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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:58 PM
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Poll question: Root Beer.. Love it or hate it?
I hate it. It's not quite as bad as black licorice, but it's close. It just tastes bad to me.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:59 PM
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1. love black licorice too
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:00 PM
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3. Is there ANY other kind???
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hippiepunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 10:59 PM
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2. blasphemy!
How dare you speak ill of the root beer!
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:01 PM
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8. Looks like I'm going to be in the minority
I'm a Dr. Pepper man, and I like coke or creme soda in my floats. Root beer just doesn't do it for me.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:00 PM
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4. You need to get your taste buds checked
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:03 PM
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10. Maybe I just haven't tried the right brands
I've had Barq's and A&W, and probably some random generic brands. All equally yukky.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:01 PM
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5. Nothing better than root beer in an icy cold mug.
Well maybe BEER in an icy cold mug.
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lenidog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:01 PM
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6. The only root beer I like is made by Stewarts and is the fountain
root beer which can only be found in two places I know of. The two remaining Stewarts drive-ins that are in New Jersey. (they actually serve them in frosted mugs)
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:21 PM
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24. Stewarts rootbeer is wonderful!
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:01 PM
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7. Barq's used to be good..
until Coke took them over and made it super sweet. A&W is just plain sugar water. I like the Winn Dixie brand, it's the best to me.
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:02 PM
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9. Not me, thanks.
Icky.
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:03 PM
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11. XXX root beer, preferrably in a frosted mug
You can't buy it in stores - only available through restaurants. It's Dr. Pepper's own root beer brand. Pretty darn good, too.

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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:04 PM
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:05 PM
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15. Thank you. I couldn't think of the name of those in bottles.
Their cream soda is tasty, too.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:09 PM
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17. It took me a while, too
It finally came to me. :)

That's why I repeated it so many times; so I wouldn't forget it again.

B-)
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:10 PM
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18. Oh yeah
I like IBC as well.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:04 PM
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13. I love a good root beer float!
but most root beers just don't cut it these days.
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TaleWgnDg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:05 PM
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14. Yeah, I like root beer but I like sarsaparilla more, much more . . . n/t
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:07 PM
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16. Good brands of root beer
1919
Hires
Killebrew (yes named for Harmon Killebrew)

Culvers (a fast food restaurant chain) has wonderful root beer in their fountains.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:10 PM
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19. Only A&W as it was served in drive-ins in the Midwest when I was a kid
or Hires Root Beer, which no longer exists, I'm afraid.

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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:12 PM
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20. I can take it or leave it. n/t
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:13 PM
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21. I love it. Has anyone ever made their own?
During the depression people made it alot. I'd love to try it but kept hearing horror stories about the bottles exploding while the stuff fermented.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:17 PM
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22. There is a family around here that makes their own.
They open up a vendor's stand at all the county fairs and such throughout the summer. It is served ice-cold out of the keg barrel and poured right in front of you into iced bottles. They then add a cork stopper. Very good-not too sweet. I always buy extra.
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-20-05 11:20 PM
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23. Love it. Particularly Weinhard's

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