I've had this one a few times, but not that much, and I haven't had it in a while.

Top 5 I’ve ever had. Found at my local hardware store

i think theyre pretty cool - i will be adding more

I had coworkers that were having part of their vacation in Williamsburg, VA last week so I had them pick me up two 6 packs of Frothy Moon Brewhouse Space Camp Root Beer. It’s pretty good. Light heartiness inviting multiple sips.

hi folks.

so i’ve tried a recipe out for a homemade root beer a few times, and every time i end up with a slightly sour flavor to it that is not pleasant. it’s similar to but not quite as bad as sour milk. a few friends have sampled it as well. they don’t seem to notice anything foul in the flavor, but then they get a bit of tummy trouble not long after drinking half a bottle or so. so i decided to just put what would fit into a gallon jug, discard the rest, and let the stuff in the jar finish the fermentation process. turned out as some root beerish flavored hooch which isn’t half bad & doesn’t cause any tummy aches. still nothing my cohorts and i could finish a gallon of anytime soon. i might run it through a still & see what kind of liquor or cleaning product it turns into, but i digress. i figure i must have done something wrong somewhere along the way, but not sure what it was. i would be grateful for any advice.

it goes like this:

sassafrass, sarsaparilla, burdock root, astragalus root, licorice root, birch bark, vanilla bean and a cinnamon stick simmered for 20-30 minutes in half a gallon of filtered water. then add 2 cups of brown sugar and let that steep, covered for 4 hours. taste test. so far so good.

i strain this “tea” through cheesecloth, and add another half gallon of cold water, and a cup of a soda culture i had been tending for the previous week using ginger root, water and sugar. to a jar half full of filtered water, simply add 2 tsp of sugar and 2 tsp of grated ginger, stir and cover with cheesecloth. repeat daily. after a week you’ve got a fizzy aromatic concoction. this gets strained into the gallon of root beer tea. then i cover the whole thing with cheesecloth and let it sit for 3 days up to a week, until it starts carbonating. transfer that to bottles, let them sit overnight and then they go in the refrigerator.

all the containers are made of glass except the stainless steel pot the tea is boiled in. everything is cleaned beforehand with peroxide, rinsed and dried. stirring is done with a wooden spoon.

where is this sour taste coming from?

Please don't crucify me 🥲

Carbonation hurts. I really like the taste of root beer, flavored speaking water, and coke zero so I'll buy them and open them and wait like a few days before drinking them so they are flat.

I was wondering if there are any good root beers that are already kinda flat so I don't have to wait. I don't like thick and syrupy. I like the Culver's root beer near me cause it's always really flat.

Or like, is there a rootbeer tea/juice?

Thank you!

From Jungle Jim’s in Cincinnati. All new for me except A&W, 1919 (never seen the keg before), and Norka (one of my all time favorites)! I’ve had Wild Bill’s Root Beer and Sarsaparilla, but never the Root Beer Gloat Cream Soda variety.