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Beer Nuts is an American
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of
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building on the original product,
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s with a sweet-and-salty glazing. According to the manufacturer, the ingredients include peanuts,
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. In the United States, Beer Nuts are a staple of bar snacks and are often referred to as "the quintessential American bar food". Although Beer Nuts do not contain any
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, the name suggests that they are intended as a side dish to beer consumption.


History

The company began in 1937 when Edward Shirk and his son Arlo took over the Caramel Crisp confectionery store in
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, which sold a product called "Redskins," "slightly sweet, lightly salted" glazed peanuts with their red skins intact. Beginning in 1950, this product was sold packaged as "Shirk's Glazed Peanuts" in local liquor stores. By 1953, local food distributor Eldredge C. Brewster helped expand the product to a national brand, and the Beer Nuts trademark was registered. By the 1960s, the product was available in all 50 states, and by the 1970s, the Shirks shipped 10 million pounds of Beer Nuts nationally. The company's product line has since expanded to other nuts, such as
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s and almonds, and various snack mixes, gift baskets and holiday packaged items. The Beer Nuts brand has been registered as a trademark since 1955 and has been successfully protected in court on several occasions from competing brands who used similar names. Beer Nuts has been described as ”something of a case study in brands avoiding genericization”. The company remains family owned with production still based in Bloomington, operating out of the 100,000-square-foot facility it relocated to in 1973.


Other countries

In Australia, beer nuts refers to salted roasted peanuts with the
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(red skin) intact. They are sold unglazed.


See also

*
Cracker nuts Japanese-style peanuts, also known as Japanese peanuts or cracker nuts, are a type of snack food made from peanuts that are coated in a wheat flour dough and then fried or deep-fried. They come in a variety of different flavours. This type of sna ...
* List of brand name snack foods *
List of peanut dishes This is a list of peanut dishes and foods that are prepared using peanuts or peanut butter as a primary ingredient. Peanuts are also referred to as groundnuts. Dishes and foods * Ants on a log – a snack made by spreading peanut butter, cr ...


References

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External links


Official website
Brand name snack foods Food manufacturers of the United States Companies based in Bloomington–Normal Products introduced in 1937