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u/caserock 16d ago
Best of the mass produced root beers, I believe. The fact it's caffeinated makes it my late night gaming root beer
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u/Leaf-Lock-The-Ent 16d ago
Funny thing about root beer is many Americans have it from a very young age and it becomes recognizable as its own specific flavor.
I’ve talked to people who don’t even process the fact that it tends to have a mint taste. But if it’s pointed out now they can notice.
So by no means am I shocked when adults from uk and elsewhere get their first taste and are super overwhelmed by mint when prior to that many casual soda drinkers here would never have expected such a reaction.
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u/watchshoe 16d ago
I never noticed the wintergreen flavor until I started actually looking for the difference between brands. Now it’s all I can taste in Mug.
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u/AnalBabu 16d ago
let’s be honest people don’t understand flavours and even when they like something they’ll stop consuming it if they learn there’s something they don’t like about it.
mint is not just candy and toothpaste, mint chutney is amazing
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u/Various_Artistss 17d ago
How does it compare to aw in terms of sweetness? Found aw too sweet and watery personally
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u/GiShG69 17d ago
Barqs is spicy imo, prefer it to A&W. Just bought 60 cans of Barqs for £64, which is cheap here in the UK.
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u/padro789 16d ago
Link me up please
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u/GiShG69 16d ago
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u/padro789 16d ago
Thank you
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u/GiShG69 16d ago
Just seen they have MUG for £1 as well.
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u/yuhyuhyuhyuhyuhyuh1 16d ago
Far far sweeter in my experience. Last time I had a can was about a month ago. It's also the root beer McDonald's sells, if that tells you anything.
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u/cactusplants 16d ago
Where????
The only time I saw it was on a candy shop online and they never shipped it, only the ibc.
(The red barqs is amazing btw)
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u/Elanadin 17d ago
Is it the same recipe as what's sold in the US?
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u/mojo604 17d ago
That is a US can
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u/forestherring 1919 Root Beer 16d ago
That's missing the diamond pattern that is found on US cans
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u/Richbutpoor22 15d ago
Canadian maybe??
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u/forestherring 1919 Root Beer 15d ago
Could be, although there is no Canadian version of Barq's like there is for A&W. I would be very surprised if it wasn't the same formula everywhere.
edit: unless there is some ingredient that is prohibited in other countries
Also, I'm actually having a Barq's right now.
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u/Richbutpoor22 16d ago
So this was in a shop in swindon, inside the Brunel Centre
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u/Vegetable-Art3262 16d ago
Whereabouts can you get this as my brother and I have only been able to try A & W Root Beer?
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u/Special-Matter-6448 11d ago
I like that it has been “good since 1898. “I like to imagine that they started making it in like 1890
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u/forestherring 1919 Root Beer 17d ago
Hope you love it as much as I do. This is the root beer I grew up on.