In 1851 Ginger ale was created in Ireland. James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist 1861 - US.

Joseph Priestley In 1767 (just one year after meeting Franklin), Priestley made his first major discovery - that graphite can conduct electricity. This may not sound like a big deal, unless you realize that carbon is the main ingredient in modern electrical resistors. That same year he published The History of Electricity. Now, remember that Priestley also became a pastor in Leeds at the same time. He lived next to a brewery and was intrigued by the "air" that floated over the fermenting grain. Priestley didn't know it at the time, but he was about to become one of the most famous chemists of all time. From his first experiment, he was able to show that this brewery gas extinguished lighted wood chips. He also noticed that this gas drifted to the ground around the vat, implying that it was more dense (heavier) than normal air. This gas would later be identified as carbon dioxide. He devised a method to produce the gas back in his home laboratory. When the heavy gas, as he called it, was dissolved in water, he found that it had a very pleasant and tangy taste. For this invention of soda water, he was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1772 and received a medal from the Royal Society in 1773

OK, listen up buddy! whoever has the time to look up all this research on who invented SODA??? IT SOUNDS LIKE A BUNCH OF SCIENTIFICAL CRAP ANYWAY...and ijust dont understand it .