Originally Posted by
Duhey2
Does Mr. Kipper call it "white birch beer"? It's very popular in New England but usually just called "birch beer". I like it....it's got a lighter taste than root beer. They sell it in convenience stores between the ginger ale and the pepsi.
Yes, it's white birch beer--the label on the 12 pack says, "White Birch Beer."
Originally Posted by
greggwiggins
I've seen clear birch beer (is that what you mean by 'white'?) from Polar but not tried it; I'm more familiar with the brown-colored stuff made and sold in the mid-Atlantic states by several soft drink manufacturers.
The flavor of birch beer, while similar to root beer, is different enough that I wouldn't consider the two 'six of one, half-dozen of the other'.
I'm familiar with brown-colored birch beer, but until shortly before the OP, I'd never heard of white birch beer.