OT- Best gourmet root beer?

DuckDogDr

Wanting something besides A&W...
Dont care if I have to special order.. non-alcohol please.

SamIAm2

Dad's, if you can find it.

nolaegghead

Sorry for being rude, contains alcohol.

DoubleEgger

Virgil’s is pretty good. I don’t care for Boyton’s too much. IBC is a solid readily available choice. All of these have been purchased at the local g-store. 

cookingdude555

Henry Weinhards if you can find it.  Delicious.

saluki2007

Best I've had.

https://www.sprecherbrewery.com/sodas/root-beer/

Jcl5150

Dang! Butterscotch Root Beer is my all-time favorite.  Henry Weinhard’s is a close second.  There’s a shop near me that has over a hundred different flavors of soda, many of them root beers, and those two stood out for me from all the others I’ve tried.

cookingdude555

Jcl5150 said:

Dang! Butterscotch Root Beer is my all-time favorite.  Henry Weinhard’s is a close second.  There’s a shop near me that has over a hundred different flavors of soda, many of them root beers, and those two stood out for me from all the others I’ve tried.

I keep the Heny Weinhards stocked under my desk at work.  Special occasion root beer.

DuckDogDr

Thanks guys I'm going to try all those except for @nolaegghead suggestions ....sorry fella. A for effort

WeberWho

Dorthy Molter rootbeer here in Minnesota. She was known as, "The Rootbeer Lady". She made rootbeer out of her house in the middle of the wilderness. The only way to her house was by boat or airplane. Snowmobiles in the winter. My wifes grandpa used to bring her goods by snowmobile/boat as there were no roads. She was the last person to be allowed to live within the boundary waters. (As it was illegal but they granted her acceptance)

Kind of a cool read if anyone is interested:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Molter

Botch

WeberWho said:

Dorthy Molter rootbeer here in Minnesota. She was known as, "The Rootbeer Lady". She made rootbeer out of her house in the middle of the wilderness. The only way to her house was by boat or airplane. Snowmobiles in the winter. My wifes grandpa used to bring her goods by snowmobile/boat as there were no roads. She was the last person to be allowed to live within the boundary waters. (As it was illegal but they granted her acceptance)

Kind of a cool read if anyone is interested:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Molter

When I was stationed at Grand Forks I spent a few photo vacations in the Boundary Waters, I remember reading this story!  Thanks for the memory.  

SonVolt

Do they still make I.B.C in the brown colored beer bottles?  Always got a kick out of that as a kid. 

shtgunal3

SonVolt said:

Do they still make I.B.C in the brown colored beer bottles?  Always got a kick out of that as a kid. 

Yes they do. It’s readily available here.

abpgwolf

Nothing like making your own. Williams Brewing carries Gnome extracts, Their root beer is excellent, want to try their Spicy Ginger Beer.

DoubleEgger

Anything you try will be better than A&W. Stop by a Whole Paycheck. Places like that usually carry a good selection of stuff and you can build a six pack as well. 

jtcBoynton

Check your local beer brewer.  I have been to a number of them that make root beer.

saluki2007

My local Ace carries several different craft root beers as well. 

ColbyLang

IBC or Abita 

Dobie

IBC

bgebrent

Sweetwater.  Not sure about the root.

nolaegghead

FYI:  Safrole, found in sassafras trees used to flavor root beer is a precursor chemical stock used to manufacture MDA and MDMA.

bgebrent

I I stand by my statement.  Carey obviously is bored.