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Faxon Farms Maple Root Beer
Minnesota has this thing called The Renaissance Festival, or Ren Fest for short. My family likes to attend because you can watch jousting while eating giant smoked turkey legs and do other fun activities and buy things at shops and dress up like a knight and whatnot. Last year, my sister found this being sold [...]
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Ancestry Draft Root Beer
Back in February I was in Portland doing what I do best, DERMSing. This wasn’t the first time I’ve been to Portland for such reasons. In fact I was there fall of last year, when I was doing my crazy travel schedule. I had checked near my hotel, in Tualatin, and found Ancestry brewing back [...]
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Oasis Diner Butterscotch Root Beer
When I was at Oasis Diner, and I asked for my refill, they asked if I wanted more of the regular or if I wanted to try the Butterscotch Root Beer. What? That was an option? They have two house root beers? I am not a fan of doing back to back reviews, but I [...]
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Oasis Diner Root Beer
The very next day after visiting the Mug and Bun, I was searching casually just to see if there was any other Indianapolis brews to be had because why not, I had another day. I found Oasis diner, in Plainfield, very close to the airport. The perfect place to go for lunch before I flew [...]
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Mug-n-Bun Root Beer
My crazy fall travel continued and I found myself back in Indianapolis. Less than a week after returning from the Netherlands. This was only the second week of November and I’d been there on my birthday late September. My searching this time led me to Mug-n-Bun, the oldest drive-in in Indy, supposedly. I really can’t [...]
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Brew Lab 101 Root Beer
This past fall I had a crazy travel schedule of 6 different trips in 5 weeks. It was intense and most weeks I went two different places. I was always flying out on a Sunday or even staying over the weekend. The life of DERMS amirite? So expect a few more reviews from different places. [...]
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The Franklin Fountain Root Beer
Back in October I went to Delaware, before which all I could think of when I heard of Delaware was that bit from Wayne’s World “Hi, I’m in Delaware”. After visiting, I kind of agree with them. Thankfully, I flew in and out of Philadelphia, which, unlike Delaware, has loads of things for people to [...]
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Gene’s Root Beer
Back in September, on my birthday, I was in Indianapolis DERMSing again. I was largely on my own with my own rental car so I knew exactly where I was going to properly celebrate: Gene’s Root Beer and Hot Dogs. A classic drive-in a little to the North East of Indianapolis. I’d known about this [...]
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Spinning J’s Root Beer
Back in September I was in Chicago for work. I say Chicago but really I was in Oak Brook Terrace which is a western suburb of Chicago. You’d think what’s the difference and the main difference is if you find a place like Spinning J Bakery and Soda Fountain being actually in Chicago, there’s a [...]
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Carl’s Drive In Homemade Root Beer
Last month I found myself in St. Louis, DERMSing again after a fun vacation. As it was my first time there my primary objective after work was done was finding a new root beer. Carl’s Drive-In has been in St. Louis for over 60 years, though it was in 1975 they aquired the formula for [...]
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Fuddy Duddy’s Root Beer
The final root beer from the batch trade with anthony. Fuddy Duddy’s is a confectionary in Owego, New York. It’s also a Soda Works. Should I call this Fuddy Duddy’s Confectionary Soda Works Root Beer? Seems really long. I’ll stick with just Fuddy Duddy’s. Fun fact, fuddy duddy is actually a slightly derogatory term (if [...]
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Ocean City Boardwalk Root Beer
I’ve never been to Jersey Shore. I never watched the show either. I think I know two of the characters. There was, like Snookie and The Situation? and partying and debauchery, I think? Yeah, well what does that have anything to do with this root beer? It’s made by the Jersey Shore Soda Company, which [...]
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Bubby’s Homemade Root Beer
Last month I went to New York City for the first time ever. Well technically I’ve flown into JFK Airport for stuff in Long Island but I that doesn’t really count, driving through Queens to outside the city limits, but I digress. I was there for, can you guess? Did you guess DERMS? Well you’re [...]