Beer Nuts
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Beer Nuts is a brand of snack foods building on the original product, peanuts with a "unique" sweet-and-salty glazing made to a "secret recipe".
[edit] History
The official company history starts in 1937 when Edward Shirk and his son Arlo took over the Caramel Crisp confectionery store in Bloomington, Illinois, USA, which amongst others sold a product called Redskins, glazed peanuts with their red skins intact. In the early 1950s this product was sold packaged as Shirk's Glazed Peanuts in local National Liquor Stores. (Contrary to their name, Beer Nuts do not contain any beer; the name is intended to suggest to customers that they go well with beer.) Due to the business acumen of a local food distributor named Eldredge Brewster the product was then gradually expanded to a national brand and the Beer Nuts trademark was registered. The trademark is officially spelled with all capital letters: BEER NUTS.
Their product line has since expanded to feature other nuts such as cashews and almonds.
The company is still family owned; their only production site is still based in Bloomington.
[edit] In Australia
In Australia, "beer nuts" are used as a generic description of roasted, salted peanuts sold shelled but unhusked. Famous brands include Nobby's and Olympic. The "Beer Nuts" brand is not sold.
