If you know the gnome's original name, or any of these other bits of trivia, you're officially a Vernors super-fan. Skip to Main Content. ... James Vernor was more than just the ginger ale guy.

William Schultheis’ first job fresh out of Pershing High School in 1947 was at Vernors in downtown Detroit. The Grosse Ile resident, 87, even met his future wife, Marion Peggy O’Neil, there.

But Vernors historian Lawrence L. Rouch, ... “He was kind of big guy with a beard,” says Jean Bialecki. “He designed the outfit, and we went out and bought the material and I sewed it. ...

By night, he's the guy who runs the Vernors Ginger Ale Collector's Club, which has about 70 members. Keith Wunderlich is a school superintendent by day, Vernors historian and collector by night.

In 1919, Vernor was interviewed for a piece in the Bulletin of Pharmacy about the genesis of the drink. He told the interviewer he had two separate fountains, one for regular soda water that could ...

While many varieties of ginger ale, noted for its sweet and gingery or spicy nuances, are on store shelves, in Detroit there is a clear favorite — Vernors. The hometown gingery pop is known to ...

Vernors soda may have been the first recorded soft drink in America, but just a few short years after its invention, Dr ...

When I moved to Windsor, I was thrilled to find out that Vernors, which was invented in Detroit, is readily available. By day, he's the superintendent of a school board in Metro Detroit. By night, ...

Maybe an apple a day keeps the doctor away in some states. But in Michigan, when in doubt, try Vernors out. For more than 150 years, Vernors provided a delicious fizzy ginger-flavored treat to ...

A list touting the brands of ginger ale not to buy and why has Michigan's beloved Vernors on the list. Here's why. Beloved hometown Vernors gets a bad rap for being too sugary ...