Ingredients may include allspice, birch bark, coriander, juniper, ginger, wintergreen, hops, burdock root, dandelion root, spikenard, pipsissewa, guaiacum, yellow dock, honey, clover, cinnamon, prickly ash bark, quillaia, and yucca. Due to the wide variety of ingredients possible the flavor of root beer is widely variable between brands. This is especially true of local brands.
Root beer is very similar in taste to sarsaparilla, which may also be called root beer.
In Britain, there are several different root beers, which rose to prominence with the temperance movement in the 20th century. These include sarsaparilla, dandelion and burdock, and ginger beer. They were strongly flavored drinks that people could use as an alternative to alcoholic beverages, and there tended to be a strong local preference for one of these. Well into the 1960s, these outsold cola drinks.
American Traditional Style Root Beer is difficult to find in the UK for some reason. Last I knew, Tesco's still sold it.
Have a Happy :-)
2007-02-14 23:58:41
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answered by Captain Jack ® 7
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Most of those available right now are made of mostly sugar and artificial flavorings. No kidding!!!
2007-02-14 23:54:43
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answered by Mhik_V 3
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I love rootbeer! It tastes a bit like the mouthwash at the dentists.
I cant get good rootbeer in the UK since MacDonald's stopped selling it, please send me some
2007-02-14 23:52:11
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answered by penny century 5
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yes...i want root beer float..
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answered by ? 4
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uhm root BEER!!
2007-02-14 23:49:02
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answered by Paintballer 3
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If you like a medicine taste....
2007-02-14 23:53:44
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answered by elgil 7
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sugar
2007-02-14 23:52:43
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answered by marajader2d2 3
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your taste buds
2007-02-15 03:35:44
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answered by DFatOne 4
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hmhmh i wonder that too
2007-02-15 00:09:49
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answered by Anonymous
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THE FLAVOR,
2007-02-18 07:57:42
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answered by ? 4
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