Root Beer Resources on the Web

• The History of Root Beer from Page Wise Inc.
• The History of Root Beer from the Root Beer Cellar website - also look for recipes, ratings, FAQs and other facts at this site.
• "Finally, A Beer the Whole Family Can Enjoy" - article on what flavors root beer by Lew Bryson, originally published in Malt Advocate.
• History and Recipes for Real Root Beer, with extensive information on root beer flavorings, sweeteners, and recipes from Stout Billy's Homebrew Supply.
• Root-Beer.Org - The "Yellow Froth" pages contain information on over 1000 antique and modern brands of root beer.
• Ask Dr. Root Beer - Root beer collectibles and a list of many root beer brands
• What is Root Beer? - A definition from Epicurious.com. Just where does sarsaparilla come from?
• Soda Fountain.com - Fascinating history of the American soda fountain, the alchemical birthplace of root beer.
• Ketel's Root Beer Worship Center - Advice on homebrewing root beer. Not a whole lot here, but its a great name.
• Root Beer Drive-Ins - As seen on Roadside Peek.com, a website featuring photos of great vintage neon & signs.
• Grant Street Root Beer - Sells kits for home-brewed root beer, website includes an interesting discussion of sassafras health risks.

Other Taste Tests and Ratings

• Interesting Ideas: The Root Beer Report - A group taste-test which in part inspired our Root Beer Showdown.
• Anthony's Root Beer Barrel - Anthony personally reviews over 200 brands. Wow! Thats a lot of root beer drinking!
• Spike's Root Beer Reviews and Ratings - Grades and reviews root beer brands. Fun reading.
• Luke's Root Beer Pages - A family get-together spawns root beer taste tests.
• Chi-An Chien's Root Beer Reviews - Grades several dozen brands with insightful commentary and availability info.
• Aiken Drum's Root Beer Page - Root beer ratings of common brands.
• The Root Beer Authority - Reviews and a root beer philosophy to live by.
• Soda Reviews - Jordan Mendelson reviews a dozen mail-order brews.
• Jason Mortenson's Root Beer Page - A write-up of a simple root beer taste test.
• Soda Pop Review - An ambitious project to rate all types of soda, including root beer.

Root Beer in the Library

Homemade Root Beer Soda & Pop by Stephen Cresswell Storey Books There's more to this book than just recipes. You'll find interesting info about the origins of root beer and other early beverages. A full-bodied, book with depth and distinct aroma.

Root Beer Advertising & Collectibles by Tom Morrison Schiffer Publishing Lots of photos of extinct root beer advertising ephemera for the collector. Also a good reference for researching root beer brand history. You'll just have to imagine what these lost brews tasted like. A predictable price-guide kind of book, but the flavor will grow on you.

The Root Beer Book by Laura E. Quarantiello Tiare Press A wide survey of the world of root beer. However, the book suffers from poor editing and never sips much below the surface in its conclusions. Flat and watery, not much flavor.

Soda Pop! by Michael Karl Witzel & Gyvel Young-Witzel Town Square Books Many nice photos of vintage soda pop advertising in this coffee-table book. Once again the big colas overshadow root beer, but this is a good general history of soft drinks of all types. Somewhat bland, commercial, but decent tasting book.