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Old Red Eye Root Beer

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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 …

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Rocket Fizz Gene Autry Root Beer

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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 …

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Apple Beer Barrel Brothers Creamy Vanilla Root Beer

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i really don’t know if this is a new soda or not. i am going with the “yes” camp obviously if i am writing this, mostly because it says “NEW!” on the label and the one i reviewed 12 years ago did not say that. plus this one now says “creamy vanilla” on it, which …

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Old 52 Special Brew

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only on the cap of this bottle does it give away the fact that it is a birch beer. As the Old 52 General Store is located in Minnesota, birch beer would indeed be a special brew there i am sure. less so out here in the north east, although it is still a pretty …

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The Edge Olde No 43 Homemade Root Beer

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so one day a kind fellow named John emailed me and told me about this soda, made only for a diner close to him, the Edge Diner in Shrewsbury, MA. i have probably driven within 10 minutes of this place 20 times but one never knows about such things really unless you have the connections. …