The Rootbeer Brothers

For the Love of Root Beer

Follow along as the Rootbeer Brothers taste and critique rootbeer from around the country and add plenty of commentary concerning the "World of Root Beer" so sit back, grab a frosty mug and pour yourself some of the smoothest blog on the net.

Since Charles Hires first started selling his bottled carbonated root beer back in 1876, life in America has tasted so much smoother. In appreciation of one of America's very own beverages, we intend to explore the tastes, history and culture of root beer. From the frosty mug to the dark long-necked bottle may you enjoy this most tasteful journey of dark brewed indulgence.

Jeff & Adam are by no means experts in the subject but rather full-fledged enthusiasts who have enjoyed passing bottles of root beer back and forth (through the mail) from all parts of the country. Although not biological siblings, the Rootbeer Brothers are bound by an equal love of this most inviting American soft drink. So pop a top and sip some of the most freshly brewed blog on the web.

Thank you for visiting and feel free to leave any suggestions, comments, or critiques of your own.

Sincerely your frosty mug friends,

The Rootbeer Brothers

Monday, November 10, 2008

A&W 2-liter Safe

If you are a root beer connoisseur and also a collector of fine things, now you can protect them in your very own A&W Root Beer safe. That's right, a safe stuffed right inside a 2-liter bottle of the standard. Don't ask me how or why I found this little gem on the web. I guess it is true you can find any thing.

The safe inside the bottle is 3 inches by 2 1/2 inches which is plenty of space to conceal your all of your little important valuables - perhaps, your custom gold bottle opener. The bottle itself is 11 1/2 inches tall. Behind the label is the secret area that will not open up accidentally because it is fitted with a special mechanism that prevents it from being opened unless you rotate the base counterclockwise and pull it apart. Nifty indeed. For more information, check out there website.

-Jeff

Thursday, November 6, 2008

A&W: Approved by the American Dental Association???

I was surfing the net the other day and noticed a particular story written for Time magazine regarding the affects of soda on tooth enamel. David Bjerklie reported on a scientific experiment by the University of Maryland Dental School in which they took tiny blocks of tooth enamel and exposed them to many different sodas. All sodas caused damage to the tooth enamel. Canned iced tea caused 30 times more damage than fresh ice tea. The worst drinks were non-colas such as Mountain Dew. There was no difference between diet and regular sodas. Only one drink caused virtually no harm to the enamel: A&W Root Beer. The researchers concluded it was due to the standard having less additives than the other sodas tested.

To read the full article click here.

-Jeff

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Root Beer Slush

Here is our latest installment of songs dedicated to "The Love of Root Beer". It is an excellent song! We hope you enjoy.

-Jeff

Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween from A&W & The Rootbeer Brothers

While walking through my favorite aisle (soft drinks) at our local grocery store I came across a display of tiny six-pack cans of A&W bearing a Halloween theme. Now that is what I call one tasty way to celebrate the Fall season.

The tiny can matched my daughter's tiny mug as if it was meant to be. So while my children and I will be enjoying our tiny cans of brew may we also extend a Happy Halloween from your friends at A&W and The Rootbeer Brothers.

-Adam

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Vance Gilbert: Root Beer for Breakfast

So often my wonderful sweetheart reminds me that my choice of breakfast is "unhealthy". You see my friends it is a typical scene that my refrigerator is packed with various brands and flavors of America's soft drink..... root beer. This may not bee true for many but for a Rootbeer Brother this is everyday life.

In the hustle and bustle of life I am typically about 5 to 10 minutes behind schedule and will often reach for a cold brew on my way out the door in the morning. This has become such a routine for me that my peers have made jokes about my choice of breakfast. However there is one amongst us that has captured my true feelings regarding this issue. The folk musician/song writer Vance Gilbert has always brought his unique style of approaching the ups & downs of life. However, one his songs in particular really capture the life and times of a root beer lover.

click on this link to hear the song "Root Beer for Breakfast" for free courtesy of Rhapsody Root Beer For Breakfast

-Adam

The Rootbeer Ranks

Since one of the main goals of The Rootbeer Brothers is to compare the many hundreds and maybe thousands of brands of root beer it is very important for us to have a ranking system. In our earlier posts we identified a standard to compare all other root beer to. Although we have differing reasons for doing so, we both agreed that A&W Root Beer would serve as the most appropriate standard. Thus, during our future taste tests of other root beer the basis of our judgements will be in comparison to A&W. This leads us to the Rootbeer Brothers ranking system.

The Rootbeer Ranks will list each root beer that we evaluate and through our posts we will discuss our impressions, which could include taste, head (foam), carbonation, after-taste, smell, packaging...etc. From our impression we will each provide a ranking which will be established based on a direct comparison between the evaluated root beer and A&W Root Beer. The rankings can range between one half of a frosty mug of root beer to 5 frosty mugs of root beer, in half increments. With this in mind A&W, being the standard, is ranked with 3 frosty mugs of root beer which will allow room for much better root beer and much worse root beer on the ranking scale.

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