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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]
IBC Root Beer is another brand of commercially produced root beer that emerged during this period and is still well-known today. [9] Safrole, the aromatic oil found in sassafras roots and bark that gave traditional root beer its distinctive flavor, was banned in commercially mass-produced foods and drugs by the FDA in 1960. [1]
Stewart's Fountain Classics is an American brand of premium soft drinks. Stewart's are nostalgic "old fashioned" fountain sodas, having originated at the Stewart's Restaurants, a chain of root beer stands started in 1924 by Frank Stewart in Mansfield, Ohio. In 1990, the bottling rights to Stewart's were acquired by the Cable Car Beverage ...
A&W Root Beer and A&W cream soda – licensed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up to local bottlers [106] Bawls; Barton Springs Soda Co; Barq's – the only major American root beer with caffeine. Big Ben's - Catawissa Bottling Company - line of soft drinks. Known for their Blue Birch Beer. Sold in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
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.
In many cases, NA beers contained fewer calories than their alcoholic counterparts. Guinness 0, Budweiser Zero, Coors Edge Non-Alcoholic Brew, and Heineken® 0.0 are all lighter than the ...
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 $0.88 in ...
Expand your horizons beyond Mug, A&W, and Barq’s to these choices for tastiest root beer you can find. Some feel gourmet, or are just priced that way. 11 of the the Best Root Beers You Can Drink