Not Your Father's Root Beer

[In_The_Wind]

Last edited Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:11 PM - Edit history (1)

Kovac passed down his family’s beer making tradition by working tirelessly with his son to craft the first version of “Not Your Father’s Root Beer.” At 10% ABV, the silky, smooth and satisfying finish is unmatched in flavor. It appeals to craft beer aficionados as well as those who don’t typically drink beer but crave something unique.




NOT YOUR FATHER'S ROOT BEER FLOAT
1 oz (30ml) Fireball
1 oz (30ml) Spiced Rum
Vanilla Ice Cream
Not Your Father's Root Beer
Garnish: Rumchata Whipped Cream, Chocolate Sprinkles and Cherry

SPIKED RUMCHATA WHIPPED CREAM
Heavy Whipping Cream
Rumchata

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[Aristus]

1. I'm going to try that first chance I get!...

Oh, I-T-W, you know what I like, don't you?...

[Number9Dream]

2. Had it straight... nothing added... surprisingly good

[In_The_Wind]

3. I didn't even add an ice cube. It was surprisingly good.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. So where can we get some?? n/t

[In_The_Wind]

7. Maybe this will help find some near you.

http://smalltownbrewery.com/our-beers/

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. We have found some craft sodas even in our little town

Original root beer recipes, they quite interesting, and made with real sugar, which gives them a lot of depth.

[In_The_Wind]

13. It's being stocked at walmart for the entire summer. Also Hard Ginger Ale and Hard Orange.

[dixiegrrrrl]

18. Tis on the list for the next grocery run.....

be interesting to see how it tastes.

[In_The_Wind]

19. I couldn't taste alcohol.

But I did feel a nice little buzz from only one bottle.

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. There is an "original" root beer called birch beer

soda, not alcohol, but perhaps way back then they made an alcohol variety.
Anyhow, many recipes in this country for birch beer, and for red birch beer, made out of plants, mostly, including "roots".
Several of the smaller craft soda places make it, like Jones, and Hylands. It is quite good.
We pick up different real sodas from time to time, just for the heck of it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Does it taste like regular root beer?

IE, is it sweet? I don't normally drink beer because it just tastes too bitter for me.

[In_The_Wind]

6. It doesn't taste like beer at all. It taste like the best root beer I've ever had.

I was shocked.

[sharp_stick]

8. It's OK but a little too sweet

for my liking. I also would have preferred a bit more fizz.

Not that I would turn it down.

[bigwillq]

10. It's ok, but I can only have 1. A bit sweet for my tastes.

[In_The_Wind]

14. I limit my intake to only 1.

I'd don't want to upset my diabetes too much.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. I'd Said "Never..."

But not 100% true. I tried a sip at a tasting at the liquor mart near my house. Way too sweet for me.

[mopinko]

16. me too. thought it was meh.

[we can do it]

12. Too sweet.

[Blue_In_AK]

15. This is a coincidence.

Someone at my husband's scale model club just recommended this stuff to him. They said it was really delicious.

[mackerel]

17. Is it Rootbeer is

it Root Beer?

[In_The_Wind]

21. After doing a small bit of reaseaech it appers to be Root Beer unless it's Rootbeer Beer.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Root beer is a dark sweet beverage traditionally made using the root beer tree Sassafras albidum (sassafras) or the vine Smilax ornata (sarsaparilla) as the primary flavor. Root beer may be alcoholic or non-alcoholic, and may be carbonated or non-carbonated. Most root beer has a thick foamy head when poured. Modern, commercially produced root beer is generally sweet, foamy, carbonated, and non-alcoholic, and is flavoured using artificial sassafras. It may or may not contain caffeine.

[Major Nikon]

22. Technically maybe, but not really

My dad and I used to make homemade root beer and I've made it with my kids before. The traditional alcoholic root beer, which is what we made, has an extremely low alcohol content. The reason it contains alcohol at all is because yeast is used to produce the carbonation and alcohol is a byproduct. So the alcohol content is somewhere around near beer if not less.

I've tried this one along with Coney Island Hard Root Beer. They both taste about the same, but I think Coney Island is a little better.

[mackerel]

23. I like a good non-alcoholic root beer or at least close to it. I love root beer with pizza.

[Major Nikon]

24. Most commercially available root beer has zero alcohol

It's very easy to make at home and there's lots of ways to do it. If you use yeast for carbonation it leaves a detectable spent yeast taste which I rather like, but some people don't.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

25. Never tried this brand, but Coney Island Root Beer is awful

Tastes like toothpaste.

[Major Nikon]

28. It's rated good by Beeradvocate

Not My Father's rated a little higher, although between the two I prefer the former. Neither of them would I keep in my fridge as I'm just not that big on sweet alcoholic drinks.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

29. I guess hard root beer ain't my thing

I like hard iced tea and lemonade. And I do want to try the hard ginger ale and orange, but am now afraid it will taste like this.

[Major Nikon]

30. Not mine either all that much

I'm not all that big on wine, cocktails, or beer either.

[valerief]

26. Reminds me of an old joke.

How do you make a dead baby float?






















A glass of Not Your Father's root beer and a scoop of dead baby.

[Trajan]

27. I tried it

Not the Float, but the Root Beer ... it was wonderful ... MUCH smoother than beer, but, if you dont like Root Beer, then that won't matter ...

[azurnoir]

31. I love that stuff :)

[In_The_Wind]

32. I noticed a few more alcoholic root beers at my local Market. I not in a big hurry to try 'em.

[azurnoir]

33. Coney Island is pretty good too

next time I'm going to try hard ginger ale I think

[In_The_Wind]

34. Coney Island was on the shelf. I'll give it a try. The Hard Orange looked inviting.

My sweet tooth is running on overdrive.