DES MOINES, Iowa — In addition to countless new food items, fairgoers at the Iowa State Fair this year will have the chance to try out more than 40 new drinks.
The Iowa State Fair released a new drink list which includes 24 alcohol-free beverages and 23 alcoholic beverages. Fairgoers can collect badges for specific drinks on the new list as part of the drink scavenger hunt. That activity is available on the Iowa State Fair app.
A winner for "best drink" will be announced on Friday, Aug. 16 alongside the People's Choice Best New Food award.
The 2024 drink list is among the many newest things included at this year's Iowa State Fair. On top of the new drink list, fairgoers will have the opportunity to try up to 84 new food items.
Here is the complete list of new alcohol-free and alcoholic drinks available at the state fair this year:
Editor's note: all drinks marked on the list with an asterisk (*) are the drink items that can be found on the drink scavenger hunt. All drinks are listed in alphabetical order and divided into two categories: alcohol-free and drinks with alcohol.
New Drinks (Alcohol-free)
• 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 Drinks (Alcohol)
• 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 Dunkel Beer
• Naughty Shirley
• Paradise N' Chill Chill
• Pig Lebowksi Beer
• Porky's Bloody Buffet*
• Rainbow Sherbet Sour Beer
• Red, White, And Blooze*
• Spiked Lemonade*
• Tantalizing Tulip