I used to treat myself with a Tommyknocker when I lived in CO.
3
The big old gallon glass jugs of A&W root beer were the best back in the day. But Hire’s or Dad’s root beer are also good. Stupid dad joke that I saw on a reader board last week. What’s a trees favorite drink? Root beer.
30
Dad’s
10
Store brand has always been good enough for me.
2
Hires.
9
Safeway brand diet root beer was how I broke myself from the sugary stuff
4
My early memories are certainly of A&W root beer at their drive ins. I had one from Jones Soda Co. made with real cane sugar…..Terrific! But, give me a good cream soda and then we can talk about root beers…..
12
Maine Root
2
A & W especially when you add vanilla ice cream, used to be able to call it a black cow.
27
Any that doesn’t say “Organic, non GMO, sustainably harvested, point of origin” or any feel-good buzzwords to make me think I’m doing humanity a favor by drinking a particular root beer.
8
I used to like black cows with Dad’s. Way the heck too sweet for the past 25 + years. Couldn’t even drink a sip now.
3
An iced mug of Stewart’s root beer… Mmmmmm! good!
4
The one with the big scoop of vanilla ice cream in it.
Root beer floats. No it doesn’t. Ice cream does.
8
Sprecher from WI
4
Barq’s
Out of an ice chest in a by gawd brown beer bottle!
10
A & W. 🤤
11
Frostie so cold it has ice crystals in it..
8
Moxie! Oh wait, now it’s A&W, but used to like Frostie back when I was a kid.
4
A&W!! The only soda I ever indulge in on occasion.
7
In the 70s we used to travel from China Lake to Carson City to visit family periodically.
Stopped at the A&W in Bishop, CA, to get burgers, fries and root beers on the car window trays.
We were poor.
That was the best rootbeer.
16
When I was a kid my dad would take me to Dog N Suds… it was my favorite. Would drink Frosties from a bottle as well.
4
Dr Browns or Henry Weinhards.
6
Mug brand
4
My friends dad would make up a bunch of home brewed root beer in his basement every Summer and treat all the neighborhood kids with it. Of course we had to collect empty pop bottles for him to put the root beer in but it was worth it.
6
Old Dominion
1
Without the root.
10
Doug! heeheehee
1
A&W stands for amburger and woot beer.
10
I don’t really have a favorite and it doesn’t sit well in my stomach,
But if I’m going to pick one, I would say Barq’s.
4
Sprecher
and their real beers.
1
I’ve got 4 A&W 2 Liters in the ice-box right now, one’s open right here next to me. Anyone remember wooden ice-boxes??? Root beer floats are the best.
7
I made my own root beer once. The joke was it was so good it couldn’t ever be duplicated, therefore I quit making it.
..It was horrible.
4
Barq’s. Barq’s has bite (it’s one of, if not the only, root beer with caffeine).
3
Barq’s was family owned before Coke purchased when I was a kid. Get it in the original bottle not plastic or can!
3
A&W Rootbeer has “that frosty mug taste”, but I’ve always been partial to Dad’s.
3
A & W in mug with a chili cheesedog basket
8
I am partial to the draft root beers. Fitz’s I think was my favorite although I haven’t had one in quite a while.
1
Barq’s. Grew up on it in Louisiana
1
I DO like it, but can no longer drink it or any sodas….fresh diabetic. And won’t drink the diet stuff because it gives you Biden Brain after a while.
3
I personally prefer the free ones my self!
1
A&W when I was kid. As an adult I don’t drink pop.
1
All those big ships you see on the Great Lakes? They’re all full of root beer. And they’re all heading for Duluth, because they really like their root beer in Duluth.
1
I’m with Ghost on the Henry Weinhard’s. It’s the smoothest!
3
A&W
my grandad made homebrew root beer and there was always a gallon of vanilla ice cream in the freezer to go with it. I think he used Hires syrup.
4
I liked Stroh’s when it was still made in Detroit.
1
Maine Root – apologies John Zonk ^^ – it’s fair trade, organic sugar cane from Brazil, no bunnies certified injured – but it’s good.
2
If you can tell the difference you didn’t put enough Canadian in.
4
Boylan Root Beer
1
IBC. Always in a glass bottle, the way God intended.
Not a copious root beer drinker, but any that is made with cane sugar and not (high fructose) corn syrup.
1
I’ve only seen Virgil’s root beer at Trader Joes. TJ’s has really good ginger beer by the way.
2
NOT-Your-Grandpa’s-Root-Beer (alcoholic)!
Stuff could make ME a two-fisted drinker!!! 😋
1
Virgil’s
1
Triple XXX Root Beer – their slogan was: “Makes Thirst a Joy”.
Harder to find nowadays, and kinda expensive because of shipping, but still available.
Triple XXX over Blue Bell vanilla ice cream is like you died and went to Heaven.
3
IBC — Indiana Beverage Company When my son was at Purdue, he and his flat-mates used IBC bottles they had emptied to bottle their own home brew (not root) beer. He introduced me to IBC, probably to assist in speeding up the accumulation of empty bottles for their next batch.
4
When I was a kid, I preferred Hires RB over any other kind of soda
Now, I can’t even stand the smell of it. Everybody’s tastes change.
1
@Lipbone, we had a dog n suds in nearby town, locally referred to as the Arf n Barf! 😁 Pretty good burgers and great root beer. Thanx for memories.
3
@Different Tim: When I was a kid, NuGrape was a grape-flavored soda, not a root beer.
At least where I lived, anyway.
🙂
3
Well I had read to the bottom of the list, but nice to see some others remember “big old gallon glass jugs of A&W root beer” And in Denver, they would give you a punch card with the 10th jug on the house.
5
Faygo Rootbeer
3
A&W restaurants still make it with cane sugar. Yummmm!
A&W over vanilla Haagen Dazs = Indi’s favorite treat. Ddddelicioso😋
2
Sprecher’s. Ask anyone who knows.
Fond memories of dad taking us to the A&W Drive-In for a root beer float, but today I’m a big fan of St. Arnold root beer. Virgil’s is also excellent.
The one on sale
I used to treat myself with a Tommyknocker when I lived in CO.
The big old gallon glass jugs of A&W root beer were the best back in the day. But Hire’s or Dad’s root beer are also good. Stupid dad joke that I saw on a reader board last week. What’s a trees favorite drink? Root beer.
Dad’s
Store brand has always been good enough for me.
Hires.
Safeway brand diet root beer was how I broke myself from the sugary stuff
My early memories are certainly of A&W root beer at their drive ins. I had one from Jones Soda Co. made with real cane sugar…..Terrific! But, give me a good cream soda and then we can talk about root beers…..
Maine Root
A & W especially when you add vanilla ice cream, used to be able to call it a black cow.
Any that doesn’t say “Organic, non GMO, sustainably harvested, point of origin” or any feel-good buzzwords to make me think I’m doing humanity a favor by drinking a particular root beer.
I used to like black cows with Dad’s. Way the heck too sweet for the past 25 + years. Couldn’t even drink a sip now.
An iced mug of Stewart’s root beer… Mmmmmm! good!
The one with the big scoop of vanilla ice cream in it.
Root beer floats. No it doesn’t. Ice cream does.
Sprecher from WI
Barq’s
Out of an ice chest in a by gawd brown beer bottle!
A & W. 🤤
Frostie so cold it has ice crystals in it..
Moxie! Oh wait, now it’s A&W, but used to like Frostie back when I was a kid.
A&W!! The only soda I ever indulge in on occasion.
In the 70s we used to travel from China Lake to Carson City to visit family periodically.
Stopped at the A&W in Bishop, CA, to get burgers, fries and root beers on the car window trays.
We were poor.
That was the best rootbeer.
When I was a kid my dad would take me to Dog N Suds… it was my favorite. Would drink Frosties from a bottle as well.
Dr Browns or Henry Weinhards.
Mug brand
My friends dad would make up a bunch of home brewed root beer in his basement every Summer and treat all the neighborhood kids with it. Of course we had to collect empty pop bottles for him to put the root beer in but it was worth it.
Old Dominion
Without the root.
Doug! heeheehee
A&W stands for amburger and woot beer.
I don’t really have a favorite and it doesn’t sit well in my stomach,
But if I’m going to pick one, I would say Barq’s.
Sprecher
and their real beers.
I’ve got 4 A&W 2 Liters in the ice-box right now, one’s open right here next to me. Anyone remember wooden ice-boxes??? Root beer floats are the best.
I made my own root beer once. The joke was it was so good it couldn’t ever be duplicated, therefore I quit making it.
..It was horrible.
Barq’s. Barq’s has bite (it’s one of, if not the only, root beer with caffeine).
Barq’s was family owned before Coke purchased when I was a kid. Get it in the original bottle not plastic or can!
A&W Rootbeer has “that frosty mug taste”, but I’ve always been partial to Dad’s.
A & W in mug with a chili cheesedog basket
I am partial to the draft root beers. Fitz’s I think was my favorite although I haven’t had one in quite a while.
Barq’s. Grew up on it in Louisiana
I DO like it, but can no longer drink it or any sodas….fresh diabetic. And won’t drink the diet stuff because it gives you Biden Brain after a while.
I personally prefer the free ones my self!
A&W when I was kid. As an adult I don’t drink pop.
All those big ships you see on the Great Lakes? They’re all full of root beer. And they’re all heading for Duluth, because they really like their root beer in Duluth.
I’m with Ghost on the Henry Weinhard’s. It’s the smoothest!
A&W
my grandad made homebrew root beer and there was always a gallon of vanilla ice cream in the freezer to go with it. I think he used Hires syrup.
I liked Stroh’s when it was still made in Detroit.
Maine Root – apologies John Zonk ^^ – it’s fair trade, organic sugar cane from Brazil, no bunnies certified injured – but it’s good.
If you can tell the difference you didn’t put enough Canadian in.
Boylan Root Beer
IBC. Always in a glass bottle, the way God intended.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/IBC_Root_beer_2sizes.jpg
Coors.
Sprechers is very good. Sioux City Sarsaparilla is better than their root beer, but that is good too.
What? No love for Mason’s root beer?
Birch Beer:
https://youtu.be/-xF1ZjQSqGk
“Like root beer with wintergreen.”
A&W. …
IBC. …
Barqs Root Beer. …
Dad’s Root Beer. …
Henry Weinhard’s Root Beer. …
Hires Root Beer. …
Sprecher. …
Barrelhead Root Beer.
https://www.thetoptens.com/best-root-beers/
IBC/Dad’s for root beer, if sarsaparilla counts then Tombstone sarsaparilla is the best but tough to get anywhere but Tombstone AZ.
Used to do battle as a kid between Frostie and NuGrape. Frostie usually won.
Barq’s has bite JP. Good stuff.
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-att-att_001&hsimp=yhs-att_001&hspart=att&p=barqs+has+bite#id=1&vid=ae595afe5664cb88f18db6a9934fa763&action=click
Not a copious root beer drinker, but any that is made with cane sugar and not (high fructose) corn syrup.
I’ve only seen Virgil’s root beer at Trader Joes. TJ’s has really good ginger beer by the way.
NOT-Your-Grandpa’s-Root-Beer (alcoholic)!
Stuff could make ME a two-fisted drinker!!! 😋
Virgil’s
Triple XXX Root Beer – their slogan was: “Makes Thirst a Joy”.
Harder to find nowadays, and kinda expensive because of shipping, but still available.
Triple XXX over Blue Bell vanilla ice cream is like you died and went to Heaven.
IBC — Indiana Beverage Company When my son was at Purdue, he and his flat-mates used IBC bottles they had emptied to bottle their own home brew (not root) beer. He introduced me to IBC, probably to assist in speeding up the accumulation of empty bottles for their next batch.
When I was a kid, I preferred Hires RB over any other kind of soda
Now, I can’t even stand the smell of it. Everybody’s tastes change.
@Lipbone, we had a dog n suds in nearby town, locally referred to as the Arf n Barf! 😁 Pretty good burgers and great root beer. Thanx for memories.
@Different Tim: When I was a kid, NuGrape was a grape-flavored soda, not a root beer.
At least where I lived, anyway.
🙂
Well I had read to the bottom of the list, but nice to see some others remember “big old gallon glass jugs of A&W root beer” And in Denver, they would give you a punch card with the 10th jug on the house.
Faygo Rootbeer
A&W restaurants still make it with cane sugar. Yummmm!
A&W over vanilla Haagen Dazs = Indi’s favorite treat. Ddddelicioso😋
Sprecher’s. Ask anyone who knows.
Fond memories of dad taking us to the A&W Drive-In for a root beer float, but today I’m a big fan of St. Arnold root beer. Virgil’s is also excellent.