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View Poll Results: What's your favorite Root Beer?

A+W

89 32.84%

Hires

4 1.48%

IBC

82 30.26%

MUG

21 7.75%

Stewerts

20 7.38%

Store Brand

0 0%

Home Brew

4 1.48%

Other

51 18.82%

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12-29-2009 , 08:12 PM

sofocused978

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So me and friend were just talking bout Root Beer Floats and it got me thinking about my favorite all time Root Beer that just disappeared from my life years ago and I wish I could get my hands on some. IMO the best Root Beer ever is Hires. I did a search online and found out they still sell it and started to freak out cuz I thought it was no more. Found it on Amazon but its like $50 for shipping apparently. So tempted to buy a case though. Whats your favorite Root Beer? Anybody ever made there own?

Also if they sell Hires in your town shoot me a pm.

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12-29-2009 , 08:13 PM

istewart

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Still have Hires in some places in Maine AFAIK.

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12-29-2009 , 08:17 PM

sofocused978

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orly what part of Maine did you see it?

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12-29-2009 , 08:25 PM

R18A1I4

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No love for Barq's?

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12-29-2009 , 08:29 PM

dlk9s

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Out of the national brands, IBC is solid.

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12-29-2009 , 08:30 PM

sofocused978

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Originally Posted by R18A1I4

No love for Barq's?

woops how could I have forgotten that

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12-29-2009 , 08:32 PM

27offsuit

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IBCs cost $3.25 at the local bar.

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12-29-2009 , 08:38 PM

I_AM_EVIL

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Can still buy Hires in Louisville, KY.

My fav is IBC.

Last edited by I_AM_EVIL; 12-29-2009 at 08:38 PM. Reason: It looks like a real beer bottle.

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12-29-2009 , 08:39 PM

thedeezy

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A&W rootbeer straight from an A&W is the absolute nuts imo

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12-29-2009 , 08:39 PM

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sofocused978

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IBC is good but pricey imo

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12-29-2009 , 08:39 PM

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istewart

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Kennebunk, Ogunquit, South Portland.

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12-29-2009 , 08:40 PM

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Mike Gallo

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Cane Sugar makes the difference.

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12-29-2009 , 08:42 PM

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Mike Gallo

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Birch beer tastes might fine as well.

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12-29-2009 , 08:45 PM

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175503

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Let an A and W sit out for 10-15 minutes before opening it. Changes the flavor completely; for the better imo.

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12-29-2009 , 08:49 PM

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frotteur

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sprecher

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12-29-2009 , 08:51 PM

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sofocused978

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never really been a fan of Birch Beer, maybe because all I've ever had was the store brand though

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12-29-2009 , 08:52 PM

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snagglepuss

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when i was a junior in highschool i was at some summer program at rose-hulman college and for one of our big parties we had a root beer kegger.

all of the college kids were talking about how these root beer kegs they were getting were the best rootbeer in the world. i am not big on rootbeer, but it was pretty delicious. the school was in indiana, but i think they went to illinois somewhere to get the kegs.

entertaining to see a v obese engineering kid doing rootbeer kegstands

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12-29-2009 , 08:54 PM

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JimHammer

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Originally Posted by thedeezy

A&W rootbeer straight from an A&W is the absolute nuts imo

In a frosty mug.

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12-29-2009 , 08:57 PM

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RunDownHouse

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Sprecher sells a root beer mix - whether that's the same as what they bottle, I dunno - for those who want to make their own. I haven't made my own soda, mostly because it has a way of tainting homebrew beer stuff, but a dedicated homebrew root beer/soda tap is definitely in my future.

Link to root beer extract for homebrew

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12-29-2009 , 08:57 PM

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wet work

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sprecher's is the best. not close.

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12-29-2009 , 08:59 PM

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pokeraz

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Berghoff ainec. Pure cane sugar is the key. You can't buy it in the grocery store but I am fortunate to have a store close by called the Soda Pop shop. Any soda you could imagine is sold there. Everything you can remember from your childhood is available.

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12-29-2009 , 09:03 PM

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AKSpartan

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IBC > A&W > Barq's > MUG

IMO. They're all good though, you can't go wrong.

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12-29-2009 , 09:12 PM

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R18A1I4

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Originally Posted by AKSpartan

IBC > A&W > Barq's > MUG

IMO. They're all good though, you can't go wrong.

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12-29-2009 , 10:11 PM

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wet work

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santa cruz makes a decent one as well. nothing like sprecher's imo, but it's decent. kind of different.

best rootbeer float ever is sprecher's/haagen dazs vanilla. any float fan should have that combo at least once.