Due to its name, the frothy head when it's poured, and the flavor you can't quite put a finger on, people often wonder if root beer was ever made with alcohol.

When Root first launched, it was pitched to the spirits market as a "root beer liqueur." It ended up getting shelved with lousy flavored vodkas and other sickly-sweet stuff.

Unlike root beer’s mix of flavorings, sarsaparilla was traditionally made from just the one root, resulting in an earthier, more medicinal flavor. The two drinks blurred together over time.

Hard root beer, which tastes almost like the real thing but is 5.9 percent alcohol by volume, is a big deal in Wichita right now, Miller said. “It drinks like root beer, and you just don’t ...

Over an eight-year journey of sweat and determination, Strahan has gone from cash register clerk at a liquor store to now owning his own liquor company, Devin’s Spiked Root Beer. The root beer ...

Root beer is a soda that can taste sweet, spicy, and slightly herbaceous. Root beer does not have caffeine or alcohol, and is a popular soda drink in Utah, as well as Kentucky, Maine, and North ...

Utahns love root beer for multiple reasons. In a state that up until the last two decades had significantly strict alcohol ...