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Root beer, that wonderful drinkThe types I've tried with comments attached (from glass bottles or on tap for authentic style)
IBC
classic flavor
Stewart's
classic flavor
Filbert's
classic flavor (good from a keg or a bottle)
Druther's Black Cow classic flavor
Hires
classic flavor
Goose Island
classic flavor (very smooth slightly creamy taste) very good
Griffing's Riverside classic flavor
Pirate's
Keg
classic flavor (black crud on bottle threads, I don't know why.)
Dad's Old Fashioned classic flavor
Trader
Joe's
classic flavor
Virgils
black licorice type flavor
Martha's Exchange slight black
licorice flavor, very little carbonation (On tap or in a
Growler)
Natural
Brew
unique blend of natural flavors
Blumer's
good classic flavor
Journey's Desert Sage unique light herbal flavor
Journey's Shenandoah fairly strong sassafras taste
Berghoff
sweet smooth classic flavor
Thomas Kemper
classic flavor
Dog n
Suds
fairly commercial flavor, but not joking about suds
Sprecher
classic flavor with a touch of honey
Gray's
taste of natural cane sugar with mild carbonation
Naturale90
classic flavor
Old
Tyme
sweet classic flavor
Richardson's
sweet classic flavor
Iron
Horse
classic flavor
AJ
Stephans
slightly unique classic flavor
Lion
Brewery
classic flavor
Mad
River
classic with touch of vanilla
Riverdale
classic flavor
S&O'K
classic flavor
Jones Soda
Co.
classic flavor
Henry Weinhard's good blend
of gourmet flavors
Hanks
fine classic flavor with gourmet accents
Roundhouse
robust cane sugar flavor (served at Walter Payton's Restaurant, my 34th
variety)
Sleeping
Radish cane
sugar flavor comes through
Kate's
Corner
classic flavor
Route
66
quality classic
Dream
Diner
classic flavor
1950
caffeine and poor aftertaste (flavor like a popsicle stick)
Boylan Bottleworks refined classic flavor
Gale's
rich sweet spiced flavor
Sioux
City
slight sasparilla taste
Big
Daddy's
sudsy original
Old
Fashioned
soft sweet herb blend
Barq's
commercial taste (contains caffeine)
Jumpin
Johnny's
classic flavor with rustic hints
Spiker
gourmet classic flavor
Two
Bellies
classic flavor
Michigan Soda Factory classic flavor
Mill
City
aroma and flavor of honey and vanilla (my 50th variety)
Fitz's
a fine classic flavor
Chowning's Tavern sweetened with
Virginia honey
Frostie
classic flavor
Journey's Barleycorn malty flavor
Jack Black's dead red strong carbonation, low flavor
and sweetness
Americana
rich sweet cane sugar with additional natural extracts
Townsend Tavern sweet classic
flavor
Rock Bottom Brewery sweet and smooth
X Root Beer Riot herbal
health beverage flavor (contains caffeine)
Bundaberg
sweet and hearty with a touch of Australian Outback
A&W
great classic flavor
Sonora
smooth classic with a touch of honey
Howie's
very sweet generic flavor
Journey's Great Northern rich mix of natural flavors
Pompei
fine classic flavor
Chug's
Choice
unique flavor with plenty of molasses
Big River Brewing Nashville's
finest, a savory sweet flavor
the Brew Brothers sweet and smooth
classic
Great Basin Brewing honey birch root beer
Tommy Knocker maple and
licorice flavors
Pearson Bros.
mellow classic
Rat Bastard
very sweet,
sweetness covers over odd health ingredients
Abita
tasty with cane sugar
sweetener
Nutfield
smooth generous head, sweet woody flavor
Milligan's Island
sweet classic flavor (my 75th variety)
Wild Oats
classic with cane sugar
Tommy's Naked Soda
clear, vanilla with hints of sasparilla
Glacier Brewhouse
rich full flavor, spicy hints
Moose's Tooth
classic flavor with multifaceted
depth
Snow Goose
strong spicy flavor with licorice
Great Bear
black
licorice hints, smooth generous head, Northernmost brewpub in USA
Myers Avenue Red rich and sweet, slight spice from cinnamon balanced with vanilla
Virgils Bavarian Nutmeg a slight variation on the rich original
Husker
sweet with slight carmel stylings
Capt'n Eli's
cane sugar sweetness, non-traditional assortment of spices including
wintergreen
Flossmoor Station
sweet and mild
Bulldog
savory vanilla flavor that lingers with subtle honey
Gordon Biersch
complex sweet flavor that is mixed to strength at the bar
Taylor
sweet classic flavor with a hint of yeast
Glen Ellyn
classic flavor
Briar's
crisp classic flavor
Cool Mountain
sweet classic
Sparky's
strong sassafras with bite
Wooley Bugger Grand Cru
herbal flavor of wild Montana
The Root Beer Stand
classic sweet flavor
1919
robust with natural sweetening
Steap, Green Tea herbal flavor with only mild resemblence to common flavors
Blue Sky, Encore goes further out on the organic flavor edge than regular Blue Sky
Point Premium label is more unusual than the beverage, but who has a cone head on their label?
Troop 3 extremely potent home brew for a good cause (my 100th variety)
Cubby Bear cool solace for those who are not Red Sox fans
Santa Cruz elixir for the naturalist inside
Baumeister classic flavor delivered by Wisconsin
Cott crisp classic
Dr. McGillicuddy's vanilla with a crisp finish
SOHO Natural natural NYC...hmmm? But not bad
maine root cane juice dominance
Saranac classic heritage
Breckenridge Brewery sweet and smooth, no respect-served with ice in plastic like a common soda
Squamscot straightforward taste with great history
CooperSmith's bold herbal essence with overtones of anise
Harpoon complex flavors layered onto a regular soda
Twin Lights an extremely kludgy presentation of a descent brew
Rock It pleasant sasparilla style blend of black licorice and mint highlights that make you sing
Mercury a wicked good cordial from the north shore
Polar Classics bold in the basics
For those who are counting, that is 116 different root beers
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