I began my south eastern Pennsylvania root beer quest on this day with a visit to Yards. I was rather surprised to hear that they did not sell growlers of their root beer, so I sat at the bar to sample it. Which is fine in general, but I had places to go and I …
Soda Folk Root Beer
I found out about this soda in glass probably from Rob’s Root Beer Reviews, although i believe i knew it was canned before that point. but i am getting old, my memory is failing, i may be making that up. i ordered a few bottles and traded one to the good doctor. he, being held …
Cappy’s Old Time Maine Root Beer
honestly i have a hard time believing this is its own recipe as it is bottled by Private Label Specialties who do a ton of vanity labelling work, where they just put anyone’s custom labels on their bottles. but the Cappy’s people claim it is their unique brew and i am nothing if not a …
Lost Rhino Root Beer
somehow it seems my review of this went missing. or maybe I never wrote it, which would be strange as I recall writing it. i don’t recall everything, or even all that much I will admit, but i distinctly remember writing about this drink. oh well, maybe it will turn up somewhere although i doubt …
Boots Beverages Sarsaparilla Root Beer
this is an interesting soda. a sarsaparilla root beer. hhmmm, i suppose that is like a butterscotch root beer or a grape root beer, so the ‘sarsaparilla’ is an adjective in this drink. ok, fine, that’s fine. a little wacky but fine. why ‘Sarsaparilla’ is pretty significantly larger than ‘Root Beer’ i am not sure …
