2006-10-02 05:32:09 · 5 answers · asked by PourMeAnother 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Probably because root beer is still a fermented beverage. :)
Whereas normal soft drinks are carbonated beverages...
2006-10-02 05:35:31 · answer #1 · answered by Icewind 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Root beer was created in the mid-1800s by Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Hires. The original root beer was a low-alcohol, naturally effervescent beverage made by fermenting a blend of sugar and yeast with various roots, herbs and barks.
Today's commercial root beer is completely non-alcoholic and generally contains sugar, caramel coloring, a combination of artificial and natural flavorings, including some of those originally used, and carbonated water for sparkle.
What makes root beer frothy?
Although sassafras roots and bark may contain natural foaming agents, additional foaming agents such as yucca or quillaja extracts, are often added to increase root beer's froth, head or foaminess.
2006-10-03 15:32:16 · answer #2 · answered by Pepsi seeker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real rootbeer is made with yeast, not carbonated water. The bubbles continue to be generated by the breakdown of the sugar.
See rootbeer recipe below.
2006-10-02 13:02:11 · answer #3 · answered by Tricia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Petrochemicals?
I always thought it had someting to do with the fact that real root beer is someting that is brewed with natural ingrediants (roots among other things), much like real beer, at least historically it was, while Sprite and it's ilk are just flavoured fizzy water. Modern root beer is probably not much more that flavoured fizzy water with another additive to recreate the historical head, to meet consumers expectation. Have you ever had real root beer? Yummy!
2006-10-02 12:34:46 · answer #4 · answered by Irina C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way it's made I guess.
2006-10-02 12:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by Pauly W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋