[identity profile] controuble.livejournal.com 2008-05-01 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope - never touch the stuff

[identity profile] bammba-m.livejournal.com 2008-05-01 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's Mayday. This should have been Indoors or Outdoors.

pbth.

[identity profile] darknes.livejournal.com 2008-05-01 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
drinking barqs in milwaukee is tantamount to adultery.

(then again, i usually take my root beer minus the root, so whatever)

[identity profile] filkertom.livejournal.com 2008-05-01 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
A&W in a frosty mug.

[identity profile] selenesue.livejournal.com 2008-05-01 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never tried Sprecher, I take it, it's good from the responses so far. Will check BevMo, they have the extra-regional brands on a regular basis.

I'm more about the diet drinks of course, but Aspartame makes me ill so it's Splenda only. Boylan's when I can get it, Hansen's the rest of the time.

One of my Evil Minions was pining for Barq's during a long year in Qatar, I shipped him a six-pack. Yes, it was a daft gift and the shipping costs were outrageous but it made him happee.

[identity profile] tigertoy.livejournal.com 2008-05-01 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Anyone here had a chance to try Sparky's? It's a very small operation in California, so it's rather hard to get around here. It's a bit too sweet, but even so, it's REALLY good.

A few years ago, I went with a post-con crowd to the Ram brew pub in the north suburbs, and I thought the root beer they served there (Big Horn) was the best I'd ever had. I bought a case and it was equally good; I thought it was much better than Sprecher's and I do like Sprecher's. (This was a few years ago, before I'd been exposed to Sparky's or really any microbrew root beers other than Sprecher's.) But some time later, I got another case and it was... disappointing. So until I manage to figure out if they screwed up the recipe or I just somehow got a bad batch, I can no longer recommend it.

[identity profile] jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com 2008-05-01 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Barqs is not root beer. It is crap.

[identity profile] celticmom1967.livejournal.com 2008-05-01 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
My husband introduced me to Sprecher way back when HFCS was not a consideration. I now drink diet (splenda) products when I drink pop at all. Our Costco has Sprecher and has it in the mini metal kegs which makes it fun for parties.

[identity profile] bobolium.livejournal.com 2008-05-01 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I haven't tried Sprecher, or heard of it until now...

My favorite Root Beer is on tap from Tom Wahl's in a frozen mug - that's how they serve it there. The burgers aren't bad either.
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[personal profile] spiritdancer 2008-05-02 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
When you're passing thru the area, stop at Amana, and eat at the Ronnenburg - their local root beer is the best I've had :-) (I don't know, but suspect the Ox Yoke may serve the same stuff). It's brewed at Millstream Brewing Company (http://www.millstreambrewing.com/)
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[personal profile] erik 2008-05-02 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Don't get me started, you know how I get.

"neither, they're neither one of them worth emptying out the bottle to have something to pee in."