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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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07-01-2010 , 03:15 PM

#101

Bode-ist

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Goose Island makes a really good root beer. The only place i remember seeing it is at Costco, but i'm sure they sell it elsewhere.

Does anyone else only enjoy root beer in the summer? Its one of those things that i wouldn't even think of unless its 80+ degrees outside.

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07-01-2010 , 03:26 PM

#102

knivesout

hot gay mess

Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 5,275

A&W is the best. My friend's dad owned an A&W and as a kid I'd watch him make it from scratch in the basement of the place. Best root beer AINEC.

Mug is by far the worst.

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07-01-2010 , 04:59 PM

#103

donniccolo

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Originally Posted by buffett

Abita (near New Orleans, they also make good regular beer)

...also known as

Spoiler:

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07-01-2010 , 07:29 PM

#104

zipppy

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Originally Posted by chopstick

I'm pretty sure that the only folks who aren't saying Sprecher are the ones who have never had it.

Negative. Sprecher is good, but my vote goes to Henry Weinhard's:

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07-01-2010 , 10:39 PM

#105

Holliday

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Originally Posted by buffett

Abita

There's a Mellow Mushroom Pizza near me that has draft Abita root beer. Very nice!

Oh, and that Zevia sugar free thing tasted waaaayyy too much like "Smooth Move" tea, IMO.

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07-04-2010 , 03:00 PM

#106

gsupoker

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Originally Posted by buffett

Abita (near New Orleans, they also make good regular beer)

QFDeliciousness

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07-04-2010 , 04:14 PM

#107

ChrisRichey

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 123

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Originally Posted by zipppy

Negative. Sprecher is good, but my vote goes to Henry Weinhard's:

Everybody who voted for A&W has obv never tried this.

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02-18-2012 , 06:01 PM

#108

chopstick

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02-18-2012 , 06:08 PM

#109

mattsey9

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Originally Posted by bonds

Dog n' Suds

The winner!

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02-18-2012 , 07:38 PM

#110

sofocused978

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Never did get my paws on any Hires = (. I had family in Maine search for it to no avail. Did some more internet searching in the past and it seemed that a "soda insider" in the NC area said there was only one distributor left in the US with the rights to Hires and they basically phased it out in favor of distributing the A+W type brands. Sucks.

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02-18-2012 , 08:52 PM

#111

chopstick

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Hires is available on amazon but it's expensive.

These guys have it, too.

Last edited by chopstick; 02-18-2012 at 08:53 PM. Reason: 2nd link

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02-18-2012 , 09:41 PM

#112

sofocused978

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Originally Posted by chopstick

Hires is available on amazon but it's expensive.

These guys have it, too.

Thanks. I looked on Amazon not too long ago and it wasn't available anywhere at the time. Time to place an order.

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02-19-2012 , 03:57 AM

#113

vaporbro

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lol @ a&w...that's like saying coors light is the best beer

the correct answer is dominion root beer...

or foxon park white birch soda

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02-19-2012 , 07:54 AM

#114

abracadabrab

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http://www.bevmo.com
Beverage store located in southern Cali, and they ship throughout the country. They got Dogs 'N Suds, Henry Weinhard's, Sioux City Root Beer, Sprecher Root Beer (also available in kegs for $150), Abita Root Beer. Only one's I searched for. They don't have Hire's Root Beer, fwiw.

On my phone, so sorry if webpage doesn't get linked to...

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02-19-2012 , 08:23 AM

#115

abracadabrab

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They also have: Berghoff's Root Beer, Stewart's Root Beer, Fitz's Root Beer, Thomas Kemper Root Beer, Dad's Root Beer & Virgil's Root Beer.

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02-19-2012 , 08:34 AM

#116

abracadabrab

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Of the one's not mentioned itt, they have:
Rat Bastard Root Beer
Barrell Brothers Root Beer (with a molassessey flavor)
Hansen Natural Root Beer
Mason's Root Beer
Route 66 Root Beer
Cool Mountain Root Beer
Capt'n Eli's Root Beer (with wintergreen pil, anise, vanilla and natural cane and brown sugar)
Frostie Root Beer
Jackson Hole Buckin' Root Beer
Hank's Root Beer
Sparky's Root Beer
Waialua Hawaiian Root Beer
AJ Stephan's Root Beer
Olde Rhode Island Root Beer

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02-19-2012 , 08:37 AM

#117

abracadabrab

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Been meaning to check out BevMo! since I moved to Cali last year & know I have a reason to....will get some of the ones not mentioned yet itt & give some reviews...the Hawaiian root beer has me intrigued...

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02-19-2012 , 08:58 AM

#118

Gonzirra

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I'm not some kind of root beer aficionado or anything (more of a cream soda guy), but Stewart's in a super cold bottle is pretty awesome.

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02-19-2012 , 10:54 AM

#119

HiFi

Dented ovaries

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Virgil's>>>>>>>>>all else

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02-19-2012 , 11:48 AM

#120

Stinky Stu

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IBC is the clear winner, with Stewart's taking second place.

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02-20-2012 , 10:40 PM

#121

Pecota

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This thread is a valuable resource, good bump. I'll be on the lookout for some of those bottles.

Had birch beer for the first time the other day, ordered it out of curiosity. Tasted like root beer with sarsaparilla mixed in, but was tasty.

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02-20-2012 , 11:17 PM

#122

MtnDave

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Props to A&W. Walking home from work on a hot summer day my go to drink:
Get a 1 quart container of A&W and 1 large vanilla cone, skip the cone and put the ice cream in the container - equals 1 large root beer float.