Green River

*Welcome HPR readers! Please note that a printing error has duplicated this code for 3 of the Treasure Hunt QR boxes: the next two links SHOULD be:

Link to clue #3

Link to clue #4

You may proceed with those links, then scan the last code on the map to email me (Jess) the four answers. Thanks for participating!

When you read the title of this post, did you think of this?

    Chicago River - from DiningChicago.com

 

 Or this?

 

 

Green River soda was developed in 1919 by the Schoenhofen Brewery of Chicago just as the 18^th Amendment was being passed, forcing breweries to develop non-alcoholic beverages to sell during the Prohibition era. The soda became popular as a soda fountain syrup and was also poured into old beer bottles and sold pre-mixed.

Despite ranking number two in fountain sales (just behind Coca-Cola), Green River became a low priority for the Schoenhofen Brewery after Prohibition ended in 1933, allowing them to resume the brewing of alcoholic beverages.

By the time the Chicago River was dyed green for the first time in 1962, the Schoenhofen Brewery had closed (in 1950 after going broke), and Green River soda was barely hanging on as a soda fountain drink. After going through a variety of owners and distributors that dwindled its presence to a few isolated areas, Green River production was taken up by Chicago’s Clover Club Bottling Corporation. Since then, this sweet, lime lollipop flavored soda has enjoyed a resurgence as a nostalgia item that is especially popular around St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago, when the river is dyed a brilliant emerald green as part of the town’s St. Patrick’s Day parade festivities.

Old 52 offers Green River soda in 12oz glass bottles at our brick-and-mortar store located at 23 Main Street in Sabin, Minnesota and in our online store.

For more information about the dyeing of the Chicago River for St. Patrick’s Day, visit http://www.greenchicagoriver.com/ In 2011, the river will begin turning green on Saturday March 12, at 10am.

References:

• DiningChicago.com: http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/03/09/two-rivers-drinking-green-in-chicago-this-st-patricks-day/
• The Soda Depot: http://www.dggpro.com/TheSodaDepot/browse.asp?page=415