Catawissa Bottling Company
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Catawissa Bottling Company is a producer of soft drinks located in Catawissa
, PA. The company also distributes beer, ice, cups, taps, and related items.
Catawissa Bottling Company was formed in 1926, when the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture issued a license to bottle soda to Bruce Gregorowicz and his wife Suzanne Wegronovich Gregorowicz. The couple purchased a creamery
in Catawissa and converted it to a bottling facility. The original flavors of soda produced by the company included orange soda
, lemon soda, Birch beer
, Root beer
, lime cloud, lemon sour, Cream soda
, strawberry, ginger ale
, grape, cherry, Sarsaparilla
, white birch beer, orangeade, raspberry, teaberry, lemonade
, uffri cola, celery cola, pop, and still grape. Flavors added later include golden birch beer, root beer, cream soda, sarsaparilla, cola
, and blue birch beer. The company uses cane sugar in their proprietary sodas rather than high fructose corn syrup
, and markets them under the brands "Catawissa Sparkling Beverages" and "Big Ben's".
Catawissa Bottling Company produced the Moxie
brand of soda under license from 1945 to 1967. In 1978, the company again contracted to produce Moxie, which it continues to produce to this day in addition to selling Moxie
collectibles and paraphernalia.
Montgomery, M R. "Moxie with a Sip of History." Boston Globe (Pre-1997 Fulltext), (1993): 29.
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
Catawissa is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,589 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg–Berwick Micropolitan Statistical Area....
, PA. The company also distributes beer, ice, cups, taps, and related items.
Catawissa Bottling Company was formed in 1926, when the Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
Department of Agriculture issued a license to bottle soda to Bruce Gregorowicz and his wife Suzanne Wegronovich Gregorowicz. The couple purchased a creamery
Creamery
In a dairy, the creamery is the location of cream processing. Cream is separated from whole milk; pasteurization is done to the skimmed milk and cream separately. Whole milk for sale has had some cream returned to the skimmed milk....
in Catawissa and converted it to a bottling facility. The original flavors of soda produced by the company included orange soda
Orange soft drink
Orange soft drinks are carbonated orange drinks....
, lemon soda, Birch beer
Birch beer
Birch beer is a carbonated soft drink made from herbal extracts, usually from birch bark. It has a taste similar to root beer. Various types of birch beer are available, distinguished by color. The color depends on the species of birch tree from which the sap is extracted...
, Root beer
Root beer
Root beer is a carbonated, sweetened beverage, originally made using the root of a sassafras plant as the primary flavor. Root beer, popularized in North America, comes in two forms: alcoholic and soft drink. The historical root beer was analogous to small beer in that the process provided a drink...
, lime cloud, lemon sour, Cream soda
Cream soda
Cream soda is a sweet carbonated soft drink, often flavored with vanilla.-History and development:A recipe for cream soda—written by E.M. Sheldon and published in Michigan Farmer in 1852—called for water, cream of tartar, Epsom salts, sugar, tartaric acid, egg, and milk, to be mixed together, then...
, strawberry, ginger ale
Ginger ale
Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger. Dr. Thomas Cantrell, an American apothecary and surgeon, claimed to have invented ginger ale and marketed it with beverage manufacturer Grattan and Company. Grattan embossed the slogan "The Original Makers of Ginger Ale" on its bottles...
, grape, cherry, Sarsaparilla
Sarsaparilla
is a perennial trailing vine with prickly stems that is native to Central America. Common names include Sarsaparilla , Honduran Sarsaparilla, and Jamaican Sarsaparilla...
, white birch beer, orangeade, raspberry, teaberry, lemonade
Lemonade
Lemonade is a lemon-flavored drink, typically made from lemons, water and sugar.The term can refer to three different types of beverage:...
, uffri cola, celery cola, pop, and still grape. Flavors added later include golden birch beer, root beer, cream soda, sarsaparilla, cola
Cola
Cola is a carbonated beverage that was typically flavored by the kola nut as well as vanilla and other flavorings, however, some colas are now flavored artificially. It became popular worldwide after druggist John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in 1886...
, and blue birch beer. The company uses cane sugar in their proprietary sodas rather than high fructose corn syrup
High fructose corn syrup
High-fructose corn syrup — also called glucose-fructose syrup in the UK, glucose/fructose in Canada, and high-fructose maize syrup in other countries — comprises any of a group of corn syrups that has undergone enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose to produce...
, and markets them under the brands "Catawissa Sparkling Beverages" and "Big Ben's".
Catawissa Bottling Company produced the Moxie
Moxie
Moxie is a carbonated beverage that was one of the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. It continues to be regionally popular today....
brand of soda under license from 1945 to 1967. In 1978, the company again contracted to produce Moxie, which it continues to produce to this day in addition to selling Moxie
Moxie
Moxie is a carbonated beverage that was one of the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. It continues to be regionally popular today....
collectibles and paraphernalia.
External links
Montgomery, M R. "Moxie with a Sip of History." Boston Globe (Pre-1997 Fulltext), (1993): 29.