Your favorite root beer

[Critters2]

The discussion of A&Ws got me thinkin'. Me, I like Sprecher's best, followed closely by IRC.

You?

[Broken_Hero]

1. Tommknockers, Root Beer...:) nt

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. I don't like root beer.

I'll say Faygo though just for the hell of it. I like their diet chocolate cream soda.

[Critters2]

3. I've never cared for chocolate soda

It just seems wrong somehow.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. It's wrong in that good way though.

[jpak]

5. Moxie!!

Makes Mainers Mighty...

[Critters2]

18. I've heard of Moxie

but I didn't know it was a root beer.

[mainegreen]

39. It's flavor is Gentian root extract based.

Hence it's a root brew. Does not taste like 'root beer' though.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Hire's

Do they still make it?

[Lilyhoney]

7. Henry Weinheart Root Beer is the best. nt

[rockymountaindem]

22. Agreed

Too bad it's like $2 per bottle.

[Critters2]

35. I hear good things about Weinhart

but I've never seen it around here. Is it an east coast brand?

[thefool_wa]

44. ohhhh yeah!

mmmmmmmmmmm, <drool>

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

[Momgonepostal]

54. Absolutely! nt

[Xipe Totec]

8. Barq's Root Beer

bar none.

[jobycom]

13. Barq's Got Sparks!

My favorite!

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Fuck yes.

Nectar of the gods. (Sipping a can as we speak, haha.)

[Mutley]

23. Good stuff.

:D

[Critters2]

31. I don't know why a root beer needs caffeine, though

I always figure caffeine is in pop (soda) to keep you coming back for more. A root beer shouldn't need that help.

[IsIt1984Yet]

9. Sprecher

http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/

mmm

Are you in WI? It's not widely known/available.

[Critters2]

11. Ain't it the best?

When I visit my dad in WI, I also bring back a load of Sprecher's.


mmm, indeed.

[IsIt1984Yet]

21. Anyone with another answer has never tried Sprecher.

[China_cat]

10. My stepfather's homemade.

[Joe Fields]

12. A&W, followed closely by Mugs Up.

[Zomby Woof]

14. Thomas Kemper

Followed closely by Henry Weinhard's.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

15. 1919

Brewed in New Ulm, Minnesota.
I think you can only get it in kegs.

[Haole Girl]

17. A&W root beer in a chilled glass mug!

Yummy!

[Blue Gardener]

19. One of those mugs you keep in the freezer

Not sure what you call it, but you keep it in the freezer. It has some kind of liquid on the outside. It keeps your root beer slushy cold for quite awhile. I think I'll go have one right now! :beer:

[Nicole]

20. IBC n/t

[Skittles]

30. I like diet IBC

:)

[Nicole]

46. I will try that, thanks n/t

[koneko]

24. These days, Barq's

But back in the hey-day, A&W really knew how to serve up a cold one!

[smtpgirl]

25. Hires Root Beer, a DC favorite

Hires Root Beer
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Hires Root Beer is a soft drink which is currently marketed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., and shares the title of America's oldest soft drink with Detroit's Vernor's ginger ale.

Hires Root Beer was created by Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires on May 16, 1866, who gave it the name root beer rather than herbal tea. It debuted in 1876 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was sold to the public in bottles in 1893.






A Local soda Co., had good root beer too. Sweet 16 was for 16 oz.

[Critters2]

36. Hires was the first root beer, ya know nt

[Generic Brad]

26. Dad's Root Beer

Does anyone even bottle that anymore?

[nemo137]

27. Man, I wonder.

I do know they have Dad's Rootbeer flavored coughdrops at Walgreens, though.

[Broken_Hero]

29. I think so

I use to drink that out in Sacramento back in 2001...

[Critters2]

33. Here's a link to a place where you can get it...

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/traderz/dads.html

[Fountain79]

55. That was my grandfather's favorite.

Used to love sharing one with him. Probably one of my most missed memory of him.

[Submariner]

28. Tower Root Beer

Named after a lookout tower used by the Patriots to watch for the advance of the Red Coats in Revolutionary War times. It was the best root beer.

[Critters2]

32. Frostie's pretty good

The local park concession stand sells Frostie Root Beer, and it's quite good. I like a root beer where you can taste more spice--"roots", than sugar. Frostie does this. I'm drinking a bottle right now, and it's going fairly high on my list. Not a Sprecher, but close to an IBC.

[riverwalker]

34. Boundary Water Dorothy's

Can only be found in Ely, Minnesota now. She lived up in the Boundary Waters wilderness many years ago and hikers would stop by her place and she would offer them her home brewed Root Beer. She was known as the "Root Beer Lady" for years, and there is book written about her by that title. Now her recipe is bottled for local consumption in Ely and you can still have it in some places up there. Had some last week. ;) Mmmmmmmmmmm good.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

37. Dog & Suds!

Made their own on the premises.

[Critters2]

38. I miss Dog and Suds nt

[mainegreen]

40. Maine Root, a small batch micro brew root beer.

BevNET Review:
Maine Root's Root Beer is a solid beverage that is definitely worth your money. This rich and creamy beverage is sweetened with organic evaportated cane juice and flavored with spices -- nothing tricky or artificial. The flavor is extremely good and can definitely hold its own with any micro-root beer on the market today. The packaging is abstract but eye catching, and the product definitely has a hand made feeling to it. Overall, a solid product from Maine Root.

[Richard Steele]

41. I am very fond of Virgil's, in their party-size mini-keg.

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[SoyCat]

50. 2nd followed by Abita

[Richard Steele]

51. Hiya SoyCat! Welcome to DU!

[SoyCat]

53. Thank you for the welcome!

[smtpgirl]

42. Old Dominion pretty good too, especially out of the tap

The Old Dominion Brewing Company
44633 Guilford Drive
Ashburn, VA 20147

[thefool_wa]

43. Henry Weinharts

mmmmmmm, tasy

:beer:

but Thomas Kemper is a close second.

[lavenderdiva]

45. I'm from New Orleans, so I gotta go with Barq's Root beer...

its wonderful, and I LOVE Diet Barq's. It has no caffeine, and it doesn't taste 'diet' at all!

[Common Sense Party]

47. IBC. In a frosty bottle. None better. n/t

[Kool Kitty]

48. Stewart's. In a frosty mug.

Yum.

[Critters2]

52. Yeah, I like Stewart's; and their orange soda, too. nt

[leftofthedial]

49. A&W root beer's

got that musty frog taste

[Placebo]

56. IBC

ice cold in the bottle

mmm... :beer:

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

57. If your ever in Indianapolis try

Mug'n Bun Drive In
5211 W 10th St, Indianapolis, IN 46224
Phone: [phone]
Homemade in the basement

[last_texas_dem]

58. I like Sprecher's, too

I've only had it b/c a couple of years ago I worked on a campaign in Milwaukee. I loved that stuff, but I haven't had since I came back home. Of the widely available ones I like them all pretty well and don't notice big differences; IBC is probably my favorite of the others I've had.

[Eurobabe]

59. Don't like root beer, but will drink A&W

in that frosty mug, yum.