List of U.S. state beverages


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 their official beverage. The most popular choice for state beverage designation is milk with 22 out of the 29 entities making milk their official beverage, while Rhode Island chose coffee-flavored milk. Alabama is the only U.S. state to have an alcoholic beverage as its state beverage.

Table

StateDrinkYear
AlabamaConecuh Ridge Whiskey
2004
ArizonaLemonade2019
ArkansasMilk1985
DelawareMilk1983
FloridaOrange juice1967
KentuckyMilk 2005
KentuckyAle-8-One
2013
LouisianaMilk1983
MaineMoxie2005
MarylandMilk1998
MassachusettsCranberry juice1970
MinnesotaMilk2004
MississippiMilk1984
NebraskaMilk 1998
NebraskaKool-Aid 1998
New HampshireApple cider2010
New YorkMilk1981
North CarolinaMilk1987
North DakotaMilk1983
OhioTomato juice1965
OklahomaMilk2002
OregonMilk1997
PennsylvaniaMilk1982
Rhode IslandCoffee milk1993
South CarolinaMilk 1984
South CarolinaSouth Carolina-grown tea
1995
South DakotaMilk1986
TennesseeMilk2009
VermontMilk1983
VirginiaMilk 1982
VirginiaGeorge Washington's Rye Whiskey
2017
WisconsinMilk1987

Federal district
or territory
DrinkYear
District of ColumbiaRickey2011
Puerto RicoPiña Colada1978