The Iowa State Fair is introducing a contest for the best drinks in 2024

Not only does the Iowa State Fair have 84 new dishes to unveil from August 8-18, along with three dishes competing for attendees’ votes as the best new food at the fair, but now officials have also unveiled new drinks to try at the fair. And a contest will determine attendees’ favorites.

The list of 24 new nonalcoholic drinks and 23 new cocktails is part of a new game where participants can download the Iowa State Fair app to their smartphones and collect badges. About half of the drinks, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic, will be part of the scavenger hunt. Items marked with an asterisk below are part of the contest.

On August 14, the fair officials will count the votes to announce the winner, along with the public’s choice of the best new dish, both of which will be announced on August 16.

New Non-Alcoholic Beverages Coming to the 2024 Iowa State Fair

Abracadabra Butterfly Lemonade*

Aguas Frescas & Horchata Fruit Drinks*

Berry American*

Berry Dirty Slush*

Chewing gum soft drink

Sparkling Latte*

Bursting Boba Lemonade

Cherry Italian Soda

Cotton candy bubble problems

Doctor Pickle*

Flirty fruity bubbles

Golden ribbon*

Green Monster*

Hot Cheeto Float*

Iowa Eagle*

Island Cherry Bomb Lemonade*

Lavender lemonade

Life is a peach, dirty soda*

Mango Bliss*

Paradise and Chill*

Red, white and bloez

Seductive Tulip

Tilt Nitro Energy Bes*

Watermelon ice cream*

New Alcoholic Beverages Coming to the 2024 Iowa State Fair

Abracadabra Butterfly Lemonade

Apple pie Nestarita*

Caramel Apple Beer

Cotton candy bubble problems

Cowgirl Cooler, Lemonade, Long Island, Twisted Tea Slushies*

Dutch Letter Ale Beer

Honest Fudge Beer

Fishbowl cocktail*

Flirty fruity bubbles

Ruthie Beer Funnel Cake*

Grumpy Old Manhattan Hard Seltzer Cocktail

Hive2o PB&J Hard Honey*

Lavender Lemontini

Magical Mimosa

Mini Donut Dark Beer

Naughty Shirley

Paradise and Chill Chill

Pigs Lebowski Beer

Porky’s Bloody Buffet*

Rainbow Sherbet Sour Beer

Red, White and Blush*

Spiced lemonade*

Seductive Tulip

*Represents a drink found during the Drink Scavenger Hunt, available through the Iowa State Fair app from August 8-18.

Susan Stapleton is the entertainment editor and food reporter at The Des Moines Register. Follow her on Facebook, Twitteror Instagram, or message her at [email protected].

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