Thread: root beer

Birch beer is much milder and is ideal with hard cheeses. I prefer IBC as my everyday carry RB. A&W is great out of a frosty mug with a hotdog from the same establishment. I will go ahead and say that Virgil's is amazing and it is available in a 5 liter party keg. How cool is that?!?

Still and all, the absolute best Root Beer I have ever had was made by my Dad's Dad. Adee Floyd Thompson could make a root beer.


Truth be told I have never met one I didn't like.



-Rob

my go to rootbeer here in texas is Frosties in the glass bottle (just always tastes better in glass), how ever the prize for best all around is a toss up between The Willoughby Brewing Company (first brewpun in ohio since prohibition by the way )in Willoughby OH or from The Capital Brewery in Madison WI. i like A&W when in the mood and mostly only on draft unless i want it with ice cream. as soon as i get settled in kentucky (sometime next month hopefully) i plan to start making my own. although has a mainstream cola company EVER had better than any local brew?? i think not, it seems even the worst local brew is better than the best main stream brand IMHO

And yes birch beer is great, i have an old fashioned ice cream parlor back home that has it on draft it is perfect for birch floats.

-dan-

just checked out the virgils sight and found the 5 liter pony keg 18 DOLLARS FOR 5 LITERS holy cow what is keeping me from keeping this in the house ALL the time

-dan-

My Amish friends make their own rootbeer and sell it roadside by the glass or jug. Theirs is just rootbeer extract, water and yeast. Quite a bit different than the carbonated water variants. The yeast creates the carbonation but it needs to be refrigerated after a day or two. Pretty short shelf life due to the yeast and my wife laughs when I call it "belly ache beer". One can only drink so much before the yeast starts messing with the digestive tract. This is non-alcoholic even though yeast is used.


Tony

The Rootbeer Brothers

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

My Amish friends make their own rootbeer and sell it roadside by the glass or jug. Theirs is just rootbeer extract, water and yeast. Quite a bit different than the carbonated water variants. The yeast creates the carbonation but it needs to be refrigerated after a day or two. Pretty short shelf life due to the yeast and my wife laughs when I call it "belly ache beer". One can only drink so much before the yeast starts messing with the digestive tract. This is non-alcoholic even though yeast is used.


Tony

And just when are you going to start carrying thi with your other Amish made products.

Originally Posted by Wildtim

And just when are you going to start carrying thi with your other Amish made products.

liike a bottle with every order yea? maybe?


-dan-

Originally Posted by sicboater

as my everyday carry RB.
-Rob

hah! that's awesome! I'm going to start saying that now.

my edc rootbeer is barq's cause that's what they have around here (plus I like caffeine, a&w is sadly uncaffeinated)

I tasted root beer once when I was in Frisco....EEEEEEEEEEEEWWW! Tasted like mouthwash, don't know what brand it was but eeeeewww.

Hmm, root beer flavored mouth wash