Best Rootbeer
Aug 13, 2011 | 2:46 am
#91
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virgils microbrewed is the best i've had. it took until the last post on the first page for someone to mention it. seems like some people like the regular canned (whole foods 365 which was on the nyt top 10 list) while others are from smaller companies like virgils or regional.
Aug 16, 2011 | 8:01 pm
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virgils microbrewed is the best i've had. it took until the last post on the first page for someone to mention it. seems like some people like the regular canned (whole foods 365 which was on the nyt top 10 list) while others are from smaller companies like virgils or regional.
Sep 21, 2011 | 10:27 pm
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Problem when driving thru.. there is no mug..
A&W doesn't give ice on takeout root beer.. so must down the rootbeer really quick for best experience..^
Sep 21, 2011 | 10:50 pm
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I like most mainstream rootbeers, but this thread will likely make me go looking for some of the less common options.
Currently, my favorite is Diet Stewarts, but only because it makes a great Big Daddy (a cocktail of rootbeer and Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine).
Currently, my favorite is Diet Stewarts, but only because it makes a great Big Daddy (a cocktail of rootbeer and Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine).
Sep 22, 2011 | 12:09 am
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I like most mainstream rootbeers, but this thread will likely make me go looking for some of the less common options.
Currently, my favorite is Diet Stewarts, but only because it makes a great Big Daddy (a cocktail of rootbeer and Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine).
Currently, my favorite is Diet Stewarts, but only because it makes a great Big Daddy (a cocktail of rootbeer and Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine).
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Sep 22, 2011 | 10:47 am
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St. Arnold's Root Beer is pretty good, provided you can find it.
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Sep 22, 2011 | 12:06 pm
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For me it will always be my Dad's homemade root beer made with Hire's extract. Us kids would scour the new houses under construction for empty coke bottles - the small ones. We would make the root beer using yeast and sugar. We had a bottle capper and kept the filled bottles in a red radio flyer wagon. for the first several days we had to bring them out of the basement to set in the sun. I think we had root beer with good foam after about 10 days. So it was the anticipation that built up the flavor.
Sep 22, 2011 | 9:25 pm
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For me it will always be my Dad's homemade root beer made with Hire's extract. Us kids would scour the new houses under construction for empty coke bottles - the small ones. We would make the root beer using yeast and sugar. We had a bottle capper and kept the filled bottles in a red radio flyer wagon. for the first several days we had to bring them out of the basement to set in the sun. I think we had root beer with good foam after about 10 days. So it was the anticipation that built up the flavor.
Used to get them in the 2 litre bottles.
Nov 5, 2015 | 12:16 pm
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We got a Fresh Market a couple months ago. After waiting for the crowds to die off, we shopped there last Saturday. I purchased a four pack of Bundaberg root beer. The label said all the right words but I just finished the 3rd bottle and I must say I'm not impressed. It lacked flavor, although the final swig left an impression of church incense in my throat. Took me back to my days as an altar boy. Not what I'm looking for in a root beer though.
Nov 5, 2015 | 7:31 pm
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If a restaurant has Boylan's Root Beer I'll order it, it pairs especially well with pizza.
Nov 10, 2015 | 12:16 pm
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Not Your Father's Root Beer has found a home in my fridge! I guess that ought to be in the "What's in Your Beer Fridge" thread, though.
Nov 10, 2015 | 1:38 pm
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I bought a six pack and still have four left. I would give them to you if we lived anywhere near each other. I think it was just too strange having an alcohol flavor in my root beer. I think I would have enjoyed the near-beer version if there was such a thing.