The designated Root Beer (and Sasparilla) thread - For me, it's 1919

[OrionBalls]

Just found some A-Treat White Birch! Haven't seen this stuff, in years! It reminds me of home... So spicy.

 

[Super Guido]

Just found some A-Treat White Birch! Haven't seen this stuff, in years! It reminds me of home... So spicy.

I think they got bought by someone else when they closed, and they kept it going. I don't typically see them around here.

 

[Biggie Smalls' Taint]

Brownie Caramel Cream Root Beer

I've had that stuff. It's vile. I love all kinds of sugary drinks, even if they're insanely sweet, but that stuff just tasted off. It was like drinking fake caramel mixed with diet root beer. I drank half the bottle, the sink finished the rest.

 

[The Reluctant Sneeder]

are the people in this thread mentioning barqs joking? that is the worst tasting root beer i have ever tried.

as for birch beer,a few months ago i bought some off the internet since it is impossible for me to find locally and i really liked the stuff. i think i might like it better than most root beers.

 

[Super Guido]

I tried the root beer flavored Poppi and it tasted strange. It took me a while to place it, but it's like sweetened Worcestershire sauce. Who can drink this shit?

Whoever decided apple cider vinegar belongs in soda that isn't marketed as shrub belongs in a cardboard compactor.

 

[Señora Airi]

This stuff is pretty good if you wanna make it yourself too. Just get some sugar, water, yeast, and let it ferment for a week or two, then youll have some delicious root beer.

 

[bifftango]

Is that a pulltop cap?
I need one ASAP. Where can I get this?

I'm not sure where you are, but where I'm at in the US, the root beer and ginger beer are at a Kroger, along with a smaller regional grocery store.

 

[Super Guido]

This stuff is pretty good if you wanna make it yourself too. Just get some sugar, water, yeast, and let it ferment for a week or two, then youll have some delicious root beer.

I have Big H brand root beer extract. I am confused that Hires is in the name because that was a separate brand founded in Pennsylvania YEARS before this guy opened his joint. Anyway, I like to put it in a 24oz water bottle with a little bit of simple syrup and it does the job just fine for me.

The actual recipe on the extract calls for dry ice and that's gonna be a 'no' from me. I don't fuck with dry ice, but I'm guessing they don't use yeast because they're Mormons or trying to appeal to Mormons.

ETA: Found a recipe for it using yeast and not dry ice.

 

[quaawaa]

There's a Museum of Root Beer in the Wisconsin Dells.

 

[Lord of the Large Pants]

Just had a new root beer recently called 1836. Very good, but also very high in sugar.

 

[Sexy Peach Emoji]

Henry Wienhards is good. Broken Tooth Brewry(local joint) makes good root beer, but 49th state brewery (another local) makes their root beer too sweet for me.

 

[Señora Airi]

Broken Tooth Brewry(local joint) makes good root beer

Breweries tend to make some decent sodas. Sometimes they're sweeter (like the other brewery you mentioned), but still good. Abita has a good one.

 

[Zirnwyb]

I'm a pain in the ass and am more of one to drink glass bottle root beer and sarsaparilla, so I really love Boylan for root beer and Sioux City for sarsaparilla. Sioux City Sarsaparilla is impossible to find around me now though and it's driving me mad because I miss that shit. Also love Moxie and I didn't know I could get it from Cracker Barrel so bless those of you who mentioned it here. Been meaning to try birch beer though. Any recommendations for that?

 

[Señora Airi]

Boylan's does have a solid Birch Beer.