/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>4004382
either is fine with me. I think I might have a slight preference for AW. It seems a bit smoother I guess.

>>4004387
Not included, this is between the two big guns.

>>4004387
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>>4004387
I agree with this co/ck/sucker here.
Ibc root beer is the only root beer

I use coke. You should try it.

get on my level plebs

No preference honestly.

>rootbeer from a can

I don't care if its just mental, I taste a difference. Glass bottles errday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb5UBbw-dF4

Virgil's (I think that's the name of it, but really any microbrewed) > Frostie > Barqs > AW > IBC > Mug

They're so damn sugary though I can't hardly drink them. But, yeah, Barqs definitely over AW.

I only drink high quality rootbeer brewed in my city less than two miles up the road. I ride my bicycle there and buy it directly from the manufacturer. I haven't had Barq's or A&W in many years, in fact I didn't even know they were still being sold. Of course I wouldn't know, I haven't stepped foot inside of a corner store or a mainstream grocery store in ages.

Between the two, Barks. The stuff has more of a bite. A&W is too creamy and soft for my taste.

>>4004501
Glad to see someone else knows of Saint Arnold's Root Beer. I get that stuff at my local grocery store (I think they stock it since the brewery is in town). It is the best root beer ever.

>>4004387

This guy knows where it's at.

Fuck that other nasty shit.

>>4004501
You never go inside gas stations?

>>4004512
It really is. I was trying to be witty and sarcastic with my post, I'm not really a hipster prick. But yes, Saint Arnold RB is the shit, glad we have it here. And I buy it at HEB like the rest of us plebians.

>>4004501

...so you live off root beer?

>>4004541
My pic should say it all but oh my god. Why can't I hold all these flavors?

Why is it every root beer thread gets derailed with people posting their oh-so-special microbrews? You guys are just as bad as beerfags.

>>4004428
Fuck yes. Sprecker's is the best brand for Root Beer and Cream Soda.

Sprecher is clearly the best root beer

>>4004541
MOTHERFUCKING TIHSSSS NIGGA

>>4004611
Ever tried their cherry cola?

Also excellent

Too bad their actual beers aren't as good

>>4004619
They make actual beer too? I had no idea. I've only seen their root beer and cream soda. They used to sell it near me but the only time I've been able to get it in the last 5 years was when I happened to see some in a visit to Richmond.

I make due with Virgil's but its just not quite the same level.

barks has bite

>>4004627
Yeah, I know beer distribution laws suck so they might not sell the beer in all the same states the soda is. This is probably their best beer, and a style that not many other american breweries have mastered

>>4004606
Because obviously we like them better than other root beers. Are we here to have brain-sharts about only two varieties of root beer? Or are we here to discuss good root beer? If we only had two to choose from it would be a pointless and endless argumentative shitstorm. If we can discuss other varieties then some of us might actually learn something/share information with somebody else.

You sound like you have a case of the fat-brain. Is a gentleman's discussion on rootbeer too much for your little one track mind to handle? Do you freeze in dumb terror when you have more than two choices?

>>4004645
There were two options. Barq's or A&W. All other answers are off-topic. I mean, OP included a graphic just in case you are unable to read, and you still manage to fuck it up.

Barq's or A&W.

>>4004650
>All other answers are off-topic
Well what a boring topic, no one gives a shit about Barqs and AW

Both taste ok, neither are great, not nearly interesting enough to support a thread

>>4004650
What is the point in a discussion/argument when there are only two options? We could argue forever and neither would win. No knowledge or anything of value will be gained. Why not instead discuss what we think are the best rootbeers? If you've never heard of one somebody is talking about then you've learned something new. Maybe take a gamble and try it if you get a chance, I mean you may very well like it better than the one you usually drink. This is the whole point in communicating. We are gifted with speech not to fight but instead to learn from one another.

>>4004632
Yup, can't beat Sprecher. Their beer is damn delicious too.

>>4004673
Because that wasn't the topic.

>>4004632

Agreed, their Black Bavarian might be the best Schwarzbier made in the US.

Also, IBC > Barq's > A&W

I personally have always hated floats until I ordered a cream soda in Japan and got this with vanilla ice cream in it instead of a normal cream soda.

Makes sense it tasted good since Melon Fanta is the GOAT

Fuck every last one of you.

>>4004382

>>4004704
OP here, I agree. I was strongly in the Barq's corner until I saw A&W was on sale for $.88/2 liter. It was pretty excellent, both definitely have their merits. I think I prefer Barq's when paired with a meal, and A&W by its lonesome.

>>4004501
This x 8 (turned 90 degrees)

Except i only drink the finest of the fine

Feels like pleb city bitch pleb pleb city bitch in here

>>4004428
Sprecher's for king.

Good call, bro.

>>4004703
All of this. This is so much win

>>4004419
my nigga

>>4004541

reporting in you bitch niggas.

It is common for the uneducated masses to fall for lesser things, however there are a select few who seek enlightenment.

Are you one of those few?

Ever since I spent a few years in Maine. I have been shown the light. Also all their brews are tasty as fuck, and I hate drinking beer.

>>4004387
signed

Fuck both, fiery ginger beer is where it's at

>>4004382
holy fuck I havent had a good root beer float in a long time. Making one tomorrow. Thanks OP

I've tried many many root beers over the years... I still have yet to find anything better than IBC in glass bottles - cold, but not too cold (I used to have a friend who would keep them in his garage, resulting in the perfect temperature)

One of the best meals I ever had in my entire like was a turkey/tomato/swiss sandwich on a toasted onion bagel with steak fries, accompanied by three bottles of IBC. I still think of that sandwich whenever I have a bottle.

>>4004632
what if you put ice cream in a stout beer like Guinness would it be good?

I've only ever really seen A&W in the UK. I've seen that other one in american import shops, for like $2.50 a can.

>>4004387
ibc is part of the superior race

>>4005061
>turkey/tomato/swiss sandwich on a toasted onion bagel with steak fries
Sounds fucking great, needs bacon.

ibc is very very average

henry weinhard's root beer is much better

None because no root beer at all here.

Plebs everywhere.

>>4004428
Thirding this.

That's like asking me to choose between my left or right testicle, OP. I wanna keep'em both. Props to the IBC fans too. And nobody has mentioned Stewart's Birch Beer yet so I'll throw that out there too. It's hard to go wrong with any kind of root/birch/sarsaparilla soda... they're all so delicious and respectable in their own regard.

Water.

>>4005211
Fuck yeah, it's Sprecher or that one. Weinhard's vanilla cream soda is godly too. As is Boylan Bottling Co's creamy red birch beer, but neither of those are exactly on topic.

>>4005742
Another one that deserves a mention along with those is Wild Bill's root beer. I don't think there distribution is very wide though, mostly just in specialty shops or online so I don't think many people know about it. The strange thing is it's one of the sweetest (In a good way like cotton candy) I've tried but it actually has less calories than a coke (which is odd because root beer is usually slightly more).

>>4005742
Another one that deserves a mention along with those is Wild Bill's root beer. I don't think their distribution is very wide though, mostly just in specialty shops or online so I don't think many people know about it. The strange thing is it's one of the sweetest (In a good way like cotton candy) I've tried but it actually has less calories than a coke (which is odd because root beer is usually slightly more).

IBC