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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, sweet, and ...
An 1894 American Trade Card for Hires Root Beer A Hires Root Beer mug from the 1930s or earlier. Hires Root Beer was created by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires. The official story is that Hires first tasted root beer, a traditional American beverage dating back to the colonial era, while on his honeymoon in 1875. [2]
The world's largest root beer float was created in 1990, when Barq's Root Beer cooperated with a Pick N Save grocery store in Dekalb, Illinois by mixing 1,500 U.S. gallons (5,700 L) of Barq’s root beer with 1,000 U.S. gallons (3,800 L) of vanilla ice cream in an above-ground swimming pool. [11]
A caffeine-free version of the original Tab flavor was introduced in 1983, alongside caffeine-free versions of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke. [12] Tab Clear, a caramel color-free version of Tab, [13] was released in the United States in 1992, and subsequently in the United Kingdom and Japan. [14] [15] Tab Clear was discontinued in 1994. [13]
A&W Root Beer is an American brand of root beer that was founded in 1919 by Roy W. Allen [3] and primarily available in the United States and Canada. Allen partnered with Frank Wright in 1922, creating the A&W brand and inspiring a chain of A&W Restaurants founded that year. Originally, A&W Root Beer sold for five cents (equivalent to $0.91 in ...
3. Iced Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso. Ingredients: oatmilk, espresso, brown sugar syrup, ice, cinnamon Modifications: ask for decaf espresso If you’re someone who doesn’t take your ...
Chicago Root Beer is a caffeine free beverage and is manufactured in Chicago with pure cane sugar and water from local Lake Michigan. [1] The Chicago skyline appears on the bottle's label. The rights to the Chicago Root Beer brand are owned by Cool Mountain Beverages, Inc. Chicago Root Beer is distributed both regionally and nationally through ...
In the late 1960s, Sugar Free Mug (later known as Diet Mug Root Beer) was introduced. [6] Mug Cream Soda and Diet Mug Cream Soda were later introduced, but they are not as widely available. Mug was purchased by Pepsi in 1986, and replaced On-Tap Draft Style Root Beer as Pepsi's root beer brand. [6] Mug Root Beer is currently manufactured by ...