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  Root beer
Root beer is a non-alcoholic beverage made from some combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, sasafrass root bark, nutmeg, anise, and molasses among other things.
Many local brands of root beer exist and home-made root beer is made from concentrate or rarely from roots.
Root beer is also used as a flavoring for candy, cough drops, popcorn, ice cream floats, cakes and breads.
www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/r/ro/root_beer.html   (368 words)

  
 Root beer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Root beer is a fermented beverage made from a combination of vanilla, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, artificial sassafras root bark flavoring (the pure form is mildly carcinogenic), nutmeg, anise, and molasses among other ingredients.
There was an upsurgence in the popularity of root beer in the United States during the period of prohibition in the early 20th Century as local breweries resorted to brewing root beer since alcoholic beverages were outlawed.
Root beer is also used as a flavoring for candy, cough drops, popcorn, jelly beans, cakes, ice pops, milk, Italian ice, schnapps, barbecue sauce, breads, and rice.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Root_beer   (1478 words)

  
 taste
The ingredients of the IBC root beer are carbonated water, sugar and or corn sweetener, caramel color caramel, sodium benzoate, artificial and natural flavors, food starch- modified and citric acid.
In the group which was told the ingredients, 10 people correctly identified the two root beers and the remaining four were incorrect.
Weinhardís also manufactures beer, so previous association with that particular brand could have influenced guesses that the root beer they perceived as better tasting was Weinhard's.
www.lclark.edu /~psych/papers/rbeer.htm   (973 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Rootannica:  Frequently Asked Questions About Root Beer
Root Beer is a sweetened, carbonated beverage originally made using the root of a sassafras plant (or the bark of a sassafras tree), with sassafras as the primary flavor.
Many brands of root beer contain flavorings that are listed on the Fibromyalgia Treatment Center's One Thousand of the Most Common Natural Salicylates to Avoid including anise, cinnamon, clover, corn syrup, ginger, honey, sarsaparilla, sassafras (the main flavoring in root beer), vanilla, wintergreen, and yucca.
Birch beer is similar to root beer, but is flavored with the bark of the birch tree and does not contain sassafras.
www.root-beer.org /questions.htm   (1101 words)

  
 Taste: Root beer that's worthy of a frosty mug
All root beer is basically carbonated water with corn syrup and flavoring.
The third pick was Mug Root Beer ($1.34 from Publix).
Also sampled were root beers from Publix (69 cents); Barq's ($1.19); AandW ($1.50); and Sam's Choice from Wal-Mart (89 cents).
www.sptimes.com /2006/07/12/Taste/Root_beer_that_s_wort.shtml   (361 words)

  
 idiotabroad.com » A&W Root Beer In London!
Root Beer is one of those truly American of drinks.
IBC was super cool growing up because the bottle looked a lot like a Lone Star beer bottle.
Root Beer, like a lot of American things, are not possible to buy over here in the UK.
www.idiotabroad.com /2005/10/aw-root-beer-in-london   (566 words)

  
 IBC Root Beer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IBC Root Beer was founded in 1919 by the Griesedieck family as the Independent Breweries Company in St.
Root beer found a market as a legal beverage during the era of Prohibition.
IBC is now organized within the Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages unit of Cadbury Schweppes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/IBC_Root_Beer   (188 words)

  
 Roadfood.com Forums - Hires Root Beer and Orange Crush
Don't get rid of Hires its the best root beer and one of america's original root beers as for orange crush there is no excuse why the bottling companies cant sell both Crush and Sunkist they do in Indiana.
IBC makes a dynamite root beer and also 'killer' cream and fl cherry....there used to be a Hires root beer stand on rt22 many years ago, it was ok(viewed thru the frailty of years ago memories) but certainly not in the same league as Stewarts.
IBC's root beer is also very good and I like the fact its in glass bottles instead of cans or plastic.
www.roadfood.com /Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3498   (1211 words)

  
 Rooting Section | Food & Wine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I can't, for example, imagine a root-beer maker mounting a campaign to "give the world" a root beer or touting its drinkers as "the root-beer generation." Root beer and its fans are too private and, well, too quirky for that.
I think the reasons root beer lacks group appeal are the same reasons it has groupies--namely, its assertive flavors and oddball ingredients.
Sassafras remained root beer's central ingredient until federal regulators in the 1960s determined that safrole, a component of oil of sassafras, was toxic.
www.foodandwine.com /articles/rooting-section   (1010 words)

  
 Jason's Root Beer Page
The best document I've ever seen about making homemade root beer comes from Steve Mercer and can be found here.
For those that like things simple, most grocery stores sell "root beer concentrate." You should be able to find it near the spices.
I've also been told that Root Beer Brewing Kits can be purchased from Grant Street Root Beer.
www.paisleynet.com /rootbeer/homemade.html   (527 words)

  
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They serve this root beer there, and the only way to get it outside the restaurant is to get a quarter-keg.
This root beer is a dark (almost fl), strong syrup, that has a very bitey taste, almost like what you would expect medicine to taste like.
It has the "sasparilly" taste that you usually find only in root beers where they make the effort to add more traditional ingredients, but it also has a fruity taste on top of that which is pretty odd.
www.shiningsilence.com /rootbeer   (935 words)

  
 IBC ROOT BEER - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The smooth, creamy refreshment of IBC Root Beer began in 1919 with the Griesedieck family and the independent Breweries Company in St. louis, hence the name of IBC Root Beer.
Development as an alternative to alcoholic beverages during prohibition, IBC Root Beer became renowned for its quality, richness and great taste.
When the independent Breweries Company closed, the Kranzberg family purchased the trademark and distributed IBC Root Beer at their North-western Bottling Company, its popularity grew during the 1920s, and it was soon available at many top restaurants.
www.ibcrootbeer.com /history.html   (158 words)

  
 Root Beer: "A" List
The root beer is so-so, but if you like cream soda, or even if you're ambivalent about cream sodas in general, you MUST try Henry's Vanilla Cream Soda.
This is a "bread and butter" root beer- what most people think of as root beer, appeals to most tastes.
It's a light beer with a thin body, tasting of honey and a hint of vanilla.
wombat.san-francisco.ca.us /cachien/rbeer/rvws1.html   (1534 words)

  
 Great American Root Beer Showdown
There are dozens, or perhaps hundreds of root beer brands (Ask Dr. Root Beer's List of Known Root Beers), and we'd love to taste them all, but first they must be found.
Unlike cola soft drinks, the root beer market seems to be wide open to anyone with a recipe and a bottling plant in their basement.
Look for new root beer brands at your favorite local sandwich shop, at liquor stores, at the corner convenience store, in regional grocery stores, in the cooler at a coffee shop, sometimes even in a museum or clothing shop.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Delphi/8338/rbeer/Rootbeer.html   (351 words)

  
 how to make a root beer floar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Without one of those three, or a gourmet root beer from a microbrewery, you shouldn't even bother.
Seriously, root beer floats are more of an art than a science.
Some days call for more root beer, other days you want to go heavy on the ice cream.
flossdaily.com /rootbeerfloat.htm   (153 words)

  
 nkhoop021700
Root beer holds an exalted status at Gary Sanders' home in Batavia, Ohio, where Sanders ' youngest son, Northern Kentucky University sophomore forward Craig Sanders, grew up.
The way Craig tells it, it is forbidden for any member of his family, including his mother and his brother, to take one of Gary's cold bottles of IBC root beer out of the garage refrigerator unless it has been earned.
You only get a root beer at his house unless you put in a hard day's work.
www.kypost.com /sports/nkhoop021700.html   (662 words)

  
 GB Beer History
A barrel of beer that cost a dollar to make could be sold for seven times that amount.
As the beer business in the United States became more lucrative, it attracted the attention of a group of English financiers who tried to set up a brewing "trust." They proposed to create a beer monopoly by purchasing virtually every available brewery.
Griesedieck Bros. beer can now be found in St. Louis on tap in select restaurants and pubs.
www.gb-beer.com /gbbeerhistory.html   (1440 words)

  
 IBC root beer, anthony's root beer barrel review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
IBC root beer, anthony's root beer barrel review
the fact that this comes in 32 oz bottles gives it major points with me. it is pure style to be tootin a brown bagged IBC.
anyhow, there is that special zing to IBC that you just don't get from other root beers for some reason.
www.annoyances.com /rb/ibc.shtml   (101 words)

  
 IBC Root Beer American Soda :   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When I went to Florida last year all i ate was froot loops a..
IBC RootBeer is the best tasting RootBeer from the USA.
i am a uk citizen root beer tastes like deep heat but not su..
americansoda.co.uk /root-beer-p-255.html?...&ref=4   (118 words)

  
 Root Beer!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
My beer of choice is, without question, root beer.
There are lots of microbreweries for root beers, just like for alcoholic beer, so there are many brands that I haven't sampled yet.
Apparently now root beer is considered gourmet (pronounced "gourmette") and thus is newsworthy.
wombat.san-francisco.ca.us /cachien/rbeer   (535 words)

  
 IBC Root Beer - Reviews on RateItAll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
IBC isn't even on the same boat as A&W and barqs.
Root Beer is the best ever made drink.
Unlike other brands that I have tried, IBC root beer is not too sweet and satisfies the tastes of both adults and kids.
www.rateitall.com /i-63919-ibc-root-beer.aspx   (692 words)

  
 IBC Event
The Professional Miniature Golf Association (PMGA) and IBC Root Beer have teamed up to drive miniature golfers into your facility by promoting miniature golf this summer on all IBC Root Beer packages.
With two proofs of purchase, a consumer will be able to visit any of a number of PMGA courses and receive $2-off her round of miniature golf.
All coupons collected by your course during the promotion will be redeemed by IBC at the end of the event.
www.thepmga.com /Courses/IBC_Event/ibc_event.php   (291 words)

  
 WRX Links .com Forum - Just cracked an IBC root beer.......   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
IBC in a huge mug with crushed ice...
Dad's root beer and barqs have been my root beer of choice...
Posted - 11/01/2005 : 02:00:32 AM Draft Root beer, can be found all over the place in Vancouver BC Canada.
www.wrxlinks.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7936   (565 words)

  
 Root Beer Reviews (page 3)
IBC has been around "since 1919" however it wasn't
A good starting point to rate other root beers
I suspect this came from an authentic sasaparilla recipe since sasaparilla root by itself is extremely mild in flavor.
www.csdeli.com /rootbeer/reviews/3rev.html   (412 words)

  
 HOMEBREW Digest #223 Wed 09 August 1989   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The only drawback about IBC bottles is that, after you spend tens of thousands designing and printing your custom labels, it's hard to fit them on the bottle over the giant IBC logo cut into the glass.
Regarding IBC root beer bottles: I use 'em all the time, and think they're great.
I had one brew that was **OVERCARBONATED!!**, all in IBC bottles, and only 2 or 3 of them went boom.
hbd.org /hbd/archive/223.html   (331 words)

  
 Monstergamer - View Single Post - Ibc Root Beer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ibc root beer can be dangerous, i was sitting in a theater watching Master and Comander and by ibc root beer exploded.
It had just been sitting there in a luke warm theater and boom it hit me my freind and the 6,6 guy in front of us...
Ya when ya drink this stuff be careful its happend to me twice.
www.monstergamer.net /vb/30360-post1.html   (70 words)

  
 Sodaking Stewart's Root Beer
This root beer is I guess O.K. its really watery when i want a root beer i want a great one this is no where near great
I know Stewart's uses high fructose corn syrup and doesn't have complex flavors that leave you asking what was that aftertaste, but I like it anyway.
It's smooth, creamy, has good carbonation, and would be great in root beer floats.
www.sodaking.com /product_info.php?products_id=425   (153 words)

  
 Adrants » Sometimes Root Beer is Better Than Real Beer
Sometimes Root Beer is Better Than Real Beer
In commercial for IBC Root Beer, a poor drunken soul pulls himself up off the sidewalk after what was apparently a long night of drinking only to find he is not alone.
IBC Root Beer presents us with a situation we have all faced the morning after, wishing we hadn't had so much to drink the night before.
www.adrants.com /2004/03/sometimes-root-beer-is-better-than-real-b.php   (174 words)

  
 BK Enterprises Specialty Sodas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Like REED'S, these home made beverages had rich flavor and tonic value because they were brewed directly sodas, even "natural" ones, are made in bottling plants, by blending water, carbonation, sweeteners, colorings and flavorings.
The finger you'll taste in our brews doesn't come from flavorings, but from fresh ginger root - one of the finest tonic roots available.
REED'S, Extra Ginger Brew has 25 grams of fresh finger root brewed into each bottle.
www.bkfoods.com /soda.html   (265 words)

  
 IBC Sweep rules
Twelve winners will win one (1) IBC branded Long Drive Golf Club (ARV: $300.00).
Approximately 4,150,000 Official Entry Forms will be available; however, actual odds of winning all prizes depend on the number of valid entries received by mail and online.
The use of any device to automate the entry process is prohibited.
www.thepmga.com /Courses/IBC_Event/IBC_Sweep_rules/ibc_sweep_rules.php   (729 words)

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