VERNORS IS THE OLDEST SURVIVING GINGER ALE IN THE UNITED STATES. VERNORS GINGER SODA, FORMERLY VERNOR’S GINGER ALE, IS A “DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT” SOFT DRINK FOUND MAINLY IN THE MIDWEST. INVENTED IN MICHIGAN AT SOME POINT BETWEEN 1866 AND 1880, IT HAS BEEN TOUTED AS HAVING A CULT FOLLOWING OF PRIMARILY MICHIGANDERS AND MIDWESTERNERS. THE DRINK IS NOT LIKE OTHER GINGER ALES ON THE MARKET, LENDING TO ITS SLOGAN OF “DELICIOUSLY DIFFERENT”. IT HAS AN INTENSE GINGER FLAVOR, MORE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH A GINGER BEER THAN GINGER ALE, AND IS EXTREMELY EFFERVESCENT.