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{{Infobox drink
|name = Dandelion and burdock
|image = Dandelion and burdock.jpg
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|caption = A bottle and glass of [[Fentimans]]
|type = Carbonated soft drink
|manufacturer = Various
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'''Dandelion and burdock''' is a beverage originating and commonly consumed in the [[British Isles]] since the [[Middle Ages]]. It was originally a type of light [[mead]] but over the years has
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==Imitations and variants==
Ben Shaw, a [[Huddersfield]] businessman, founded a company that made and sold the drink, first in [[Yorkshire]] and then throughout Britain, between 1871 and 1993. Afterward, the enterprise passed through several hands and is now owned by [[Refresco]], who still make and sell the drink.
[[Fentimans]], a beverage company based in the United Kingdom, offers a version of the naturally brewed dandelion and burdock drink, containing extracts of both plants<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fentimans.com/soft_drinks |title=Our botanically brewed beverages |publisher=Fentimans |accessdate=22 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727133609/http://www.fentimans.com/soft_drinks |archivedate=27 July 2014}}</ref> (although its main ingredients are sugar and pear juice concentrate).
[[A.G. Barr]],
The last of the UK's original [[temperance bar]]s, Fitzpatrick's in [[Rawtenstall]], Rossendale, which opened in 1890, still produces its dandelion and burdock to an original recipe brought over from Ireland at the end of the 19th century.<ref>{{citation |title=Rawtenstall raises the bar |date=1 October 2008 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2008/10/01/places_temperance_bar_feature.shtml |publisher=bbc.co.uk |accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref>▼
==Apocryphal origin==
▲The last of the UK's original [[temperance bar]]s, Fitzpatrick's in [[Rawtenstall]], which opened in 1890, still produces its dandelion and burdock to an original recipe brought over from Ireland at the end of the 19th century.<ref>{{citation |title=Rawtenstall raises the bar |date=1 October 2008 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2008/10/01/places_temperance_bar_feature.shtml |publisher=bbc.co.uk |accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref>
One false story regarding the origin of dandelion and burdock is that it was created by [[St. Thomas Aquinas]] in the 13th century.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatpicturegalleries/9353560/Classic-British-drinks.html?frame=2257874|title=Classic British drinks|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/sep/28/how-make-dandelion-burdock-beer|title=How to make dandelion and burdock beer|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref>
==See also==
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