Root Beer

Root Beer ( Engl.: root beer ) is a popular in the United States and Canada soft drink. It is often equated with the German malt beer, differs in taste but considerably.

Usually it is carbonated. A popular dessert in the United States is the root beer float, floats in the typically vanilla ice cream in root beer.

In earlier German dubbing of American films, the term root beer is usually translated as herbal beer. In more recent productions this happens any more. Instead, the term Root Beer is taken as a proper name or as a (partial ) anglicism " root beer " or it will be replaced by non-alcoholic beer in the translation.

History and Ingredients

Root Beer was developed by Charles E. Hires and presented in 1876 at the Centennial Exhibition. He originally wanted to call the extract - containing beverage root tea as his intended clientele, however, miners in the mines of Pennsylvania were, he called it root beer. Charles Hires was a Quaker and followers of the temperance movement, which is why it should be a non-alcoholic alternative to beer. The original root beer is made from extracts of the root bark of Sassafrasbaumes. Because of the carcinogenicity of Sassafrasextrakts but is now only used artificial sassafras flavoring. It has a very peculiar, extremely sweet taste. Other formulations were made up of slightly alcoholic and especially of juniper berries, vanilla beans, hops, sarsaparilla and licorice and were characterized by a medically bittersweet taste.

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In the North American market, there are several hundred Rootbeermarken that often but have only local or regional importance as a soft drink. The flavor range is far greater than, for example, under the German beers, which is due to the processed ingredients, the brewing process and the regional preferences. Among the best known national brands include the brands A & W Root Beer, Dad 's Root Beer, Mug Root Beer and Barq 's. The latter was after a dispute with the Coca -Cola Company purchased by this 1995. In bilingual Canada Root Beer is in French as Racinette (in German, rootlets ') called, although originally another herbal drink to bear this name.