-1900
  • Gallery of Bottle Images 
  • Ads on Milk Bottles - 1920s
  • Condensed milk patented - 1856 (Gail Borden)
  • Milk tank trucks - 1914
  • Milk vending machines - 1950
  • Paper Milk Carton - 1906-8 (introduction in San Francisco)
  • Paper Milk Carton, Folded - 1915 (patent date) Marketed in the 1930s
  • Paper Milk Carton with pour spout - c. 1950
  • Plastic coated milk carton - 1953
  • Plastic containers - 1964
• Mixed Drinks
  • 1860 - Martini (first spelled: Martinez)
  • 1900s - Cocktail Shaker
  • 1907 ? - Cocktail (Martini) glass
  • 1930s - Bloody Mary
  • 1948 - Margarita, named for Margarita Sames
• Moxie (soft drink) 1885
• Nehi - 1924
• Orange Crush - 1906
• Pepsi-Cola
  • 1898 - Date of first sales
  • 1903 - Trademark Registered
  • 1934 - 12oz bottle
  • 1964 - Diet Pepsi
  • 1970 - Pepsi is first to introduce the 2-liter bottle
• Pilsner Glass - 1842
• Plastic Soft Drink Bottles - 1970  PET (current plastic) bottles - 1991
• Pull Tabs - 1962    Stay on Tabs - 1974
• Root Beer, Hires - 1876 (first concocted 1869)
• Royal Crown Cola - 1934
• Schwepps - 1794
• Soda Fountain - First Patents 1819, 1870  (Front Service Soda Fountain - 1903)
• Soda Glasses - Great collection of images
• Soda pop in a can, first - 1936
• Soda Water - 1807 (Townsend Speakman of Philadelphia)
• Sprite - 1961

• Tea -
  • Afternoon Tea - 1840s (Interesting history)
  • Iced Tea - 1904
  • Iced Tea, Instant - 1953
  • Tea Bag - 1908 (invention). Era of greatest popularity came after WWII around 1920
  • Tea Dance - 1819
  • Tea Kettle, whistling - 1921 (Joseph Block)
• Vending Machines, Soda - Massive collection of images
• Vending Machines for Cans - 1965
• Water, Bottled
  • 1820 - Saratoga Springs bottled water
• Water Fountains:
  • Kohler Bubbler - 1888 (invention)
  • Water Cooler - 1911 electric refrigerated version 

See also:

• History of Pop Timeline 
• Twentieth Century Edibles Timeline