root beers

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Maui Brewing Co. Island Root Beer

this is one company that is very proud of their use of local Maui ingredients! wow. it is proclaimed all over the place. i suppose if i was a company on a small island i would want to promote my local use also. you have to generate extra sales somehow to the smaller, limited population …