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    Caramel (dark) Root beer is a sweet North American soft drink traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree Sassafras albidum or the vine of Smilax ornata (known as sarsaparilla; also used to make a soft drink called sarsaparilla) as the primary flavor. Root beer is typically, but not exclusively, non-alcoholic, caffeine -free ...

    • Hires

      Hires Root Beer was created by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...

    • A&W

      A&W Root Beer is an American brand of root beer that was...

    • Root Beer Float

      An ice cream float or ice cream soda, also known as a spider...

    • Birch Beer

      Working birch beer still at the Kutztown Folk Festival. Sign...

    • Mug

      Mug Root Beer is an American brand of root beer that was...

    • Cream Soda

      Root beer; List of brand name soft drinks products; List of...

    • Frostie Root Beer

      Frostie Root Beer is an American brand of root beer that was...

  2. Root beer is a sweet soda. It is traditionally made using sassafras or sarsaparilla as the main flavor. It does not have caffeine, though some root beer makers add caffeine. It can be carbonated or non-carbonated. Modern, commercially produced root beer is generally sweet, foamy, carbonated, nonalcoholic, and flavoured using artificial ...

  3. Mar 12, 2024 · The name “root beer” is twofold. The “root” comes from the inclusion of sassafras root as the main flavorant, though other roots and barks were often added, so “root beer” often made sense rather than just “sassafras beer.”. The “beer” part comes from the brewing process. In the 1800s, root beer was made with yeast to get ...

  4. Dec 8, 2021 · A&W also jumped on the root beer bandwagon in the wake of Hires, in 1919. A&W lays claim to a major innovation: selling root beer cold in frosted mugs. The ice-cold root beer was a revelation to people used to room-temperature root beer (I shudder to imagine), and with this innovation, A&W grew rapidly during prohibition just like Barq’s.

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