when I was a wee lad, Ramblin Root Beer was something more. or at least they claimed to be. either way, they were one of the big root beer brands from when they were introduced around 1979. it was basically Ramblin, A&W or store brand. sometimes you could fine Dad’s. well, or local bottlers really, …
Jackson Hole Soda Company Buckin’ Rootbeer
the recipe for this has changed a bit in the 16 years or whatever since I last tried it. I suspect I did try it again somewhere in between but I have no idea if it was the old recipe or this new one. for all I know they could have been monkeying with it …
WBC Root Beer
this is sort of a new soda, sort of not. a bunch of years ago, Goose Island decides to rebrand their sodas as WBC, which seems to stand for WIT Beverage Co. But what does ‘WIT’ stand for? it is always a little wacky to have an acronym inside of an acronym but who am …
Northern Soda Company Root Beer
yet another soda find by the marvelous Tony, king of the airwaves and middle America root beer finder extraordinaire! I really am excited about this, as it falls into the category of sodas I knew about but couldn’t find a way to get. plus the can is just super cool as well. very different than …
Avery’s Gold Coin Sarsaparilla
Ah! Avery changed their recipe! or at least their ingredients, which is basically the same isn’t it? or at least half of it, probably like 80% or so. now it has pure cane sugar instead of corn syrup/sugar and other stuff is mixed up in the list. the color of this still kind of bothers …
