Root Beer

audiobliss
audiobliss Posts: 12,518
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
Anyone here a big fan of root beer? I don't think I could say I've ever been a big fan of it, but I certainly enjoy some root beer every now and then. I stumbled across Virgil's Root Beer a few years ago, and instantly fell in love with it. I only saw it at one store, and consequently only had it very seldom. I just discovered that Food Lion carries, too, though. I'm adding it to my shopping list!

Anybody else like root beer? What do you prefer? I found this write-up on Virgil's. Makes me wanna try all the other flavors, as well as that special nutmeg root beer it mentions. I bet that keg would be a lot of fun, too! :D
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited August 2006
    I can hear it now " MOM can ya get me some Root beer" when you go shopping, :D


    I hate root beer
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2006
    Just some regular cream soda and vanilla ice cream every once in a while for me. That's about it
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2006
    faster100 wrote:
    I can hear it now " MOM can ya get me some Root beer" when you go shopping,
    Hahaha, that's right! :D
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2006
    Mike682 wrote:
    Just some regular cream soda and vanilla ice cream every once in a while for me. That's about it
    Whao, cream soda and vanilla ice cream together? That sounds as weird as me dipping my fries in my milkshakes! :D
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2006
    audiobliss wrote:
    Whao, cream soda and vanilla ice cream together? That sounds as weird as me dipping my fries in my milkshakes! :D

    It's good!

    Also if you like orange creamsicle, try orange soda and vanilla ice cream.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited August 2006
    Ah, root beer....I love it. Boylans makes a nice one, but there's lots of other very good choices.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2006
    Mike682 wrote:
    It's good!

    Also if you like orange creamsicle, try orange soda and vanilla ice cream.
    I'm confused as to how you go about this. I guess you could cram some ice cream in your mouth, then squirt in some root beer and swaller it all at once. Or maybe you mash up the ice cream and pour some of it into the root beer bottle. Or, wait, maybe it's the other way around.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2006
    I have to admit that I don't like licorice at all! Consequantly I hate A&W's root beer candy, which tastes just like licorice to me. I figured licorice had nothing to do with root beer, but that that's just what that candy tasted like. Well, I'll be durned if by about the fourth swallow of Virgil's I don't taste some licorice. Seems as though licorice is in root beer.

    I think I can get used to it.
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  • Mike682
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    edited August 2006
    audiobliss wrote:
    I'm confused as to how you go about this. I guess you could cram some ice cream in your mouth, then squirt in some root beer and swaller it all at once. Or maybe you mash up the ice cream and pour some of it into the root beer bottle. Or, wait, maybe it's the other way around.

    Did you ever hear of a root beer float?
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited August 2006
    Root Beer, not bad as long as it is ice cold. Ginger Beer awesome.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited August 2006
    Love Root Beer. Sprecher from right here in Milwaukee is my favorite.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2006
    Mike682 wrote:
    Did you ever hear of a rootbeer float?
    Hahahahahahahahaha! Drrr! I can't even begin to imagine how long it's been since I've had a float! Used to love those things! It's probably been 6 or more years. And for an 18 year old, that's a long time!

    I think it's time for another one!
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  • Normanality
    Normanality Posts: 297
    edited August 2006
    Nothin like a smoothe root beer to wash down a spicy pepperoni pizza. :D
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,786
    edited August 2006
    Dad's Root Beer......mmmmmmm...........

    ........with a big dollop of Praire Farms Vanilla ice cream, what a root beer float ! Best, or course, in a mug fresh out of the freezer.

    Used a have a local A & W stand that served up some pretty good root beer floats. The root beer they'd bring to your car on a tray didn't taste like the stuff you'd get in the supermarket.
    Guess it's the same difference between draft beer and bottled.

    All this talk of root beer floats got me to thinking: anybody remember how to make an elephant float ?
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  • PaintballFREAK
    PaintballFREAK Posts: 28
    edited August 2006
    i swear when i read this thread i was thinking before i opened the thread .....man i could go for a virgils root beer. and wut do you know
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited August 2006
    I just had A&W Root beer in the frosted mug this afternoon. Hard to beat it. I grew up directly behind an A&W Drive-In so root beer floats were my after school delight. Couldn't have cost over 50-60 cents would be my guess.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2006
    PaintballFREAK wrote:
    i swear when i read this thread i was thinking before i opened the thread .....man i could go for a virgils root beer. and wut do you know
    Haha, nice!
    Dennis Gardner wrote:
    I just had A&W Root beer in the frosted mug this afternoon. Hard to beat it. I grew up directly behind an A&W Drive-In so root beer floats were my after school delight. Couldn't have cost over 50-60 cents would be my guess.
    Man, them's the good old days.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    edited August 2006
    Gimme a root beer float on a hot day. So refreshing!:)
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  • noimposse
    noimposse Posts: 264
    edited August 2006
    God, I had such a craving for rootbeer earlier today. I havent had a float in probably two years now....I could sure go for one.

    I dont even know if they are a national brand, but Saranac makes a decent rootbeer. Honestly, they make a few kinds of soda (they mainly brew beer) that are good....just a bit on the pricey side. Like 7 bucks for a sixer.
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  • lomic
    lomic Posts: 407
    edited August 2006
    I was going to come here and recommend Virgil's, I've only had it a few times but it's really good. Much creamer and better head than other "premium" root beers I've tried, and it tastes a hint of Liquorice.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,647
    edited August 2006
    One stop shopping for root beer, http://www.sodaking.com/index.php/cPath/42_68
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited August 2006
    That's a lot of Root Beer!
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,786
    edited August 2006
    F1nut wrote:
    One stop shopping for root beer, http://www.sodaking.com/index.php/cPath/42_68

    Interesting root beers they have on that site.

    drbrown_root_l.jpg


    That's "Dr. Browns Root Beer Kosher". Pretty good rating, but I'm curious as to how a root beer earns the classification "Kosher".

    Glad to see my "DADS" rootbeer received a 4-star rating.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2006
    Love a good root beer, especially IBC. Mmmm. Now you got me cravin.... dammit.

    Hate cream soda though. Don't know why. Maybe it's just the name. CREAM + SODA? Not appealing.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited August 2006
    Anyone else here tried home-made root beer? Most people simply use an extract, water, and sugar. But the end results will still make store bought root beer tough to settle for.

    For any interested just check with any good local home-brew shop. They should have all you need to get started. However, don't waste your time on the crappy Grocery store kits you can buy. They are nowhere near as good.
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