from what i can tell in my googling of this brand, they were around from the late 40s until the 60s in the Colorado area. their soda was caffeinated although this one is not. there was never any relation to “Red Eye” soda which was out of Maryland in the 70s. i suppose this was …
towne club root beer
i got this confused with College Club, which is another small bottler up by the great lakes area, near Syracuse i believe, whereas this one is out of Detroit. but they are not the same at all, no sir. both are clubs of course, with a “e” at the end of the word before. in …
Rocket Fizz Gene Autry Root Beer
i really am not sure how much name recognition Gene Autry has these days. i am around middle aged now i suppose and i barely know who he is beyond a tv cowboy. i assume he was a rival of Roy Rogers but i have no idea. did he tour the country doing rodeos and …
Marco Beverages Old fashioned Root Beer
this is a drink that i had just about given up on trying their website seemed to disappear and who knows when or if i would ever get to Canada anyway. but then the all powerful Craigasaurus came through in a surprise move with a bottle of this as well as a few other brands …
Zatarain’s Root Beer Extract
this may be the most widely available root beer extract. well, this or Rainbow. they are kind of the A&W and Barqs of the extract world it seems. i think when i made a batch of yeast carbonated root beer about 15 years ago i used Zatarain’s to make it. that did not turn out …
