47 new beverages with and without alcohol vie for best new drink at the Iowa State Fair

The Iowa State Fair not only has 84 new foods to unveil Aug. 8-18, along with three foods vying for fairgoers’ votes for best new food at the fair, but now officials revealed new drinks to try at the fair. And a contest will determine fairgoers’ favorites.

The list of 24 new alcohol-free drinks and 23 new cocktails is part of a new game where participants can download the Iowa State Fair app on their smart phones and collect badges. About half of the drinks, with and without alcohol, will be part of the scavenger hunt. Items with an asterisk below are part of the competition.

On Aug. 14, fair officials tally up the votes to announce a winner along with the pick for People’s Choice Best New Food, both released on Aug. 16.

New alcohol-free drinks at the 2024 Iowa State Fair

Abracadabra Butterfly Lemonade*

Aguas Frescas & Horchata Fruit Drinks*

Berry American*

Berry Dirty Slush*

Bubble Gum Soda

Bubbly Latte*

Bursting Boba Lemonade

Cherry Italian Soda

Cotton Candy Bubble Trouble

Dr. Pickle*

Flirty Fruity Bubbles

Gold Ribbon*

Green Monster*

Hot Cheeto Float*

Iowa Ade*

Island Cherry Bomb Lemonade*

Lavender Lemonade

Life’s A Peach Dirty Soda*

Mango Bliss*

Paradise N’ Chill*

Red, White, And Blooze

Tantalizing Tulip

Tilt Nitro Energy Berry*

Watermelon Creamsicle*

New alcoholic drinks at the 2024 Iowa State Fair

Abracadabra Butterfly Lemonade

Apple Pie Nestarita*

Caramel Apple Beer

Cotton Candy Bubble Trouble

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

Dutch Letter Ale Beer

Fair Fudge Beer

Fish Bowl Cocktail*

Flirty Fruity Bubbles

Funnel Cake Ruthie Beer*

Grumpy Old Manhattan Hard Seltzer Cocktail

Hive2o PB&J Hard Honey*

Lavender Lemontini

Magical Mimosa

Mini Donut Dark Beer

Naughty Shirley

Paradise N’ Chill Chill

Pig Lebowski Beer

Porky’s Bloody Buffet*

Rainbow Sherbet Sour Beer

Red, White, And Blooze*

Spiked Lemonade*

Tantalizing Tulip

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

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

This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: The Iowa State Fair introduces a best drinks contest in 2024