CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #3759 | | | | | | | | | | | Extra info | 1917--1960
Ironbeer is a soft drink that originated in Cuba. The Ironbeer trademark was granted to Manuel Rabanal on February 14, 1914 by the Secretaría De Fábrica Agricultura in Havana . On a summer afternoon, in 1917 a mule-drawn, wooden wagon arrived at a popular cafeteria in Havana, Cuba and delivered the first four cases of a new soft drink that would soon be called "The National Beverage". It has been described as tasting like "a fruitier Dr Pepper" or like Ironport soda. After Fidel Castro became Cuba's dictator and nationalized all private property in 1960, "Inverciones Rabanal" run by Jesus Larrazabal (husband of Teresa Rabanal – Manuel's daughter) along with the Ironbeer of Cuba families (Rabanal, Larrazabal, Rojas) were exiled in Miami where their "Iron Beer" remains popular with the Cuban community
In the mid-1990s, the United States version of the brand (no longer affiliated with Ironbeer of Cuba and without the 500 lb weights in the flexed arm logo) called Ironbeer Soft Drink Inc. was involved in a legal battle with Tropicana Products. |
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