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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]
The name Dad's Old Fashioned Root Beer was selected in honor of Ely Klapman's father. Dad's Root Beer wood bottle crate. Dad's Root Beer was the first product to use the six-pack format invented by the Atlanta Paper Company in the 1940s. [4] Dad's also introduced the half-gallon bottle, becoming the first brand to market this size.
Barq's (/ ˈ b ɑːr k s /) is a brand of root beer created by Edward Barq and bottled since the beginning of the 20th century. It is owned by the Coca-Cola Company. [2] It was known as "Barq's Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer" until 2012. [3]
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 ...
An advertisement for Belfast Root Beer appears as early as 1947. [4] According to the San Francisco Examiner, the catchphrase, 'You haven't tasted Root Beer like this in years!' filled 1950s newspaper advertisements." [3] An advertisement for Belfast Old Fashioned Mug Root Beer appears as early as 1952. [5] In the 1950s, the soda took on the ...
Bulldog is a tasty, classic root beer you can grab for just around two bucks each in a 12-pack, a welcome sight when many craft soda pops hang in the $4 range. Amazon Sprecher
A&W Restaurants, Inc. (also known as Allen & Wright Restaurants) is an American fast food restaurant chain distinguished by its "Burger Family" combos, draft root beer and root beer floats. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] A&W's origins date back to 1919 when Roy W. Allen set up a roadside drink stand to offer a new thick and creamy drink, root beer, at a parade ...