New Drinks

During the Fair, Fairgoers can try the new drinks and collect badges in the official Iowa State Fair App August 8-18. The list of new drinks contains a mix of alcohol and alcohol-free drinks. Badges will be totaled up on Wednesday, August 14 and the winner will be announced along with the People's Choice Best New Food on Friday, August 16.

2024 New Drinks (Alcohol-free)

• Abracadabra Butterfly Lemonade, Bubbly Bar & Bistro*: Introducing a refreshing color-changing lemonade that captivates the senses! This extraordinary beverage starts as a vibrant blue and magically transforms into a mesmerizing magenta hue. Infused with the subtle essence of cucumber, this delightful lemonade not only tantalizes your taste buds but also harnesses the power of a superfood, Butterfly Pea Flower, ensuring a truly invigorating and wholesome experience.
• Aguas Frescas & Horchata Fruit Drinks, Taco King*: A refreshing drink made from fresh fruit, water, sweetener and lime juice. Flavors are lemonade, watermelon and pineapple. Horchata is a rice-based drink straight from Mexico, made with long-grain white rice, water, milk and brown sugar.
• Berry American, Po-Boys*: Ice cold Sprite with Blue Raspberry Syrup, cherry syrup and topped with a bomb pop popsicle.
• Berry Dirty Slush, Iowa Specialty Crop Growers Assoc.*: Berry Dirty Slush is a dirty take on your classic ice cream float. Dr. Pepper and a signature strawberry slush are layered on top of creamy, hand-dipped vanilla ice cream, creating the perfect balance of bubbles and berries. A drizzle of strawberry syrup is added for an extra berry burst of flavor, followed by a dollop of whipped topping and a sliced strawberry.
• Bubble Gum Soda, Bubbly Bar & Soda: All-natural, dye-free soda presented with a Flashy-Fun Bubbly Twist. Experience the bubble scent-sation!
• Bubbly Latte, Biscuit Bar*: An iced bubbly dessert coffee with notes of cherry and vanilla, available with whipped topping.
• Bursting Boba Lemonade, Cluckin' Coop
• Cherry Italian Soda, Hagar's Hoagies
• Dr. Pickle, JR's SouthPork Ranch*: An ice-cold Dr Pepper soda pop with sliced pickle chips is served over ice.
• Gold Ribbon, The Snack Box*: A Vanilla & Caramel Breve topped with a caramel drizzle. The Gold Ribbon is a signature take on an iced, creamy breve featuring brewed in-house cold brew, half and half, vanilla syrup, and caramel sauce, then topped with a caramel sauce drizzle. A nod to the fair favorite purple ribbon winners, the Gold Ribbon is sure to be a champion! The Gold Ribbon is a great addition to The Snack Box's line up of iced coffees and cold brew lattes on tap!
• Green Monster, Dairy Zone*: A tart green colored treat! Made with Sprite, green apple flavoring, a drizzle of caramel and topped with whipped cream and an edible monster eye.
• Hot Cheeto Float, Taylor Concessions*: A unique soda float made lemon-lime soda infused with Flaming Hot Cheetos. Topped with whipped cream and more crunchy Flaming Hot Cheetos.
• Iowa Ade, Destination Grille*: This delicious mocktail is a refreshingly sweet take on the Tequila Sunrise, with a colorful combination of lemonade, orange juice and grenadine, blue curacao and house-made simple syrup. And we couldn't forget a special topping to honor farming history for some added Iowa State Fair fun.
• Island Cherry Bomb Lemonade, Island Noodles*: Island Lemonade with a Cherry Bomb Twist and topped with a spicy cherry bomb candy.
• Lavender Lemonade, Bubbly Bar & Bistro: Meyer lemon and lavender combine to create a fascinatingly tasty drink that’s a delicate balance of floral, tangy and sweet—a refreshing spin on summertime lemonade.
• Life's A Peach Dirty Soda, Wonder Bars*: Dr. Pepper, peach syrup and vanilla syrup. Add a splash of cream and top it off with whipped topping and a peach ring candy.
• Mango Bliss, Winn & Sara's Kitchen*: The Mango Bliss Bubble Tea with strawberry popping bobas is a delightful and refreshing drink that combines the tropical sweetness of mango with the fun, burst-in-your-mouth sensation of strawberry popas. This drink features a smooth and creamy mango-flavored base. The highlight is the addition of strawberry popping bobas - small, fruit juice-filled spheres that burst with a satisfying pop.
• Paradise N' Chill, Steer N Stein*: In a world where every sip promises a non-alcoholic escape to paradise, one drinks dares to turn ordinary into extraordinary. Boring ice cubes become the start of the show; featuring three stacked layers of Watermelon, Pineapple and electrolyte-enhanced blue Powerade house-made cubes melting under a cascade of house-made lemonade and Sprite. A big wave of flavors are released and colors change until the last refreshing drop. As the surf settles, Paradise continues with an LED light-up base and a refillable cup offering Island discounts, as if you were a local.
• Red, White, And Blooze, Steer N Stein: When partisan politics have become the norm, Red, White and Blooze is the candidate that will refresh your taste buds and revolutionize your eyes. With a robust foundation of 2 ounces of 100% wine-based vodka, the timeless charm of grenadine, liberating house made lemonade and blue raspberry make for a campaign trail of flavor. Topping off this platform is a classic Bomb-Pop symbolizing the unity of three flavors for one purpose - bringing all parties together for a bipartisan landslide victory. As the confetti falls, the celebration continues with an LED light up base and a refillable cup offering government subsidies on a variety of other beverages at its campaign headquarters - Steer N' Stein. Can be made non-alcoholic.
• Tilt Nitro Energy Berry, Travelin' Tom's Coffee and Kona Ice*: Tilt Nitro Energy is a proprietary energy drink only found on a Tom's Coffee Truck. Tilt is a citrusy energy drink infused with Nitrogen to give it that frothy smooth taste!
• Watermelon Creamsicle, Bacon Box*: A watermelon version of the famous Lemonade Creamsicle. Watermelon, ice cream, and lemonade combined in a refreshing slushie.

2024 New Drinks (Alcohol)

• Abracadabra Butterfly Lemonade, Bubbly Bar & Bistro: Introducing a refreshing color-changing lemonade that captivates the senses! This extraordinary beverage starts as a vibrant blue and magically transforms into a mesmerizing magenta hue. Infused with the subtle essence of cucumber, this delightful lemonade not only tantalizes your taste buds but also harnesses the power of a superfood, Butterfly Pea Flower, ensuring a truly invigorating and wholesome experience.
• Apple Pie Nestarita, The Bird's Nest*: All the nostalgia of America's favorite dessert in a glass. The Apple Pie Nestarita is served up ice cold in an easy-to-carry yardstick glass. Featuring Iowa-owned and operated Cedar Ridge Apple Pie wine, Toddy's terlingua wine-based tequila, lime and orange juice and cinnamon syrup topped with five braised apples.
• Caramel Apple Beer, The Depot: A flavor of the Fair.
• Cotton Candy Bubble Trouble, Bubbly Bar & Bistro: Sparkling wine poured over fresh-spun cotton candy.
• Cowgirl Cooler, Lemonade, Long Island, Twisted Tea Slushies, JR's SouthPork Ranch*: JR's Cowgirl Cool-Aid is a delightfully delicious drink that is a combination of Barn Town Brewery's Cotton Candy Gluten Free Sour and Watermelon Gluten Free Sour.
• Dutch Letter Ale Beer, Iowa Craft Beer Tent
• Fair Fudge Beer, Iowa Craft Beer Tent
• Fish Bowl Cocktail, Old West Roadhouse BBQ*: Tropical blue Hawaiian rum drink with an assortment of candy fish swimming in the bowl.
• Flirty Fruity Bubbles, Bubbly Bar & Bistro: Delight your inner child with a bubbly, playful blast of icy-cold nostalgia. This wine-based vodka cocktail is bursting with fruity flavors and whimsically rimmed with a rainbow of crushed Fruity Pebbles™.
• Funnel Cake Ruthie Beer, The Bud Tent*
• Grumpy Old Manhattan Hard Seltzer Cocktail, Bubbly Bar & Bistro: This revitalized take on the classic cocktail features rich flavors of aged bourbon and cherry for a harmonious blend of tradition and contemporary flair in every sip. Presented to you with a bubbly, smoky surprise!
• Hive2o PB&J Hard Honey, Bubbly Bar & Bistro*: Hive20 PB&J is a refreshing carbonated 6% ABV hard honey liquid version of the sandwich Mom made you as a kid. No chemicals or imitation flavors are added to this beverage: simply fermented honey, grapes, fresh roasted peanuts and filtered water. 6% ABV
• Lavender Lemontini, Bubbly Bar & Bistro: A hard variation of the signature all-natural Lavender Lemonade that combines Meyer lemon, lavender and wine-based vodka for a refreshingly fun balance of floral, tangy and sweet.
• Magical Mimosa, Bubbly Bar & Bistro: Prosecco and orange juice with edible gold glitter.
• Mini Donut Dunkel Beer, Iowa Craft Beer Tent
• Naughty Shirley, Bubbly Bar & Bistro: A wildly refreshing twist on a childhood favorite! This grown-up version of the Shirley Temple features wine-based vodka, evokes cheerful memories, and feels like a party in a cup. Garnished with a cherry rock-candy stick.
• Paradise N' Chill Chill, Steer N Stein: Boring ice cubes become the start of the show; featuring three stacked layers of Watermelon, Pineapple and electrolyte-enhanced blue Powerade house-made cubes melting under a cascade of house-made lemonade and Sprite. A big wave of flavors are released and colors change until the last refreshing drop. As the surf settles, Paradise continues with an LED light-up base and a refillable cup offering Island discounts, as if you were a local.
• Pig Lebowksi Beer, Iowa Craft Beer Tent
• Porky's Bloody Buffet, Jalapeno Pete's*: This Bloody Mary Buffet comes with mini tacos, mini corndogs, waffle fries, pickle spear, green olives, meat stick, cubed cheese, and a strip of bacon! It's a Bloody and a Meal! In a souvenir cup!
• Rainbow Sherbet Sour Beer, Iowa Craft Beer Tent
• Red, White, And Blooze, Steer N Stein*: When partisan politics have become the norm, Red, White and Blooze is the candidate that will refresh your taste buds and revolutionize your eyes. With a robust foundation of two ounces of 100% wine-based vodka, the timeless charm of grenadine, liberating house-made lemonade and blue raspberry make for a campaign trail of flavor. Topping off this platform is a classic bomb pop symbolizing the unity of three flavors for one purpose - bringing all parties together for a bipartisan landslide victory. As the confetti falls, the celebration continues with an LED light-up base and a refillable cup offering government subsidies on a variety of other beverages at its campaign headquarters - Steer N' Stein.
• Spiked Lemonade, The Depot*: Every sip of this will make you think of the Iowa State Fair, sipping lemonade and people watching.
• Tantalizing Tulip, Bubbly Bar & Bistro

*Denotes drink item found on the drink scavenger hunt, available on the Iowa State Fair app August 8-18, 2024.

Please remember to be responsible when trying the new drinks!

Stay tuned for more new drink descriptions! We'll be adding more information as it becomes available.

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