# Root Beer **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2000, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171 "2000-01-06T10:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MKM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MKM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MKM)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/21 "2000-01-07T06:34:00Z")
Frosty! Oh…wait… that hasn’t been made in years has it… Ok… IBC… Now where was that Diet Pepsi I was drinking. Countdown to “This topic moved to MPSIMS forum” ## 10… 9… 8… “We love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 † ---
**Author:** ![Lauralee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lauralee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lauralee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/22 "2000-01-07T06:34:00Z")
Well in that case get to debating about this!!! You know… [blank] is best because [blank]. We can do this, I know we can!! Poly, no problem… just poiting out it wasn’t a “Suthern” thang. (But maybe a Texas thing??) ---
**Author:** ![MKM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MKM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MKM)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/23 "2000-01-07T06:51:00Z")
Uh, LauraLee - Texas was a part of the Confederacy… Y’alls suthin too! * * * “We love Him because He first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 † ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/24 "2000-01-07T06:58:00Z")
Actually, Frostie is still made and available from Price Club (at least in the DC area). In fact, there’s a case of it in the office fridge. It gets my vote for best canned RB, but for bottled I’d vote either IBC or Dominion. ---
**Author:** ![Lauralee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lauralee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lauralee)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/25 "2000-01-07T06:59:00Z")
Yeah, so the damnation of all Barq’s lovers can’t be just a southern thing… that being mah point, hunney-chile!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/26 "2000-01-06T19:00:00Z")
I like Dad’s brand. But I really prefer Pepsi(cherry flavored)! ---
**Author:** ![MKM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MKM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MKM)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/27 "2000-01-06T19:05:00Z")
Frostie in can!?!?!?! What _ **has** _ this world come to? LauraLee, I getchur point, sweetcakes. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/28 "2000-01-06T19:08:00Z")
[Moderator Hat: ON] Well, I was debating with myself whether to leave this here or move it to MPSIMS. On the one hand, it is a debate, like who was the better starship captain or the better baseball player. On the other hand, there ain’t much debatin’ goin’ on, and, I mean, it’s root beer fercryingoutloud. So, since a couple other people have brought it up, and I’m in a housecleaning mood, I’m throwing it over to MPSIMS. Have fun! * * * David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator [Moderator Hat: Handed off to Eut.] ---
**Author:** ![Navigator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@Navigator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navigator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/29 "2000-05-26T13:05:11Z")
This was buried in the thread, and I was wondering if there was anyother input on this very important subject… 😉 @ DavidB Peace. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/30 "2000-05-26T13:39:02Z")
[Moderator Hat ON] ::grumble grumble:: Dang pounders bumping long-dead threads up. Some of us don’t much go for the “resurrection” thing over here, ya know. 😉 Well, it’s a perfect thread for our new IMHO forum. Off it goes. [Moderator Hat OFF] ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/31 "2000-05-26T13:49:24Z")
In my very own home-town, Higganum, Connecticut, there is a small bottling company called Undina that makes not only the best root beer in the world, but the best birch beer as well, which is much yummier than root beer, IMHO. (Of course) ---
**Author:** ![Bubble\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/32 "2000-05-26T13:57:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey!!! I’s suthern, and I LIKE Barq’s!! But in San Antonio at the old Lone Star brewery they make their own root beer, and THAT is some GOOOOOOOOOOOD stuff!! Exactly Lauralee, that is some good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/33 "2000-05-26T14:51:43Z")
I’m shocked _shocked! I say!_ that no one has mentioned Henry Weinhardt’s (sp?), the best mass-market root beer out there. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/34 "2000-05-26T16:05:04Z")
I second the IBC and Stewart’s. Back where I grew up, they had a place called Stewart’s Hot Dogs…it was one of those drive-up restaurants where they hooked the trays on your car window, a la Fred Flintstone. They served Stewart’s root beer, too, of course. I miss it. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/35 "2000-05-26T18:34:14Z")
Um, I don’t see how there can be any discussion. Virgil’s Root Beer. Hires? Barq’s? These are all water/high-fructose-corn-syrup and a little artificial flavoring (and caffeine, in the case of Barq’s). If you ever see Virgil’s anywhere, buy it. This is what rootbeer is supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/36 "2000-05-26T18:35:46Z")
Um, I don’t see how there can be any discussion. Virgil’s Root Beer. Hires? Barq’s? These are all water/high-fructose-corn-syrup and a little artificial flavoring (and caffeine, in the case of Barq’s). If you ever see Virgil’s anywhere, buy it. This is what rootbeer is supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/37 "2000-05-27T05:49:31Z")
Root beer isn’t quite what it used to be. One of the traditional ingredients, sassafras root, contains small amounts of a chemical called safrole that has been shown to cause cancer in high doses in laboratory animals. (Safrole is not to be confused with the artificial sassafras flavoring called sassafrol.) If you have acess to sassafras trees, you could brew your own in the traditional manner (if you dare). I tried Barf’s once. Never again. It tastes like medicine. Hires and A&W are good, but every bit as good was a brand called “Wildwood” that also happened to be dirt cheap. I used to buy it when I lived in W.Va. It disappeared from the shelves before I moved away. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/38 "2000-05-31T04:54:04Z")
Considering the fundamentalist flavor of this thread, I thought I’d make sure that everyone knew that A&W was started by Mormons. It stands for Alice and Willard. As in Marriott. That’s how they got started - with root beer stands. I make no judgements here, I just wanted to make sure everyone was making informed decisions. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/40 "2014-09-06T20:58:58Z")
The cheapest generic root beer at Super Saver, decarbonated, served over crushed ice. It simulates Root Beer Kool Aid. I _loved_ that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171/41 "2014-09-06T21:28:12Z")
Dad’s or Barq’s NO CONTEST. THESE WIN !!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/root-beer/17171.md?page=3)