据记载，药剂师Charles Elmer Hires是第一个成功推广商业品牌根汁饮料的商业人士。Hires的公司于1875年研发了一种由擦树（sassafras）制成的根汁饮料，并在1876年于费城百年博览会（Centennial ...

Because 'powder root tea,' the name of the original concoction, just didn't sound like it had the kick that beer, the miners' poison of choice, did. Fortunately for Charles E. Hires, the man ...

Pepper Review: A Cup Full Of Disappointment It wasn't until the Colonial era that a Philadelphia pharmacist named Charles Elmer Hires turned root beer into a household soda pop. Hires and his wife ...