I’ve turned my 11 year into a root beer snob. He now enjoys trying all sorts of new brands.
What are your favorites?
So far he ranks Sprecher’s original as his #1
What are your favorites?
So far he ranks Sprecher’s original as his #1
Birch Beer? You mean “Miller Lite”?Birch Beer dude
No. I mean Birch Beer. Red or white!
Birch Beer? You mean “Miller Lite”?
I might be wrong but I personally consider sarsparilla to be root beer. I'm not sure what the difference is but the taste is the same.I used to be a Mug guy.
Does Sioux City Sasparilla have any connection to root beer? I’ve always thought they favored each other.
I literally LOL'd!!Birch Beer? You mean “Miller Lite”?
You get paid for that? Impressive.Sticking only with “root beers” I’ve had and excluding those I haven’t tried or are wholly called sasparilla’s or birch beers, my favorites in order are:
1) Dang! Butterscotch Root Beer
2) Abita
3) Bulldog
4) McGuire’s Irish Pub
5) Paige’s Burgers
6) Chowning Tavern
7) Freddie’s
8) O-So Good Butterscotch Root Beer
9) Sioux City
10) IBC
11) Monticello
12) A&W
13) Boylan’s
14) Red Arrow
15) Appalachian
16) Hank’s
17) Stewart’s
18) Sprecher’s
19) Frostie’s
20) Zia’s
21) Virgil’s
22) Braums
23) Route 66
24) Saranac
25) Weber’s
26) Kutztown
27) Sparky’s
28) Henry Weinhard’s
29) Fitz’s
30) Bundaberg
31) Mug
32) Dublin Texas
33) Barq’s
34) Dad’s
35) Maine Root
Note: I like Hires second best of the mass produced stuff after A&W but I read while trying to find some names of other root beers I’ve had that it was officially discontinued in 2022. Hopefully they bring it back at some point.
Despite the length, I’m sure there’s some I’ve tried and long since forgotten about. There’s one in the Tarpon Springs/Dunedin/Clearwater area that was quite good but I can’t seem to find out its name online. I’d have it top ten.
Also, I think the Top 26 on my list are worth seeking out. Only those I numbered 27-35 would I say to skip.
Sioux City has a sarsaparilla and a root beer.I might be wrong but I personally consider sarsparilla to be root beer. I'm not sure what the difference is but the taste is the same.
I’ve turned my 11 year into a root beer snob. He now enjoys trying all sorts of new brands.
What are your favorites?
So far he ranks Sprecher’s original as his #1
Great list. I think he’s only had about 15 off that list. He likes IBC and Virgil’s a lot too.Sticking only with “root beers” I’ve had and excluding those I haven’t tried or are wholly called sasparilla’s or birch beers, my favorites in order are:
1) Dang! Butterscotch Root Beer
2) Abita
3) Bulldog
4) McGuire’s Irish Pub
5) Paige’s Burgers
6) Chowning Tavern
7) Freddie’s
8) O-So Good Butterscotch Root Beer
9) Sioux City
10) IBC
11) Monticello
12) A&W
13) Boylan’s
14) Red Arrow
15) Appalachian
16) Hank’s
17) Stewart’s
18) Sprecher’s
19) Frostie’s
20) Zia’s
21) Virgil’s
22) Braums
23) Route 66
24) Saranac
25) Weber’s
26) Kutztown
27) Sparky’s
28) Henry Weinhard’s
29) Fitz’s
30) Bundaberg
31) Mug
32) Dublin Texas
33) Barq’s
34) Dad’s
35) Maine Root
Note: I like Hires second best of the mass produced stuff after A&W but I read while trying to find some names of other root beers I’ve had that it was officially discontinued in 2022. Hopefully they bring it back at some point.
Despite the length, I’m sure there’s some I’ve tried and long since forgotten about. There’s one in the Tarpon Springs/Dunedin/Clearwater area that was quite good but I can’t seem to find out its name online. I’d have it top ten.
Also, I think the Top 26 on my list are worth seeking out. Only those I numbered 27-35 would I say to skip.
Growing up I loved going to A&W and getting the Root Beer in a frosted mug.
You get paid for that? Impressive.
Great list. I think he’s only had about 15 off that list. He likes IBC and Virgil’s a lot too.
Everything we go to a new grocery store or gift shop we have to look for new root beers.
@FSUTribe76 had the correct answer with Hires. I think they quit making it 10-15 years ago. I haven't seen it around for quite a while.
I started drinking a bottle of A&W in the evening last summer. I'd throw it in the freezer for a bit if I wanted it frosty. Great way to go back to a simpler time.I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a refreshing glass of root beer.
Now I want a rootbeer float.I started drinking a bottle of A&W in the evening last summer. I'd throw it in the freezer for a bit if I wanted it frosty. Great way to go back to a simpler time.
Mug isn’t root beer.Anything but Mug. That stuff sucks.
Dr.Pepper is crap!Root beer is slightly above Dr. Pepper in crap sodas
Can't figure out why some of the kids like it.Dr.Pepper is crap!
Yes! Love the Mill Stream root beer. Good stuff.Hit up Mill Stream if you ever make it near the Amanas.
$10k a DAY? You bill your time out at over $1k per hour? If so, in what area of law and the country, and I will move and begin training immediately.I did in law school. Journalism isn’t worth the time necessary to ask for money when I can just take on a new case and get $10k a day. But thank you very much, I appreciate the comment.
I haven’t had a soda in 10 years or more, but I’d take a Dr. Pepper over root beer every time. Root beer is nasty!Dr.Pepper is crap!