Dad’s Root Beer
| Type: | Root Beer | Comes In: | 12oz glass bottle, 12 oz can, 2L plastic bottle |
| Available: | AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY, online, Canada, everywhere | Obtained in: | Montreal, Canada |
| Head: | Medium | Sweetener: | sugar, fructose |
| Calories: | 160 | Sodium: | 65mg |
| Carbs: | 20g | Sugar: | 40g |
| Caffeine: | No | ||
| Website: | http://www.dadsrootbeer.com/ | ||
quite a tasty blend. a bit weak but it has a hint of licorice and perhaps cinnamon that keeps it distinct if you pay enough attention. not exactly my first choice, but definitely a solid contender among the big brands. many claim it is too medicine-like but i’d have to dis-agree on that one. i have been having a harder and harder time finding this stuff though. it was semi-plentiful in cans at Costco and a couple other big box stores but it has slowly gone away. and in bottles? very little chance of that, much like most brands i suppose.
Ingredients:carbonated water, sugar, caramel color, natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate (a preservative), and citric acid
Anthony’s Rating: 67
User’s Rating: 70
# of ratings:886
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I’ve just had the canned version of Dad’s regular. I’m not a big licorice fan, but it was a pleasant presence this time. A bit more complex than most cheapie root beers I’ve had for a while, but still fairly tame.
I guess I’d buy it again, especially at $2 for a 12-pack.
I ran across Dad’s for the first time in I-don’t-know-how-many-years at Kmart recently and it wasn’t half bad. I noticed, however, that even though the label’s color scheme looked to be the same, “Dad” himself (who I always thought looked like my Uncle Stanley) is, alas!, gone (as is, incidentally, Uncle Stanley).
as far as basic stop by xyz megacenter and pick up some root beer, this is definitely my favorite. the flavor isn’t very strong, and a little more licoricey then i generally like, but something about it works really well for me.
It’s all right. I wish I could write something better, but nothing stands out.
One of my favourites for “locally” available root beers.
Here in BC and down in Washington it’s not at all hard to find in bottles.
I had fond memories of Dad’s Root Beer from when I was a kid, but when I tried it again as an adult, it tasted like soap. Figuring I just got a bad batch, I tried again a few years later. Still soapy. Definitely one of my least favorite root beers.