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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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12-30-2009 , 10:52 PM

#76

Mark_K

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For the Las Vegas fans of homemade root beer...

Ellis Island Casino (Behind Bally's) makes an awesome one (It's one of their micro brews). It's got a great bold root beer flavor.

Can't beat the $7 steak and micro (root) beer special.

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12-30-2009 , 10:56 PM

#77

qwertyu121

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grunch

A&W

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01-02-2010 , 05:12 AM

#78

wmonfor

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Originally Posted by z28dreams

I love root beer.

Recently, I discussed with a few coworkers the different names for soda + ice cream floats.

I'm curious how many people here know what a "black cow" is?

coke + vanilla ice cream

also a Boston Cooler is Vernor's ginger ale (may be just a Michigan thing) and vanilla ice cream. It was invented in Detroit and named after a street called Boston Boulevard.

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01-02-2010 , 05:19 AM

#79

wmonfor

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also i say root as in shoot but my grandparents all say rut

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01-02-2010 , 06:13 AM

#80

Zima421

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k, someone link me with the best rootbeer that is shipped...and i will give to my10 year old bro who loves root beer.

will report back with what he says.

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01-02-2010 , 06:41 AM

#81

chopstick

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Originally Posted by Zima421

k, someone link me with the best rootbeer that is shipped...and i will give to my10 year old bro who loves root beer.

will report back with what he says.

http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/store...=41&category=5

You are a good sibling.

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01-02-2010 , 06:59 AM

#82

I_AM_EVIL

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Originally Posted by bonds

Dog n' Suds

The root beer isn't bad but their food is horrible.

Their orange soda is also good.

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01-02-2010 , 12:55 PM

#83

tinin

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came here to post that sprechers honey-infused cream soda makes me cream

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01-02-2010 , 01:31 PM

#84

asmitty

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boylans imo, that stuff is delicious

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01-02-2010 , 03:34 PM

#85

175503

banned

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what the hell 50s soda shoppe do you guys go to? I've never heard of most of these.

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01-07-2010 , 02:01 AM

#86

pifhluk

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Originally Posted by 175503

what the hell 50s soda shoppe do you guys go to? I've never heard of most of these.

The Midwest does not move as fast as the coasts and thus is privy to some pretty good old school stuff.

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01-07-2010 , 02:35 AM

#87

microbet

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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.

Seems right to me too, but I haven't had them all so recently. It seems like A&W is real creamy and maybe the best.

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06-30-2010 , 09:26 PM

#88

donniccolo

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^^has sugar but is wildly good

^^sugar free

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06-30-2010 , 09:43 PM

#89

Ron Burgundy

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Originally Posted by pokeraz

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.

Yes you can buy it in the store, at least in chicago. The Berghoff restaurant has closed down but they still sell the root beer.

I'm drinking Virgil's right now, it's my new fave. I've only seen it at whole foods.

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06-30-2010 , 09:49 PM

#90

Anacardo

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Huge fan of Virgil's. Their sugar-free version is unlike any other diet soda I've ever had, it's barely even sweet. But I like it.

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06-30-2010 , 10:30 PM

#91

2/325Falcon

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None of that stinkin' rut beer.

Spoiler:

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06-30-2010 , 10:45 PM

#92

niftymatt

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Lot of "bitter" root beer haters ITT. Don't get why A&W gets so much love. Honestly, it's the worst between Barq's and Mug. And IBC can't even be considered in the same category as Mug, A&W, and Barq's. If you hate Barq's, there are quite a few root beers that you probably dislike.

Best root beer I've had. Pretty sure only to be found in the St. Louis region (just like my beloved Red Hot Riplets.)

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06-30-2010 , 11:15 PM

#93

RayPowers

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Local Brewery here named BJ's makes awesome Root beer.

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07-01-2010 , 01:48 AM

#94

mad_mardigan

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Anybody ever been to Whole Foods? Their 365 Root Beer is good, made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup.

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07-01-2010 , 01:53 AM

#95

RML604

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Originally Posted by mad_mardigan

Anybody ever been to Whole Foods? Their 365 Root Beer is good, made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup.

ooh nice, will check it out tomorrow. thanks!

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07-01-2010 , 02:45 AM

#96

Peter Harris

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I must be the only Brit who likes root beer. Everyone else seems to gag thinking about it.

Got some Goose Island root beer (as it's easier to pick it up from specialist beer shops rather than anywhere else) which isn't bad. Don't know enough about it either way to say what's better or not.

Root as in shoot obv.

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07-01-2010 , 03:39 AM

#97

etothemc2

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I have not tasted Hines or a homebrew so I can't comment on those, but out of the remaining, I prefer IBC and it's not even close.

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07-01-2010 , 09:38 AM

#98

donniccolo

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Originally Posted by mad_mardigan

Anybody ever been to Whole Foods? Their 365 Root Beer is good, made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup.

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Originally Posted by RML604

ooh nice, will check it out tomorrow. thanks!

WF sells Virgils and Zevia as well. i highly recommend picking up both!

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07-01-2010 , 10:55 AM

#99

rutang

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missed this thread early, and was semi tilted by how long it took for someone to mention Virgil's. crushes everything else nationally distributed.

IBC of the original choices. Man, I miss their sasparilla.

Red Rock also makes a good root beer. I assume it was a cane sugar root beer, as their soda certainly was.