root beers

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 …

root beers

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 …

birch beers

Stop & Shop Main Street Birch Beer

first off, i don’t know how i did not review this already but in the spirit of making sure i have reviewed all of the easy to get stuff, i checked and realized i had not. funny as i had bought some in another state a few years ago to review but just never did. …

sarsaparillas

Rio Syrups Sarsaparilla

this is one of the trickier sodas i have had to review. i mean, a soda you just drink, that is easy. there there are syrups, you just mix it with seltzer and drink up, not too hard. extracts are a little worse, you mix the extract with sugar and water in the prescribed amounts …

sarsaparillas

Hey Song Extra Salty Sarsaparilla

every once in a while i will try to go to one of the gigantic asian markets in my area when i pass them, just to check if they have any different sarsaparillas or perhaps even a root beer. and of course to get some men’s pocky and koala yummies. i do it less and …