Clicquot Club was an early American ginger ale, cider, sarsaparilla, and birch beer bottler, based in Millis, Massachusetts. It was named in the 1880s in a deliberate evocation of the famous French champagne producer, Veuve Clicquot, but was never an alcoholic beverage bottler.
In the 1920s and 1930s, it was one of the largest American beverage companies, largely on the strength of its ginger ale products.
In 1924, the largest electric sign in Broadway history was illuminated in Times Square, advertising Clicquot Club Ginger Ale, and the company was an early innovator in radio advertising.
By the late 1950s, the original Veuve Clicquot was threatening legal action, and the company was sold, eventually becoming part of the Canada Dry conglomerate. The "Clicquot Club" name was abandoned by the early 1980s.

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