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WCDT: 2455-2459 (27-31 May, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Carl-E:
IBC, in bottles. Still sugared.
hakko504:
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--- Quote from: jwhouk on 30 May 2013, 05:38 ---You poor non-North Americans who've never had proper Root Beer.
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You might have rootbeer, but we have... uhm.
...
someone help me out.
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Spezi! Also known as Mezzo-Mix or Schwip Schwap
KOK:
--- Quote from: Jeva on 30 May 2013, 02:34 ---I've never had root beer I don't think we have it in England, or at least I've never seen it. What's it like? :?
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I tried it once, the one time I visisted the USA. The word that comes to mind describing the taste is wierd. Not actually unpleasant, but not particularly pleasant either.
Carl-E:
In all honesty, I think Ankhtahr's description is pretty close.
It's fermented sassafras root/bark. Sugar (a lot) was added to help the fermentation along. Herbal-tasting, too sweet, holds a head for a long time because it's thick. Nowadays, good ones still have sassafras extract in them, but many use artificial flavoring.
It's not minty at all, though. At least, not to my palette.
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 30 May 2013, 05:48 ---The best root beer I've had was homemade root beer in Amherst, Massachusetts. I wonder if Dora's been to ABC.
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MoM, I used to tend bar at ABC (2003-05), and the first time I tried the Uncle John's Root Beer off the tap, I didn't even know what I was tasting. A world apart from A&W and Mug, that's for sure. I used to make the occasional "Restricted Root Beer" (root beer plus root beer schnappes), and also tried to incorporate it into fancy-pants martinis with vanilla rum and blackberry liqueur. Good times.
Also, hi everyone. I'm 99% lurker until now. I posted under this name back before the Dora/Marten breakup, if that gives a sense of my absence since then. I had to re-register the name. Anyway, looking forward to posting a bit in the future. I sense an implosion of the status quo between now and Thanksgiving...
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