What Happened To Barq’s Bite?

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  • @Hybris51129
    @Hybris51129 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +495

    If there is one thing I love about Barq's is that even if at a restaurant or movie theater the other sodas are horribly watered down Barq's is strong enough to retain most of its flavor even when purposefully cut.

    • @UBuyTYFlys
      @UBuyTYFlys 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      They don’t water it down lmao they just don’t serve it the suggested way setting it up

    • @thehardnesschannel1605
      @thehardnesschannel1605 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Those Columbians are always cutting the product

    • @nothanksguy
      @nothanksguy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

      You're just saying watered down in a different way. The 'set up' youre referring to is the ratio of syrup to water& carbonation. Restaurants can, and do, vary the ratio to be 'stronger' or 'weaker'​@@UBuyTYFlys

    • @elementneon
      @elementneon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      @@UBuyTYFlys ya, that's watering it down, in soda fountains. They often do it to save money on the syrup but using lower than recommended ratios.

    • @xR0N1Nx
      @xR0N1Nx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What do you mean barqs has bite?

  • @fredtaylor9792
    @fredtaylor9792 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +406

    Dad was a police officer. In the 80s into the 90s, he would bring me(6-13yo) to this old gun range in Houston called "the Marksman" to teach his handgun classes. I'd grab a Barqs and a moonpie, sit in the lobby and watch the TV, usually a Stephen J Cannell production like Fall Guy or A team. Good times. Dad passed away in 2020. Miss you dad.

    • @jasonsanders8797
      @jasonsanders8797 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      My grandad was a cop who worked in the Hoston areas. He worked in Channelview in the 80's and was working in a small community just outside of Pearland when he passed.
      Edit: nothing to do with rootbeer, of course, just reminded me of him.

    • @fredtaylor9792
      @fredtaylor9792 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @jasonsanders8797 Small world. We lived in Channelview in the 80s, a small suburb called Sterling Green. My father was a constable. If your granddad was a constable, my dad knew him. If he wasn't, there's still a good chance. My dad tended to know EVERYONE because he was an instructor and constables coordinate with multiple departments because of the civil work they do. I know Pearland very well, we later moved to clear lake for 15 years, just across I45 from Pearland.

    • @jasonsanders8797
      @jasonsanders8797 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@fredtaylor9792 Never actually got familiar with the area. We were there from late 87 through mid 90, but I was young, and we lived in one of the few secludes spots. A 10 acre plot directly on the channel, across from the San Jacinto monument. I do remember it was Market st, across from the truck stop and fireworks warehouse. Went to Crenshaw elementary and De Zavala. If we're close to the same age, we might have known some of the some kids.

    • @kyos2000
      @kyos2000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Your childhood sounds similar to mine. Good times.

    • @bobbarker2726
      @bobbarker2726 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      so sick of this comment section vomit

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +486

    Root Beer floats used to be my big birthday treat as a kid... loved it more than the cake, by far.

    • @nitronick
      @nitronick 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Love me a good root beer float

    • @quanbrooklynkid7776
      @quanbrooklynkid7776 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      root beer taste funny

    • @DawaSupplyCo
      @DawaSupplyCo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Youve changed…

    • @jasonshere
      @jasonshere 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I wonder if Root Beer cake is a thing; they should make a Root Beer Ice-cream cake; that'd probably taste awesome.

    • @colewhite4184
      @colewhite4184 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      They don’t hit the same way they used to..

  • @ayligerwolf
    @ayligerwolf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +176

    I grew up in the 'Barq's has bite" era. Its what I always think of when I see their cans, ' It has bite!" Similar to how I remember Klondike and the, " What would you do for a Klondike bar?!" ads..

    • @xR0N1Nx
      @xR0N1Nx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Johnny!?

    • @drvelocci
      @drvelocci 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      What would you do ou ouuu for a Klondike bar

    • @zedchillman2685
      @zedchillman2685 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@xR0N1Nx Whudda you mean barqs has bite?

    • @ChrisinOSMS
      @ChrisinOSMS 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      “Barq’s got sparks!” Is what remember from the 70’s-80’s.

    • @jacobishii6121
      @jacobishii6121 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The one with bite......that's what it was

  • @ridureyu
    @ridureyu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +409

    DID YOU KNOW: Root beer is so distinctly American that most of the world… hates it? Sees it as weird foreign stuff? “It tastes like medicine. This is disgusting” is a common sentiment.
    Anyway, Barq’s is awesome and still pretty ubiquitous. I just had some yesterday.

    • @wizziboo
      @wizziboo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      I feel the same way I hate it but I am first gen with foreign parents. Not something I grew up on

    • @jango7889
      @jango7889 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      I'm sure they'd like it if they tried it a bit more

    • @Greyalien587
      @Greyalien587 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      @@jango7889as a European , damn right. I always look for root beer now 🇺🇸 🦅 🗽

    • @jamescarter3196
      @jamescarter3196 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Really, "most of the world"? I don't believe you've asked most of the world. Where exactly are you actually talking about? What countries were the people from that you've asked about this?

    • @cjxgraphics
      @cjxgraphics 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      Even more specific, growing up we had Zataran's root beer mix. Think kool-aid, but root beer flavored. It was something completely normal to parts of Louisiana.
      It had never even occurred to me that it was anything unusual until I made a glass for someone and she freaked out about it. It was root beer, but not even carbonated.

  • @karenroot450
    @karenroot450 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

    Well yeah for Root Beer!! When we were kids mom and dad always made Hires root beer in a huge crock and we’d have to stay out of it until it was ready- something about the fermentation and bubbles! Then we were always told we (our ) family had invented root beer due to our last name. We happily told all the other kids at school that story.! Alas not true! But there was a delivery truck that tipped over around the corner from our house. It was a Mug root beer truck. The driver told us we could take what we wanted but be careful of the broken glass. We ran back home and got ou red wagon and filled it up. Went back for more too. Somehow dad came and we put wooden cases in the Travel All, and brought em home. That was amazing as we had a huge dirt sided basement to store them in. We had Root Beer for weeks. It was great!!

    • @ingridfong-daley5899
      @ingridfong-daley5899 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I love this! Thanks for sharing it :)

    • @thoyo
      @thoyo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That’s a fun story 😅 lucky break with the truck

    • @tahoemike5828
      @tahoemike5828 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The best part here is that you had a Travelall ! My family had one, in International Harvester Yellow. I have so many memories of that beast!

    • @karenroot450
      @karenroot450 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tahoemike5828 hey. We always went on rock hounding expeditions. We had one of those huge canvas Army Tents. Great fun. That vehicle had a Panoramic View!🤗

  • @jons.6216
    @jons.6216 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +192

    I love them all! Always have! Mug, A & W, Barqs, Hires, Dad's, Shasta....the list goes on!

    • @spencers4121
      @spencers4121 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Huge root beer fan, only "soda" I drink. That said never liked Barq's.

    • @Morgil27
      @Morgil27 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Have you tried Sprecher's Root Beer?

    • @peggywoods4327
      @peggywoods4327 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mug had the best radio commercials!

    • @DarkElfDiva
      @DarkElfDiva 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      A&W is the best root beer...but ONLY at an A&W Restaurant. Otherwise, Dad's is the best.

    • @johntolof
      @johntolof 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Dont forget IBC in those glass bottles!

  • @deanstanley2125
    @deanstanley2125 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Interesting, I grew up in New Orleans and I always thought of barqs as our own but I learned that it has roots in Mississippi as well. Abita is also another good Louisiana based root beer.

    • @DonaldWyman
      @DonaldWyman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I love abita rootbeer(some of their regular beer is good too)

    • @anonymousf454
      @anonymousf454 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Elmers cheetos are my favorite and Hubigs pies.....probably spelled wrong...lol

    • @KettleDrum519
      @KettleDrum519 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@anonymousf454 Now that's what I'm talkin about

    • @mattw7557
      @mattw7557 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Abita has real cane sugar not corn syrup

    • @CaptainCupLite
      @CaptainCupLite 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      A Barq's with a roast beef poboy is like the quintessential NOLA lunch combo

  • @SirAsdf
    @SirAsdf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +659

    Shout out to kid me who thought Root Beer was just Beer without the Alcohol, like how Diet Coke is Coke without the Calories.

    • @augustuswayne9676
      @augustuswayne9676 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      Yeah I would even get it in the brown glass bottles and pretend it was beer . 🤣🤣

    • @karenroot450
      @karenroot450 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      I think all the kids pretended it was beer in that bottle! Great stuff🤗!

    • @Thoroughly_Wet
      @Thoroughly_Wet 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Barques is still the best root beer.

    • @3DJapan
      @3DJapan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Technically beer doesn't even have to have alcohol, or have the same ingredients, like ginger beer.

    • @3DJapan
      @3DJapan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      One thing I notice about Barq's is that it stays fizzy for ages. I've left one open when I went to the store. When I came back it was just as good.

  • @GCJACK83
    @GCJACK83 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    Barq's, Mug, and A&W are the three big root beer brands. Fun fact, there's actually quite a few varieties of root beers, including sarsparilla, root beer, and white birch beer.

    • @MrLogan2600
      @MrLogan2600 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      IBC was also up there

    • @pallokko
      @pallokko 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I remember Snapple root beer. Polar also has a good clear birch beer.

    • @cosyninja1
      @cosyninja1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hires

    • @Odood19
      @Odood19 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You can find jones soda in a surprising amount of places

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep, there's a lot, there's only a handful of national brands in the kind of typical soda price bracket. But, you've also got ones like Thomas Kemper that are glass bottled for a bit more.

  • @musicaccount-v2d
    @musicaccount-v2d 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +376

    Quark : I want you to try something for me. Take a sip of this.
    Elim Garak : What is it?
    Quark : A human drink. It's called root beer.
    Elim Garak : [unwilling] Uh, I don't know...
    Quark : Come on, aren't you just a little bit curious?
    [Garak sighs, takes a sip and gags]
    Quark : What do you think?
    Elim Garak : It's *vile*!
    Quark : I know. It's so bubbly, and cloying, and *happy*.
    Elim Garak : Just like the Federation.
    Quark : But you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to *like* it.
    Elim Garak : It's insidious!
    Quark : *Just* like the Federation

    • @deadhomer8468
      @deadhomer8468 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      🖖

    • @ShadowsWrath4
      @ShadowsWrath4 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      _"THEY IRRADIATED THEIR OWN PLANET....?"_

    • @Techguyericd
      @Techguyericd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      That was one of my favorite exchanges between Quark and Garak, it's almost as good as Worf's love of Prune Juice

    • @jamescarter3196
      @jamescarter3196 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      DS9 is free over the antenna for those who get H&I network, 10pm six nights a week. At 8 they start TOS and go through one episode each of the original five shows, with Enterprise starting at midnight. It's hard to tear myself away from the TV if I turn on any of them. They work great one at a time like this, it makes them all more interesting.

    • @Heike--
      @Heike-- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      One of my favorite scenes in all of DS9 besides "It's a *faaaaake* ! One of the few times we get to see two aliens talk to each other, and one of the few times we get to see what the Federation looks like from the outside.

  • @AustinBeal1
    @AustinBeal1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    There’s a restaurant in downtown San Antonio, TX called Shilo’s that makes their own root beer and serves it in frosted mugs. I highly recommend it 👍🏻

  • @joewilson5452
    @joewilson5452 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +416

    As far as I know, it's the only root beer that contains caffeine

    • @brj_han
      @brj_han 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      The diet version has no caffeine....

    • @danarose2677
      @danarose2677 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Mug used to have caffeine. Not sure if it still does.

    • @Caddynars
      @Caddynars 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@danarose2677It doesn’t anymore. Hasn’t had caffeine for a long time.

    • @miggyloz806
      @miggyloz806 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      @@danarose2677 It does not. but i do remember when they did!

    • @ajfurnari2448
      @ajfurnari2448 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Only the regular canned/bottled versions (outside of SLC). The fountain drinks may contain caffeine; regular like at Chick Fil A does, while out of Coke Freestyle machine does not

  • @WadeLife
    @WadeLife 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Every time I think of rootbeer, I think of a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Great upload

  • @mannyja
    @mannyja 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    When I was a kid, whenever we visited our grandparents in Mississippi, I would get a can of Barq's and pork rinds from this little convenience store up the road from their house. It was a good time and a better snack.

    • @jamescarter3196
      @jamescarter3196 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Oh man that sounds good, I need some pork rinds and root beer.

    • @colewhite4184
      @colewhite4184 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      My grandpa always had Barq’s or Mug in his refrigerator so whenever I would visit it was like a little ritual of getting rootbeer and sitting on the couch with him

    • @thedude7726
      @thedude7726 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      North West pa kid here and I grew up on homemade root beer and pork rinds.

  • @skyttyl
    @skyttyl 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    For me, barqs was the first root beer i ever tried, and to this day, it's my favorite one. It's kind of sentimental too, because my dad introduced me to it. We went to the local gas station- we went there to rent movies, pick up small things, etc. It was an old country convenience store, where the owner was just a local guy running a business. Anyway, he talked me into trying a can of it, and it was one of those moments i remembered fondly; sitting in the car with my dad, drinking this root beer. Written out, it seems like so little, but it was memorable to me at least.

    • @bonniemoerdyk9809
      @bonniemoerdyk9809 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I miss the old country convenience type store that had an old wooden porch and a regular house door with a thin wood screen door that creaked when you opened it. Remember the rusty metal coil thingy than would pull the screen door back closed? The sound it would make. We'd go inside and get a root-beer in a glass bottle and a bit of candy! I miss those days! (50's-60's). They were probably new stores around 1900-1920ish!

    • @jliefer2484
      @jliefer2484 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same, i remember my stepdad always drinking it, i asked him what it was and we went to the gas station and i ended up getting it. it's one of my favorite sodas

  • @aniE1869
    @aniE1869 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Barqs was my favorite root beer for a long time. But the high fructose corn syrup in it tastes funny to me now. Vergil's root beer use to be really good. But they kept changing the recipe and now it just tastes like carbonated liquefied bubble gum.🤢

    • @mkv2718
      @mkv2718 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      pretty sure you can get Dad’s with real sugar only.

    • @EdirtySicks
      @EdirtySicks 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It’s not the sugar used, it’s the soap used as a foaming agent these days. It’s called quillaja extract.

    • @RunicSigils
      @RunicSigils 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That just reminds me of Dr. Pepper.
      I like the taste, but it is so syrupy and thick, I can't take the sugar. I feel like I might as well be just drinking some pancake syrup. I don't want to do that, either.
      As for something that has come to taste more and more like bubble gum - Crush pineapple.

    • @kentjenkins734
      @kentjenkins734 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I didn't know Vergil's changed its recipe. A long time ago I didn't really like it very much. I tried it again a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I thought my palate matured, but maybe they reformulated it less sophisticated tastes.

  • @patricklanigan
    @patricklanigan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Do a "What ever happened to?" on Wink. It was a Canada Dry brand back in the day that contained real grapefruit juice, tiny traces of pulp and all! I used to guzzle that stuff by the 750 ml glass bottle back in the day.

    • @HawkBreland
      @HawkBreland 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      no shit? huh. sounds neat.

    • @nevergiveup9321
      @nevergiveup9321 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes,that was gooood!

    • @RunicSigils
      @RunicSigils 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I've never heard of that before, but I want some now.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So, sort of like fresca with actual pulp?

  • @Your_Landlord
    @Your_Landlord 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Nothing like an ice-cold Bangs Root Beer first thing in the morning.

    • @DanielPearson1
      @DanielPearson1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I prefer oliet bang's, but to each their own!

    • @KissyKaede
      @KissyKaede 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@DanielPearson1 Oliet don't do they Bang's right, has a weird aftertaste.

    • @wayne6777
      @wayne6777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No wonder America is so obese 😃

  • @giraffesinc.2193
    @giraffesinc.2193 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    After a LOOONG couple of weeks, it is nice to zone out to our OG Narrator's voice!!!

  • @sadie9728
    @sadie9728 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    "Everybody knows Barq's has bite!"
    "Johnny?"
    "Everybody knows Barq's has bite!"
    "Johnny?"
    "Everybody knows Barq's has bite!"
    "Johnny!"

    • @litigioussociety4249
      @litigioussociety4249 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He says "Whaddya mean Barq's has bite?"

  • @Stormcastlecomics
    @Stormcastlecomics 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I can still remember the Barq's radio jingle from the 90's about Barq's has bite. Good slogans and marketing wins the long term.

  • @dandifiore5571
    @dandifiore5571 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +83

    This makes me so happy to see a video on root beer because I made multiple requests for it. I could cry right now.

    • @AdamBechtol
      @AdamBechtol 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      :)

    • @Heike--
      @Heike-- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      We're all glad you can stop whining about it now.

    • @grizz9150
      @grizz9150 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Heike-- found the guy that no one invites to parties

    • @elementneon
      @elementneon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@grizz9150 I dunno, this seems like the kind of channel where we should be nicer in the comments section.

    • @Grewyn7
      @Grewyn7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Heike--
      Obvious jealousy is a stinky cologne.

  • @Pallethands
    @Pallethands 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    8:31 to get to the point of the title

    • @jonnyperez2807
      @jonnyperez2807 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      and it didn't even get there! The bite is caffeine... it still has caffeine. Stupid AI videos.

  • @NASCARFAN93100
    @NASCARFAN93100 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Please do The History of A&W Root Beer & Mug Root Beer

    • @mkv2718
      @mkv2718 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      mug is gross

    • @xQuandaleDinglex
      @xQuandaleDinglex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@mkv2718nah, it's the BEST.

    • @saucytony4609
      @saucytony4609 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mkv2718it goes hires barqs and then a&w

  • @toddabbott781
    @toddabbott781 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I find it interesting that VERY few people know the New Coke from the 80s and Diet Coke (also based on New Coke) is Tab. When the company wanted to move away from sugar to corn syrup to save money they also wanted to change the taste a bit because sales were down. Tab with aspartame or corn syrup instead of Saccharin was testing well so they tried it. New Coke was a failure and they switched back to the old recipe but with corn syrup instead of sugar, but Diet Coke was a huge success and is still using the Tab formula. Saccharin has a nasty aftertaste and lack of the Coke branding and marketing held the drink back for years. Coke Zero is "classic" Coke with aspartame and sucks. I actually liked New Coke and love Diet Coke.

    • @princessmarlena1359
      @princessmarlena1359 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree with you. Coke Zero is foul. 🤮

    • @johngalt97
      @johngalt97 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So, it was all a scheme to take the original coke away from us. I knew it!
      They took the original coke away, and introduced New Coke which is Tab with corn syrup.
      Then they lied, and said they brought back original Coke, when it was really original coke with corn syrup instead of sugar.
      Bastards!

    • @jamestarbet9608
      @jamestarbet9608 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I dislike Diet Coke, probably in no small part to it being the only soda my mom bought for the house. I don't have any major issues with other Diet Colas. I especially preferred the Diet Pepsi without the Aspartame; it was generally less likely to upset my stomach.
      Coke Zero is far from perfect, but it is multitudes better than Diet Coke.

  • @jrussellcase
    @jrussellcase 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    "I bought a pack of Camels, a burrito and a Barq's"....
    I was always more of an IBC root beer guy. But I haven't seen IBC in years. Not sure they even still make it.

    • @alexallen126
      @alexallen126 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      It’s very common here in Texas. IBC is our second best selling Rootbeer behind Barq’s, at least in my area.

    • @firetoacat
      @firetoacat 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I see it all over here in Arizona.

    • @tylerwisner8682
      @tylerwisner8682 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I've only been able to get IBC from an almost entirely local to NY Chain Restaurant by the name of Tully's Good Times, Gotta say it's not bad but Stewart's imo is the best, and IBC and Barq's are tied at 2nd place for me.

    • @12012channel
      @12012channel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Where are you located? I am in the L.A. area and most stores have it.

    • @jrussellcase
      @jrussellcase 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@12012channel I'm in Texas, outside of Dallas.
      I did some research today...because it beats workin' 🤣- apparently the original IBC company is out of business, and the "remnants" were sold to Dr. Pepper. I saw modern IBC labels, the red white and blue ones, on the bottles. The IBC I grew up on was in plain brown monogrammed bottles, like Coors Beer.
      I'll try it, if I can find it.
      The thing I remember about the old IBC was that if you guzzled it, it tasted very bitter.

  • @nonsuch
    @nonsuch 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Root Beer floats are delicious. I just fill a large glass or cup 3/4 of the way with vanilla ice cream, fill the rest with root beer, stir, and drink. One can of Root Beer will usually be a perfect amount filling the voids between the ice cream scoops and rest of the cup. Try it.

  • @jahearme4259
    @jahearme4259 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Won a radio contest when i was a kid for barqs root beer in a k-mart parking lot for barking got a cool am fm radio shaped like a can of root beer and a poster with half naked ladies on it.

    • @mercster
      @mercster 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hell yeah.

    • @Artress357
      @Artress357 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nice!

  • @_daldoly_
    @_daldoly_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    9:23 the way you timed "root beer can't compete" with the music was hilarious and amazing 😂😂😂

  • @mikenixon2401
    @mikenixon2401 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I miss Barq's as I cannot drink soft drinks any more for health purpose. Even Dr. Pepper told me "no." That's just not right. Well, somethings of good memories.

    • @Anotherhumanexisting
      @Anotherhumanexisting 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      If it’s cuz of the sugar, try Oli Pops instead! Their formula has a bunch of botanicals for gut health and no added sugar. But I actually really like their root beer and other flavors.

    • @nevergiveup9321
      @nevergiveup9321 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I cant either but if i occassionaly drink a small half glass 4 a treat..no1 will kno😂

  • @billyyank2198
    @billyyank2198 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    A mathematician walks into a bar and says "I'll have 1.41421356 beers please." The bartender sighs. "Next time, just say you want a root beer."

  • @jackgilchrist
    @jackgilchrist 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Interesting, I'd never even heard of Barq's until some time in the '90s with their "Barq's has bite" commercials. I thought it was a new brand. I guess it had been a regional brand until fairly recently Here in the PNW where I grew up in the '70s and '80s, it was mainly A&W, Hires and Mug. Barq's didn't exist on our store shelves.
    Of course all big brand soda pop in America sucks now since they switched to HFCS instead of cane sugar. I've drank an occasional bottle of Mexican coke and had an occasional root beer float, but mostly I haven't drank pop since the '80s.

  • @silversonic1
    @silversonic1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love root beer. Lots of people do. The fact is nobody is trying to market it aside from A&W, and even THEY don't do it well.
    And while I do enjoy Barq's, I personally love Dad's far more. The big issue is I can only find it as a drink mix powder. So I dissolved some into a makeshift syrup (leaving it to dissolve for a day before use to prevent sudden decarbonation when mixing) and use my SodaStream to handle the rest. It's not perfect. But since it's literally the only way I can have Dad's Root Beer in my area, it works.

  • @WastedTalent-
    @WastedTalent- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    I'll drink Barq's if it's the only one there, but it's A&W for me. But beating those out are the craft root beers I find in NY deli's.

    • @jamescarter3196
      @jamescarter3196 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don't know where this guy got his thing about 'Barq's is America's most iconic root beer'-- like, huh? For one thing, 'no', and for another, wtf does 'most iconic' mean anyway aside from 'best known'? People gotta stop acting like that's some kind of argument-winner at random, it's bizarre.

    • @nimravus01
      @nimravus01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@jamescarter3196 yeah, I was thinking that too. I've always thought of A&W as the most well known. I like Barq's and I distinctly remember those commercials. But, I just don't think it's the most "iconic".

    • @stevewashere4122
      @stevewashere4122 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Barq's is overrated. Now their red creme soda . . . WOW! Dad's was my favorite childhood root beer. A & W is my favorite now. Mug is 2nd.

    • @maladjustedmusician
      @maladjustedmusician 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think A&W and Mug might as well just call themselves vanilla soda - it’s all I can taste any time I drink them 😭

    • @Skuggihestur
      @Skuggihestur 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I introduced my sister to boylan. No more aw and barq for her 😂

  • @iillogicc
    @iillogicc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The best narrator on TH-cam! The OG voice. ❤

  • @ebogar42
    @ebogar42 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    Barqs is the best root beer out there. There are some more expensive brands just as good, but I don't like paying $5.99 for a 6 pack.

    • @vids595
      @vids595 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like the more complex flavor of VIrgil's.

  • @paulwoida8249
    @paulwoida8249 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine had where Quark and Garak shared some root beer. Their comments about it are hilarious. The scene is on TH-cam.

    • @MK-of7qw
      @MK-of7qw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's vile.... it bubbly and happy. and if you drink enough of it, you begin to like it. Insidious.

  • @calebm9000
    @calebm9000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Barq’s is my favorite root beer, A&W is my favorite cream soda.

    • @SuperDavidEF
      @SuperDavidEF 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same. To me, the "bite" in Barq's was in the flavor itself, not the presence of caffeine. Other root beers are a lot sweeter and less interesting to me. A&W root beer is perhaps the worst I've ever had. It tastes like smoke. But their cream soda is definitely the best.

  • @JoeinSeattle.
    @JoeinSeattle. 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This dude has the best voice over voice I’ve ever heard !

  • @the_real_MarcGyver
    @the_real_MarcGyver 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Barqs still has bite!
    Best tasting mainstream root beer by far ❤

    • @karenroot450
      @karenroot450 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree it’s the best! A&W is too vanilla and too sweet. But I’ll drink it for a root beer float.

    • @nilawarriorprincess
      @nilawarriorprincess 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I was really disappointed I'm my new case. specially searched: "Did Barq's change the recipe?" I don't feel the hard tingle from over carbonation that only Barq's had. I hesitate to write this, but it's almost as flat as A & W. Am I crazy or did they used to print "Barq's has bite" on the label. They don't even have any ribbon text anymore.

    • @the_real_MarcGyver
      @the_real_MarcGyver 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nilawarriorprincess never had this happen to me..sounds like you got a bad case

  • @shirleyannconfer9651
    @shirleyannconfer9651 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Diet Barq’s is the ONLY diet root beer that makes a decent float. I love the diet in cans. It’s got all the bite without the caffeine.
    I discovered the caffeine on an occasion when I was trying to avoid caffeine for a good night’s sleep. The first swallow had me zipping around like a race car!
    I prefer Barq’s to any of the other root beers I have tried. I grew up with Hires in central Pennsylvania, but the second I tasted Barq’s I was hooked.

  • @goodguy1384
    @goodguy1384 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Bring back Hires Root Beer.

    • @QueenOfTheNorth65
      @QueenOfTheNorth65 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yes!

    • @eileenkean9787
      @eileenkean9787 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Hires was sadly discontinued because it was bought out by the company that also owns A&W. 😢

    • @charlesjwin
      @charlesjwin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hires is only made by a few independent Dr. Pepper bottlers because A&W shrewdly paid Dr. Pepper, Hires' parent, to distribute A&W's wintergreen-type root beer firstly.

    • @JohEl777
      @JohEl777 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eileenkean9787 That company that own Hires and A&W can still bring back Hires Root Beer.

    • @cosyninja1
      @cosyninja1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hires was the best. I miss it.

  • @Missle1001
    @Missle1001 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I was born and raised in the small town of Lodi, California, birthplace of A&W back in 1919. There’s a plaque near the Lodi Arch that says that spot was where the first A&W was sold, I’ve had an A&W right on that spot where it all first started. With a good root beer, you’ll be glad you’re stuck in Lodi!

  • @DarkeningDemise
    @DarkeningDemise 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    Scared me with that title. Thought they got rid of Barq's.

    • @Morgil27
      @Morgil27 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I thought so, too. I started thinking, trying to remember the last time I had one. Usually I drink just whatever brand is available.

    • @DJeimaXe
      @DJeimaXe 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *SAME HERE!!!!!*

    • @sighsquinn9473
      @sighsquinn9473 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In my neck of Canada, its hard to find unfortunately. Only one grocery store sells it in bulk, only in 12 can packs. Can't find 2 liter bottles anymore.

    • @SavedByZero
      @SavedByZero 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@sighsquinn9473 It appeared again for a while earlier this summer but I'm unable to find it again. Which store have you found is carrying it?

    • @sighsquinn9473
      @sighsquinn9473 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SavedByZero Atlantic SuperStore carries it in my area as 12 can packs. Not sure if other loblaws brands carry it. I know the gas stations carry the 591ml bottles, but I’m not paying 4$ for one of those.

  • @TheFancyKyle
    @TheFancyKyle 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Here we have a Barq's Cream Soda Slurpee and it's the best, I always have lived and died by Barqs.

  • @bigeazymc
    @bigeazymc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    Beh-lux-ee is the pronunciation of Biloxi .

    • @stevenshea990
      @stevenshea990 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Also no one pronounces New Orleans "New Orleeens" aside from sports announcers. It's "Nieu Orlins" or "Nieu Orlee-ins"

    • @SynthiaVan
      @SynthiaVan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you're not from these places, nobody cares how the locals slur their city names.

    • @ingridfong-daley5899
      @ingridfong-daley5899 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I've heard "Biloxi" pronounced this goofy way on other videos too... they're saying it like the fish "Lox"😆

    • @litigioussociety4249
      @litigioussociety4249 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@ingridfong-daley5899 It's a regional thing. The Northern half of the country tends to say New Or-leens. I know, because I grew up in Illinois, and that's how the Midwest all pronounces it. Most of the South says something like New Or-lins or one word, N'Orleans. I've only heard the R completely dropped in Louisiana and bayou country, where some do actually say it like Naw-lins.

    • @ingridfong-daley5899
      @ingridfong-daley5899 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@litigioussociety4249 I don't think I commented on New Orleans? (I'm from New Orleans so i left that one alone.) My comment was about Biloxi--which i've heard mangled on a few channels (Scary Mysteries/Every Town Has a Dark Side most recently). Wikipedia has pronunciations if people aren't sure, and locals always have a 'pet' way of referring to their city/hometown.

  • @lmarchand8526
    @lmarchand8526 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. I had a Barqs and a Hire's maybe 5 years ago... just wimpy sweetness with root beer-ish taste. So many foods now being made sweeter or saltier, while cutting down on any unique attribute that may include hints of sourness (eg. sour cream, pink and red grapefruit instead of white, oranges, etc), or of pungency or bitterness (eg. broccoli, green cabbage, root beer, ginger snaps...), or of sharpness (eg. North American "swiss" or "Parmesan" cheese, root beer, "spicy" baked goods) Corn and tomatoes that taste more like candy than vegs. It's "the great dumbing down of flavour".

  • @tomsenior7405
    @tomsenior7405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I have no idea what is Root Beer, having only heard of it by name in North American films and TV Shows. (Mostly Westerns)
    My favourite drink is the good old-fashioned Dandelion and Burdock. D&B has been brewed in the British Isles since the Middle Ages and is made from the fermentation of the roots of the Dandelion Plant and the Burdock plant (The clue is in the name). As a child, I often wondered if Root Beer would be of a similar taste? Whatever the case, it would take a great deal of flavour to surpass Dandelion & Burdock. Not even that unpleasantly sweet American Coke is up to the task. You can keep your Cocas and your Pepsis, I am sticking with Barr's' until I can have a snifter of Root Beer. Who knows, I may be in for a pleasant surprise.

    • @rickjames7615
      @rickjames7615 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Disgusting. Have had that it tastes terrible. Dandelion and Burdock is a drink only a person with no taste enjoys.

    • @DonVhanDude
      @DonVhanDude 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i mean, if you got sarsaparilla around, thats like the OG version of root beer

    • @tomsenior7405
      @tomsenior7405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rickjames7615 All you need to do now is drink some Root Beer and give your comparison of the two.

    • @tomsenior7405
      @tomsenior7405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DonVhanDude Thank you for that. Very kind. I have seen sarsaparilla in a few shops, but noting it's lethally high sugar content, I have never given it a go. I will look for a tin of the drink next time. Maybe I can find a sugar-free option. Cheers.

    • @Crazyguy_123MC
      @Crazyguy_123MC 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It’s got a wintergreen and vanilla sort of taste.

  • @whateverman4945
    @whateverman4945 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "drink barq's, it's good" is solid and i respect that

  • @Whitesmoke8080
    @Whitesmoke8080 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I currently live in Biloxi and I can assure its still a big part of life here.

    • @crazydrummer181
      @crazydrummer181 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glass bottles ftw

    • @006ahenry
      @006ahenry 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@crazydrummer181I've lived in Biloxi for the last 30yrs. If its not in glass bottle, its not a real Barqs. Can is ok, but plastic bottles are nasty...

    • @crazydrummer181
      @crazydrummer181 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@006ahenry can’t beat it with a poboy

    • @elementneon
      @elementneon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *makes mental note of places worth moving to*

    • @VitaKet
      @VitaKet 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cause aint nothing else there I have to assume.

  • @quincee3376
    @quincee3376 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still love A&W root beer the most . I do like Barq's too. A little caffeine in something other than a cola is nice. I still prefer A&W but i do dig Barq's from time to time. Stewart's is a good one too.

  • @mRibbons
    @mRibbons 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Barqs tastes uniquely fruity, which is refreshing, but I avoid caffeine. A&W is peak with it's woody vanilla notes. Beats most "artisan" root beers imo.

  • @timcooper1321
    @timcooper1321 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I grew uo drinking Barq's Root beer and Cream soda, the original plant was around the corner from my Grand parent's home in Biloxi. I still grab one when I have a chance.

  • @nickscanlon3339
    @nickscanlon3339 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The original Barq building featured at 3:25 is still standing, although displaced several blocks from its original location, in Biloxi. It’s rather dilapidated but, after a quick look a few weeks ago, it appears there’s a slow rehabilitation effort happening. The larger Barq warehouse building in downtown Biloxi has mostly been renovated and repurposed for shops and apartments.

    • @reapersritehand
      @reapersritehand 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol I was more disturbed by how he said biloxi

  • @yevaud6
    @yevaud6 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Have you done OK Soda? I couldn't find it in your library. It might be a good "rise and fall" video.

  • @Sjkaiser85
    @Sjkaiser85 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The first time my nephew ever had rootbeer was when he was around 8-ish and, he said, "i can't have that." My mom and i asked him why. He said, "im not allowed to drink beer." Omfg, my mom and i died. 😂

  • @RhythmGrizz
    @RhythmGrizz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey, I left a comment on a previous video requesting an episode on root beer/sassafras/sarsparilla! Thanks so much!

  • @CelticVizard
    @CelticVizard 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Virgil's Root Beer is my favorite.

  • @tehee-
    @tehee- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I haven’t had Barq’s in a few years, but it’s consistently been good in glass bottles. It loses something in translation when it’s put in 2-liter bottles. It’s alright in cans.
    Though this is true regarding the MS and LA Barq’s companies. The bottle with the pinkish red blocks on the label was the Louisiana Barq’s and the blue was Biloxi. People in Louisiana always wanted the New Orleans-made ones. Until the 80s, it was in reusable bottles. My dad said he knew someone who had found a dead mouse in an old bottle of Barq’s. Sounds like urban legends to me.

  • @Rubberneck1965
    @Rubberneck1965 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    HIRES, the original, was and is the BEST. I haven't had it in a long time, since it was bought and buried by competitors. Why they did that, I'll never understand. I'm told it's still sold in some small midwest areas. I hope I get to have it again someday, since I still remember it being my favorite.

    • @cosyninja1
      @cosyninja1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed

    • @elementneon
      @elementneon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      As a Californian I feel I am missing out on some old Americana. I think it would be nice to take time off and just drive around the midwest exploring that type of living for a while.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They still make the syrup, if you want it, you can always buy the syrup and mix your own the way they used to at those soda shops.

  • @nobody93372
    @nobody93372 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have always loved root beer and Barq's is my fav. Most root beers are smooth but this one has something extra. Now that you have your Barq's but now you have to add in a strawberry pop and bam...you got something special.

  • @brett9382
    @brett9382 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I still don't understand why rootbeer isn't more popular. Rootbeer and creme soda are way better than coke, mountain dew, Pepsi, etc.

    • @dannabass
      @dannabass 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The government outlawed the saprole which was one of the main ingredients which lack has destroyed the character of rootbeer

  • @Wolfcreed117
    @Wolfcreed117 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm quite the root beer connoisseur myself.❤🍻
    Barq's
    A&W
    Mug
    Hank's
    Faygo
    Frosty's
    Even some home brewed root beer from my home state West Virginia. You name it I love it.

    • @vids595
      @vids595 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those are all cheap mainstream brands. Not connoisseur level.

    • @Wolfcreed117
      @Wolfcreed117 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@vids595 okay, so what would you consider connoisseur level?🤔

  • @nigelmorroll3343
    @nigelmorroll3343 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I know some people don't like root beer , which is fine as that leaves more the rest of us to enjoy.

  • @adamjenks9613
    @adamjenks9613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I absolutely love Root Beer. My favorites are small craft varieties. Cheers! 🍻

  • @Puppetgirl93
    @Puppetgirl93 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I love Barq’s root beer!

  • @TheFlock83
    @TheFlock83 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hearing this man say “sassafras” is not something I knew I needed

  • @nightshade9184
    @nightshade9184 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    I love Barq's! But , A&W will always be my favorite

    • @Grymgar
      @Grymgar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Barq's is better in the bottle or can but A&W is better when you get it from the restaurant.

    • @Livnglrg
      @Livnglrg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Grymgardo they still have the bear tap in the restaurant? I haven’t seen one in years all of our restaurants are A&Ws/KFC with a small menu.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Livnglrg If you can find a restaurant yes. The last time I was in one of their locations they had a completely separate tap for the rootbeer from the regular soda fountain with the typical drinks. And, it definitely is better out of that tap, however, the chain has been continuing to shrink. Which is a shame, because the last time I ate there the burgers were way above average for a chain. Apparently even converting them into KFC/A&W combinations hasn't helped much.

  • @RAnthis
    @RAnthis 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For me, what I love about Barq's over others is that it isn't so vanilla forward. So many root beers are at heavy on the vanilla it might as well be cream soda. Barq's is spicier, gives a better pleasurable throat burn, and of course, has that caffeine kick.

  • @stormtrooper74
    @stormtrooper74 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I feel like it’s changed its recipe recently. It used to be more crisp, and almost a little spicy.

    • @Grayald
      @Grayald 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, just like everything else, slowly becoming less and less recognizable. Eventually everything's going to taste the same.

    • @redkellbell6169
      @redkellbell6169 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thought I was drinking a sugary coca cola when I last had a can. Been years since I had one before that. I was shocked. Went back to drinking local, dad's, and henry weinhards.

  • @D_M_T_Experience
    @D_M_T_Experience 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm not sure why, but I love these videos.

  • @mistervacation23
    @mistervacation23 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    10 Minutes of my life, I'll never get back.

    • @elchomper.1063
      @elchomper.1063 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Your the idiot that watched.
      Better waste your time then you waste someone else's you fuc.kin mo.ron

  • @ernestcruz6316
    @ernestcruz6316 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Root beer lover since the '60s. Hires, Barq's and A&W for me, in that order. I can't get Hires anywhere, so I usually get Barq's. In fact, I haven't seen Hires in a store since the late '90s. Maybe it's just a geographical thing (I live in RI). There was one called Rob's which was only available in New England, but I haven't seen that one since the 1970s. My root beer of choice is Barq's Zero Sugar. I almost always have some in my fridge.

  • @elementneon
    @elementneon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I do not know who decided Root Beer wasn't allowed to have caffeine, but I can tell you I definitely do (and did) care. I remember way back as early as middle school deciding that Barq's was my favorite root beer BECAUSE it was the one that had caffeine. That said, I still love the A&W root beer taste, but if I am going to drink a soda I prefer it have caffeine.
    Also I did not know the difference between using sasafras and sasparella, the 2 names in my mind were always stored interchangeably since I knew they shared similar spaces and had similar sounding names, so I never really differentiated. Learn something new every day.

    • @mrbyamile6973
      @mrbyamile6973 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I always thought Sarsaparilla was the drink made out of Sassafras...

  • @xenos_n.
    @xenos_n. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That marketing campaign got me to become a fan. It's still my favorite root beer. I remember an an advertising tie-in with the show Third Rock From The Sun where they gave you 3D polarized glasses for the season finale.

  • @karistacripe4109
    @karistacripe4109 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    For me it's A&W, then Barqs. I only drink Mug if I have no choice

    • @BillyBob-im7og
      @BillyBob-im7og 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Is mug the one with the dog on it? If so I would rather stay thirsty then drink it

    • @thedogefather
      @thedogefather 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BillyBob-im7og Yeah Mug has teh dog and tastes like a dog brewed it.
      A&W has way too much vanilla and tastes like a cream soda.
      Barq's has always been the best non craft root beer in my opinion.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thedogefather I dunno about that. Barq's has basically no flavor compared with any of the options. And if you think A&W tastes like cream soda, try drinking cream soda. They taste almost completely different.

    • @thedogefather
      @thedogefather 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SmallSpoonBrigade because of course a person consciously choosing to make the comparison and post it online wouldn’t have ever tried cream soda 😂
      Everyone’s palette is different and your opinion is as valid as mine is this entirely subjective discussion.

  • @peab9179
    @peab9179 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1:50 lmao I subscribed as soon as I heard that distinct pronunciation

  • @Roy_1
    @Roy_1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I didn't realize it had caffeine in it, it's decent.

    • @brj_han
      @brj_han 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The diet version is caffeine free....

  • @kerjectroter3761
    @kerjectroter3761 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Barqs still have the bite, was my ace up until 2004. The year that A&W won me over, in Root Beer terms after 25 years as my ace root beer brand. Before that was Hires my parents were a big fan of that brand, when it became extinct they were saddened.
    For me Root Beer was the ace of the soft drinks, brings back a lot of memories up until 2020. I was 44, after 39 years it was down to 3rd place that's when regular cola and it's cherry variant respectively took over mostly coke and pepsi. I'm not sure if it's me or something else that changed my taste of preference, whatever it was as a 48 year old me Barqs, A&W or any root beer brand is always hold a special place in my heart, despite the change of taste preference in the soft drink brand.

  • @gamemasteranthony2756
    @gamemasteranthony2756 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    "Find a regional variant near you."
    (looks at the World's Largest Candy Store near where I live in Minnesota) Just one?

  • @vhsmemories504
    @vhsmemories504 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bars is my favorite root beer but man is it hard to find here in lower michgan. Not every gas station have it and my local big box store usually only has 2 liters of it for sale.

  • @Rickt2445
    @Rickt2445 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Personally don't like root beer unless it's a small brand more expensive version in a glass bottle. But regardless the history is still fascinating.

    • @SmallSpoonBrigade
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If you've got the money, the smaller brands that use glass bottles are often times a lot better.

  • @Morgil27
    @Morgil27 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I still swear the best root bear is my home state's specialty, Sprechers. Actually, can you do a video on them? It does seem like they've been doing a lot of growth over the last couple of years, introducing new flavors and showing up in more stores. Also, they were awarded by the New York Times the title of #1 best tasting root beer in America.

  • @Lawrence_Talbot
    @Lawrence_Talbot 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I still drink Barq’s. I love their root beer zero

  • @craigrobbins2463
    @craigrobbins2463 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you get a chance, do a root beer(and barqs) flight where you try 5 or more in a row. Their variations are amazing.

  • @hackermangage1703
    @hackermangage1703 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I have a tattoo of the Bargs logo right above the Baja Blast logo. My 2 favorite drinks

    • @thekingofshlock
      @thekingofshlock 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      CM Punk did it first 🤣

  • @jasonleadbetter2597
    @jasonleadbetter2597 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A video on those little, half sized, soda cans, that were Nintendo themed,, would be a drink I'd be interested in knowing more about. Mario, Luigi , Yoshi, and Princess Toadstool each had their own unique fruity flavor. I believe it was the late 80s or early 90s. I do know they weren't around too long, unfortunately.

  • @christianheichel
    @christianheichel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    History of sarsaparilla

  • @runabout76
    @runabout76 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm a huge Root Beer fan. Hires was my favourite. Seems to have disappeared in the last few years. Mug is a reasonable replacement.

  • @RobbZipp
    @RobbZipp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Barq’s “bite” is caffeine. It’s the only root beer that has it, that I’m aware of.

    • @daakrolb
      @daakrolb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for telling us that.

    • @RobbZipp
      @RobbZipp 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@daakrolb yeah. I can’t drink caffeinated beverages at all.

  • @crazieanimefan1
    @crazieanimefan1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Actually drinking a Barq's right now. My area only has the root beer and the red cream soda. It's a shame, I wouldn't mind trying the other flavors.

  • @grungelyzard8789
    @grungelyzard8789 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    What about Birch Beer?

    • @TheGoodMMADog
      @TheGoodMMADog 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This

    • @stuartaaron613
      @stuartaaron613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It was through birch beer that I started to drink root beer. It was back in the early/mid 1970's (I don't remember exactly when) when on a school trip to the Old Bethpage Village Restoration on Long Island that I encountered birch beer. I was very thirsty (it was a very warm spring day) and the old-fashioned country store didn't sell cola, but they did sell birch beer. They said it was like root beer, so I gave it a try. I found that I liked it, and so afterwards I started drinking root beer.

  • @aasifazimabadi786
    @aasifazimabadi786 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As a Muslim (we are not allowed to drink alcohol), I am so happy that root beer exists. I like it, although I generally drink Mug root beer. I’ll check out Barq’s though (when it’s on sale).

    • @pXnTilde
      @pXnTilde 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      why is root beer more of an alcohol stand-in than any other soda?

    • @aasifazimabadi786
      @aasifazimabadi786 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pXnTilde Well, it has the name "beer" in it.

    • @pXnTilde
      @pXnTilde 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aasifazimabadi786 wait till you hear about ginger beer

    • @aasifazimabadi786
      @aasifazimabadi786 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pXnTilde Well, Dexter, Boy Genius did not drink ginger beer in "Dexter's Laboratory" (1996) on Cartoon Network. He drank root beer. Even if I discovered ginger beer, credit to you, it won't have the nostalgia factor that root beer does in my memories.

  • @kyledodson2992
    @kyledodson2992 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Help Doc, I’ve got TB”
    “Here ya are son, a root beer”

  • @SF-zc3mm
    @SF-zc3mm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What about Mug?

  • @sailorjupoak
    @sailorjupoak 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Due to the caffeine, it was the one root beer my mom never let us have growing up. She didn't want us up all night.

  • @James_Ford4815
    @James_Ford4815 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love me some Bang's

  • @Jeremyb2023
    @Jeremyb2023 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Barq's was always my favorite brand of root beer. I don't know if it was a subconscious thing induced by the marketing campaign, but Barq's always seemed like it had a bit sharper of a taste and more of a burning sensation as it went down as compared to Mug and A&W which had a smoother flavor with less "burn." Unfortunately, Root Beer is hard to find where I live... and the only kind available is mug. Anyways, I still enjoy it when I can find it!

    • @TelvanniSpaceWizard
      @TelvanniSpaceWizard 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't think it's the marketing! I was born after the marketing campaign, and as far as I know I never saw the "Barq's has bite" motto. But it has always been one of my favorite root beers, and when I thought about why, I decided it had a "bite," for exactly the sharp/burning sensation you describe. I was shocked when I discovered that "bite" was actually used in its marketing!

  • @EvanYoungMusic
    @EvanYoungMusic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    OMG!!! I FORGOT ABOUT BARQ’S!!!!