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Ale-8-One Bottling Co.
- Address:
- 605 Elm Road
Elizabethtown, KY 42701 - Phone:
- (270) 737-2344
- Website:
- http://www.ale-8-one.com/index.html
- Company Information:
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Ale-8-One, the soft drink unique to Kentucky, has been bottled in Winchester since 1926.
Still a closely guarded family secret, the Ale-8-One formula was developed by G.L. Wainscott in the 1920's after experimentation with ginger-blended recipes he acquired during extensive travels in Northern Europe. He sponsored one of America's first "name the product" contests, and "A Late One" was the winning entry. The drink's logo, Ale-8-One, was adopted as a pun of its description as the latest thing in soft drinks.
Wainscott had been in the soft drink business in Winchester since 1902, bottling soda water and several flavored drinks in a plant on North Main Street. In 1906, he introduced Roxa-Kola, a popular rival to the cola drinks then available. By 1935, Wainscott had converted a livery stable on West Broadway and moved his growing bottling operation.
Jane Rogers Wainscott inherited half of her husband's bottling stock at his death in 1944. The other half was divided among the company's employees. At her death in 1954, Mrs. Wainscott left her interest to her brother, Frank A. Rogers, Sr.
Mr. Rogers bought out his partners in 1962, and incorporated the Ale-8-One Bottling Company. Frank A. Rogers, Jr., became manager, was later named president, and the phenomenal growth of the new corporation began.
The company built a new plant on Carol Road in 1965 and production of Roxa-Kola was discontinued in 1968. By 1974, the remaining Wa
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