Because there is no standard recipe for root beer, different brands can vary quite a bit, and you may find a hint of vanilla, caramel, molasses, or cinnamon along with the sassafras flavor.

Hardcore root beer fans go hard for Dad's, a root beer brand that's been around since 1937. It first made waves in Chicago and has become a staple amongst Midwest root beer drinkers. Dad's Root ...

Locally, you can find several different gourmet brands of root beer at stores like AJ's Fine Foods in La Encantada, on the northwest corner of North Campbell Avenue and East Skyline Drive, and new ...

TASTE 2 Steve Bramucci. Good root beer nose and palate and tastes like cane sugar on the finish. Kinddddda mellow overall. For the moment, I’m afraid I won’t be able to differentiate these enough.

Tim Mann compares two brands of root beer on Friday at his home in Saratoga Springs. He, his father Christopher, and his sister Clara devised a system to evaluate and rank different makers of the ...

Rick Mulcahey knows so much about root beer that he's earned the nickname 'Root Beer Rick' by the vendors and regular customers who stop into his small shop on Galena's Main Street. Get him ...