Talk:Root beer

How about what it tastes like?

This is an incredibly inaccessible article, biased toward American readers. It doesn't describe what the beverage tastes like which should be an important part of any article about a beverage.

--Badharlick 01:06, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not so easy to describe to someone who hasn't tried it. I see someone has added the claim that non-Americans think it tastes like "toothpaste". I don't recall hearing that one, but I've heard "medicine" a lot. The right answer is "ambrosia", but again, that won't help much if you haven't tried root beer. --Trovatore 06:04, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is one distinctive smell that helps me identify root beer as root beer. the root beer article lists a lot of herbs, but i can't believe that all those herbs are responsible for the special taste of root beer - can someone say which ingredients make up most of the root beer taste?

Thanks, --Abdull 16:22, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Only my opinion but it has to be the anise that lies at the base of the taste with other flavourings adding various tones to it. Dainamo 28 June 2005 23:19 (UTC)

Since the "root" in root beer refers to sassafras root, that's where most of the distinctive taste & smell comes from. But, as real sassafras root can't be used (at least in the US) the flavour is often artificial or made by other means. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind July 2, 2005 12:55 (UTC)

Grocery stores, specialty shops? Where to purchase?

Where can this root beer be purchased? I live in Walnut Creek, CA 94595.

I love the taste it takes me back 70 years when my Dad made root beer for us. I would love to know where I might purchase it.

Thanks

Marie

You should be able to find basic versions in with the soft drinks in any super market/grocery store, but if you want something more traditional, try health food or organic stores. I also found a recipe here though I'm not sure how good it is. Indium 02:02, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sarsaparilla

There should be a separate page detailing the drink sarsaparilla. As of now, links only point to the plant's page. I want to know what the difference is between "Root Beer" and "Sarsaparilla," especially since one company (Sioux City) makes both. Thanks, Ethan

Dandelion and Burdock

How similar is root beer to Dandelion and Burdock?

BTW, I remember hearing that US medicine makers made their medicines taste of root beer; since UK medicines have the same flavour, UK people (where root beer was- and still is- pretty unknown) later complained that root beer "tasted of medicine". Don't know how much truth there is in that... has to be said that Dandelion and Burdock has a strange medicinal flavour too, though.

Fourohfour 14:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that root beer tastes like medicine more than other soft drinks. That sounds a bit to me like an excuse that people would use to justify a cultural bias to themselves. --JGGardiner 22:25, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I've heard that as well from many friends in the UK. It's obviously a piece of wildly anecdotal evidence, but is interesting nonetheless.--PaddyM 01:54, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

image

Nothing personal, but I notice this article doesn't have a picture of root beer yet. Is root beer copyright-protected, and would I get into any trouble just taking a picture of some? I think this article would look a lot better with a picture. (Not only that, but I need a picture for a home-made userbox on my user page.) Jonathan ^talk File:Canada flag 300.png 00:31, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Go ahead and upload an image that you take. When you upload it, you will probably want to select license: GFDL (self made). The only problem you would have if you upload someone else's image that is copyrighted or whose copyright status is unknown. But feel free to upload your image. --rogerd 03:24, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How about what it tastes like?

Grocery stores, specialty shops? Where to purchase?

Sarsaparilla

Dandelion and Burdock

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