page_title: Cronk (drink)
section_title: Modern-day revival
hierarchical_section_title: Cronk (drink) / Modern-day revival
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Dr. Ferguson's Sarsaparilla Ale "Cronk Style Ale" by Nita
context_page_description: Dr. Cronk's Compound Sarsaparilla Beer, or simply Cronk, was an American flavoured small beer made with sassafras, sarsaparilla, ginger, green tea and molasses; believed to have had a taste resembling "spicy root beer."
  Attributed to one Warren Cronk, it first appears in records in 1840 in Syracuse, New York, and is believed to have been franchised and sold in the 19th century in the United States and Canada.
  The "long-lost" Compound Sarsaparilla Beer's recipe was re-discovered in June 2020 after Cronk attracted heightened interest and trended on Twitter. Breweries in Calgary and Ottawa released versions of Cronk later in the year. Modern-day Cronk brews have been described as having a taste resembling a light herbal liqueur.
context_section_description: Cronk attracted revived interest and its recipe was re-discovered in June 2020 when newspaper advertisements for the beverage from the 1880s were shared on Twitter by Paul Fairie, a researcher at the University of Calgary. The "bizarre" adverts attracted interest and came to trend on Twitter in Canada.
  A recipe for Cronk from 1860 was uncovered in the Hand Book of Practical Receipts; Or, Useful Hints in Every Day Life by a commenter in the aforementioned Twitter thread, which listed sassafras, sarsaparilla, hops, chamomile, cinnamon, ginger, green tea, and molasses as ingredients.
  Other documents found referred to the ornate and collectible bottles used for Cronk, and legal cases concerning whether it was an alcoholic drink.
caption: Dr. Ferguson's Sarsaparilla Ale by Nita Beer in Ottawa was one of the numerous attempts at reviving Cronk by breweries in Canada.
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