Virgil’s Root Beer

[baboon]

It’s not cheap, but damn its taste. I not a regular root beer drinker, I guess growing up when A&W Root Beer stands served it up in a frosty mugs made bringing it from a can just didn’t work for me. The first swig and I was taken back to a frosty mug. It would make a killer Root Beer Float.

They make a Cream Soda also. And again not something I have drank in years. One of the ladies I worked with at the renfest brought them in as her personal stash. I was never one to help myself to a coworkers private drinks.

This flash back of soda from the past got me thinking about Orange Crush and the other Crush flavors. Growing up we drank a lot of Canfield’s sodas. I guess that was a regional product.

When I first moved to Texas there was no Squirt soda. I liked it just to drink and especially with Gin or Vodka. My parents drove down once and half of the trunk of my dad’s Buick were this I missed from up yonder. Skirt, Rays Chili, and Bosco Chocolate Syrup. Still think about Rays Chili, online the price of a case made me adopt Hormel chili. Ray’s had a nice cap of orange grease on top.

 

[Dermako]

Neighbors brought over some of Vigil’s root beer couple months back and we made root beer floats for an after dinner dessert. You are correct. Extremely tasty and better than the A&W. You gotta give it a try.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Vigils is one of my favorites.

Bundaberg is really good too

And Sprecher has a killer cream soda

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[PinnedandRecessed]

I will only drink Diet/Zero Sugar sodas. Years past, the diet versions could be straight up nasty. Zero Sugar variants of late rival their sugar laden counterparts.
Zero Sugar A&W is regularly in our pantry. Zero Sugar Squirt is a little harder to find but is excellent. The Kroger Squirt knock off is also really good. It has a pink grapefruit tint https://www.kroger.com/p/big-k-grapefruit-citrus-zero-sugar-caffeine-free-soda-cans/0001111013384. One of my favorite root beers used to be Diet Frostie's (Splenda) out of Detroit. The last time I bought it they were skunky. Canfield's has a Chocolate Fudge soda that is pretty good when it's super cold. Tastes like carbonated Tootsie Rolls. Sprecher is a go to when we are back up North. It isn't sugar free but they have a lo-cal root beer that is pretty good. I like to buy mine from Blain's Farm and Fleet.

Sioux City had a great Diet Sarsaparilla but I haven't seen it in years.

 

[striker55]

Regional thing, I liked Pepsi living in the Northeast, moved to TX and I found Coke was prevalent. Now with the Sodastream you can buy different syrups, Pepsi is back for me. A&W was good, remember the kid size mug?

 

[kbaxter60]

Vigils is one of my favorites.

Bundaberg is really good too

And Sprecher has a killer cream soda

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Have you had the Henry Weinhard's root beer?
They also had a killer cream soda. Bought them in the PNW...

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

My favorites were Nehi Grape and Delaware Punch.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Have you had the Henry Weinhard's root beer?
They also had a killer cream soda. Bought them in the PNW...

Excellent also

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[oldag]

Frosty in a bottle, chilled until it is just starting to freeze. Nothing better when working in a 110 F shop.

 

[baboon]

Regional thing, I liked Pepsi living in the Northeast, moved to TX and I found Coke was prevalent. Now with the Sodastream you can buy different syrups, Pepsi is back for me. A&W was good, remember the kid size mug?

Pepsi was the mainstay of my family growing up. And you got a glass of it with a meal, if you hogged it down you didn’t get any more.

I start drinking Coke instead of coffee in the morning as that’s what many of the coworkers did. Coffee got cold real quick in the cutting room. Yeah we had drinks in the cutting room, and smoked too first thing in the morning. Setting up the fish case involved a cigarette also. Earning decent money I started smoking Dunhill menthols.

On trip back home my family figure out they best have Coke & Crown Royal for me to t drink as I had change. No more Pepsi or I’d leave. Then after Africa it was gin & tonic with limes.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

I grew up with R/C my dad was a fan.
Mom and dad divorced when I was 7 so pretty much the R/C went away unless we went hunting or camping. Later in life it was Dr Pepper and 7up.
Now it's 90% iced tea