Hires Root Beer
| Type: | Root Beer | Comes In: | 12oz glass bottle, 12 oz can, 20 oz plastic bottle, 1L plastic bottle, 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, everywhere | Obtained in: | Edison, NJ |
| Head: | Medium | Sweetener: | high fructose corn syrup, sugar |
| Caffeine: | No | ||
| Website: | http://www.brandspeoplelove.com/csab/?TabId=126 | ||
Hires. they invented root beer, what can you really say? among the big brands, they are still one of the best out there. creamy, bubbly, just a bit too sweet at times though. you can get some great bottles and some ones that are too syrupy. seems a bit hard to find anymore in the northeast especially. hope they are not slowly dieing or anything. a nice bottle design also, simply yet classic. Anthony’s Rating: 68
Ingredients:carbonated water, sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, sodium benzoate (preservative), natural and artificial flavors, phosphoric acid.
User’s Rating: 77
# of ratings:677
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I’ve been gradually reviewing root beers for about the last 4-5 years, and I just noticed this is the only national brand on my list not found yet.
I remember this being one of the biggest brands, yet I haven’t seen it in what must be at least 5 years.
I live in Arizona, so I wonder if whoever bottles it doesn’t distribute it here.
We also can’t get Mr Pibb, which is the biggest pain in the a^^ in the world.
Wow. This root beer was really hard to find. Unfortunately, they now only make this in cans with hfcs. Still, for a first time drinker of Hires I think I can say this is one of the best out of the commercialized root beers. It tastes very traditional, yet very very good, and the sweetness is just right. It can’t compete with gourmet root beers such as Sprecher, yet it is worthy of an 80 out of 100.