Sure, it's kind of an oldhead soda. In these days of Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew, drinking something like root beer is oddly old-fashioned -- only a step or two removed from those celery sodas Dr.

In terms of nostalgia, nothing beats a root beer float. But even though it's a simple concoction — just root beer and ice cream — mastering the perfect float takes some skill. The secret? Prepping ...

Skidmore professor Christopher Mann and his children, Clara and Tim, evaluate samples of root beer to rank against other makers of the popular soft drink on Friday at their home in Saratoga Springs.

Root beer and birch beer might look alike, but they're totally different when it comes to flavor, ingredients, and history. Both have been around forever and have that old-school soda vibe, but the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Everyone knows that the best root beer is perfectly sweet and spicy, ideally, as sweet as its distant cousins in the cola sector, but with a ...

Stewart's Root Beer Stand in Marion opened for its 100th season Feb. 13. The restaurant is popular for its nostalgic atmosphere, carhop service and classic menu items like root beer floats and veal ...

It was approaching 100 degrees in Hermosillo, the capital of Mexican border state Sonora, in mid-April, and it wasn’t even noon. Tucked in the sparse corridors of an open-air market called Tianguis ...