Charles Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Henry Weinhards! +1,000,000,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 "You got any good sasparilla?" "Sioux City Sasparilla?" "That's a good one." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) Henry Weinhards! I just had this root beer this past weekend. We have a new grocery store called Mariano's and they have a decent root beer selection and an option to put together your own 4 pack. I picked the following brands: Dog n Suds - I'd give it a 3 out of 5 star rating. Pretty good but not great Sioux City - turrible :Charles Barkley: I give this a 1 star Henry Weinhard's - This was very good. I'd give it a solid 4 out of 5 stars. Rouny's - have not tried this one yet. Probably tonight for dinner Also, since my last post in here I've tried the local brewery Goose Island's root beer and it's very tasty. I tried it along with Stewart's and it was much better, imo. Haven't seen Virgil's in awhile but loved that one the best a few years back. E2A: So my top 3 favorites as of this writing are: Goose Island, Virgil's and Henry Weinhard's. My next goal is to taste all 3 in the same sitting to really narrow down my favorite. Edited January 24, 2012 by Brentastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I'm a Ginger Beer fan myself. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) These guys have great root beer and ginger beer Virgils is very enjoyable. Stewarts is available locally, but I haven't had any in a while IBC is okay. Capt'n Eli's is good as well. Edited January 24, 2012 by Caveman_Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundaynfl Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I'm a Ginger Beer fan myself. Ginger Beer and Dark Rum = Yuuum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulzale Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Did some homemade RB last night with my nephew and kegged it. Looking forward to see how it turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby's Hubby Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 "You got any good sasparilla?""Sioux City Sasparilla?" "That's a good one." I love that movie! The nomenclature thread made me think of Goodman's character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zooty Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Microbrew soda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Couch Potatoe Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I must admit, Wisconsin had some pretty good root beers on tap. But for store-bought I wouldn't touch anything but Barq's. yep and I also enjoy IBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris N Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 When I lived by Milwaukee, Sprecher root beer. Sprecher out of Milwaukee . . . and it aint even close . . .IMO. sprecher is the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I wonder if anyone here from the KC area has tried Lost Trail Root Beer? They also make a Sasparilla (which is, technically, different than Root Beer) ... our family did a blind taste test between the LT RB and the LT S, and the Root Beer was a unanimous victor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulzale Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Did some homemade RB last night with my nephew and kegged it. Looking forward to see how it turns out. Pretty good, better than most store bought, but need to start experimenting with making it unique. Sprecther's has some extract, which maybe cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Pretty good, better than most store bought, but need to start experimenting with making it unique. Sprecther's has some extract, which maybe cool Sounds fun. Was the process difficult? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Couch Potatoe Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Pretty good, better than most store bought, but need to start experimenting with making it unique. Sprecther's has some extract, which maybe cool nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulzale Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 nice Extremely easy, extract, then sweetening to taste, I used white sugar, maltodextrin (from home brew), and honey. There are ways to create the "extract" from scratch, but the ingredients are harder to find. Basically you steep them and go from there. I kegged so I had to wait a few days for carbonation, if you want to bottle you'll need yeast and a priming sugar in each bottle, then follow the recipe carefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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