# Rootbeer: America vs. the world? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863 "2007-05-12T19:45:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/121 "2007-05-15T06:23:59Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] I don’t think I’ve ever met an American who didn’t like Nutella. I’ve met plenty who have never heard of it, but chocolate & filberts (aka hazelnuts…I just like saying filbert) …what’s not to like? [/QUOTE] Instant migraine. Smeared it on a bagel once and, while the taste wasn’t offensive, the ice-cold steel bar smashing through my temples really put me off the stuff. Pure hazelnut butter without the evil chocolate sounds absolutely fan-freakin-tastic alongside a frosty mug of root beer. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/122 "2007-05-15T07:32:24Z")
I first had root beer in Connecticut, I thought it tasted foul, not unlike cough medicine I first had Sam Adams beer in Michigan, same thoughts I first had sarsparilla also in Michigan, not bad at all but not as good as dandelion & burdock For the record I love peanut butter but not with jam/jelly. Just spread on bread and sprinkle with salt ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/123 "2007-05-15T12:23:02Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] Instant migraine. Smeared it on a bagel once and, while the taste wasn’t offensive, the ice-cold steel bar smashing through my temples really put me off the stuff. Pure hazelnut butter without the evil chocolate sounds absolutely fan-freakin-tastic alongside a frosty mug of root beer. [/QUOTE] Look for Cashew Butter in the stores you go to. It is an incredible product. **Terrifel** , awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/124 "2007-05-15T13:26:30Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Am I the only one in here who remembers Dad’s Root Beer? Must not be around any longer ☹ [/QUOTE] My daughter got me some for father’s day last year. Good choice! [QUOTE=What Exit?] Look for Cashew Butter in the stores you go to. It is an incredible product. [/QUOTE] We used to go to an organic grocery store where you could select a bunch of nuts and use a “buttering machine” to make your own fresh peanut butter, cashew butter, almond butter, or whatever. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/125 "2007-05-15T16:48:41Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] I mentioned Dad’s earlier. I can only ever find it at Big Lots, an American chain of close-out stores, but it definitely isn’t sold at supermarkets, convenience stores, or other establishments. [/QUOTE] Sorry, missed that before. Dad’s was great, a relic of my childhood. I agree that there are lots of different root-beer “flavors.” Of the two brands here, Mirinda is very sweet, A&W much less so, but only in the can. We have two A&W restaurants that I know of – one in Siam Square, another way down Sukhumvit Road – and what you get there seems much sweeter. Used to be more A&Ws, but they closed down. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/126 "2007-05-15T21:41:44Z")
My dad insisted on Masons root beer. The rootbeer float is weak next to the Vernors Ice Cream Float. Root beer is horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/127 "2007-05-15T21:43:27Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] My dad insisted on Masons root beer. The rootbeer float is weak next to the Vernors Ice Cream Float. Root beer is horrible. [/QUOTE] Dad, you suck. Root beer is good. You are wrong. As a related note, you’re wrong a lot. You should be used to that by now, right? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/128 "2007-05-15T23:43:58Z")
No mention of Sprecher’s? (I’ve never had it, but have heard good things about it) Local drive in (with roller-skaing waitresses) makes its own - pretty good (a lot less carbonated than most commercial Baumeister is pretty good also. Brian (Not a huge RB fan, except for in floats) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/129 "2007-05-15T23:45:31Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] The Aztecs sacrificed over 250,000 people to the Sun-god Huitzilopoctil every year. They had no root beer. [/QUOTE] Please? Sig line? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/130 "2007-05-16T00:16:14Z")
I swung by Cost Plus World Market yesterday looking for Virgil’s because of this thread. They didn’t have any, but they _did_ have six-packs of [Bulldog](http://www.rootbeerreviews.com/brews/bulldog.php). I forgot to try some last night, but I cracked open a chill bottle just now, and this stuff is just too delicious. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/131 "2007-05-16T00:41:41Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] I need to join Pop-Lover’s Anonymous. [/QUOTE] Let’s leave your deviant sexual issues out of this perfectly delicious root beer thread. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/132 "2007-05-16T00:53:05Z")
[QUOTE=BayleDomon] I swung by Cost Plus World Market yesterday looking for Virgil’s because of this thread. They didn’t have any, but they _did_ have six-packs of [Bulldog](http://www.rootbeerreviews.com/brews/bulldog.php). I forgot to try some last night, but I cracked open a chill bottle just now, and this stuff is just too delicious. 🆒 [/QUOTE] Cost Plus usually only has the small metal kegs of Virgil’s. I have found 4-packs of the bottled stuff at Albertson’s supermarket, if you have that near you. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/133 "2007-05-16T01:16:49Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Please? Sig line? 🆒 [/QUOTE] Please, be my guest. I am always happy to promote interest in the rhizozymurgical sciences. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/134 "2007-05-16T04:22:29Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] Pure hazelnut butter without the evil chocolate sounds absolutely fan-freakin-tastic alongside a frosty mug of root beer. [/QUOTE] Jump over to the Food Network site. IIRC, Alton Brown did an ep of Good Eats that included making your own \_\_\_nut butter. I’d include a link, but I’m on a tight schedule right now. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863/135 "2007-05-16T18:08:26Z")
[QUOTE=N9IWP] Local drive in (with roller-skaing waitresses) makes its own - pretty good (a lot less carbonated than most commercial [/QUOTE] Oh yeah. I _love_ roller-ska! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rootbeer-america-vs-the-world/403863.md?page=6)