Dec
23
Some drinks have longer names than others. The one I am reviewing today is a mouthful: Olde Rhode Island Molasses Root Beer. I heard some positive things about this root beer on another website, so I decided to give it a try. I probably wouldn’t have tried it based on the label on the bottle …
Dec
20
A clear root beer? That is the first thing that came to mind when I saw a bottle of Vermont Sweetwater Rugged Mountain Root Beer. The root beer comes in a green colored 12 oz glass bottle. Vermont Sweetwater prides themselves on making all natural beverages. They use pure mountain water and evaporated cane juice …
Nov
24
My friends over at Old 52 General Store are having an awesome Black Friday sale with 50% selected glass bottled sodas. All of these sodas will be going for $0.99 a bottle, while supplies. These retro style sodas make a fun Christmas gift. These deals are for this Friday only. Here are the flavors on …
Nov
18
Big Lots is a great store to find some unexpected deals. My mom first discovered in her Big Lots (Port Huron, MI) some Boylan and Frostop brand glass bottled soda pop for sale. The Frostop flavors were going for $.70 a bottle and the Boylan for $.75. This is cheap for these great drinks. My …
Nov
18
There are so many root beers on the market today. Every grocery store turns out their own store brand, usually with pour results. But then you have companies like Boylan who have been working hard at turning out soda pop since 1891. Root beer has been around for quite a long time, so I imagine …
Nov
10
One of the things that I don’t like about fast foods restaurants, (which I only frequent when necessary) is that the fountain soft drinks are always the same. Most of the time I end up getting Sprite, which I am so beyond bored with. But today I discovered that Boylan Bottling Company has their own …
Oct
11
Question: Where Can I Buy Sprecher soda pop extracts or syrups (like root beer)? Answer: If you are a big fan of Sprecher Root Beer and their other flavors, you can order extracts or syrups online and make them fresh yourself. Here are a couple websites that offer them: 1. You can buy them directly …
Sep
23
Nothing hits the spot, when your thirsty like a good sarsaparilla. They aren’t as readily available as their root beer cousins. So when I find a new one that I haven’t tried before, I quickly snatch one up. Recently I was able to try one made by AJ Stephans. They make their old fashioned style …
Sep
06
Earlier this summer, I was watching an episode of Modern Marvels on the History Channel. The episode was about soda pop. In the hour long show, they interviewed someone who reviews root beers online. He had a bottle of Dang! That’s Good Butterscotch Root Beer to do a taste test with during the show. I …
Sep
02
Oh how I love root beer. There are so many great root beers on the market to choose from. I don’t think I will be ever done reviewing root beers (and that’s a good thing). Today I am going to review a root beer made by Sprecher, who is a brewery out of Glendale, Wisconsin. …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (4) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
With 200 recipes for making and using your own soda, this book is the best source I have found on making your own carbonated treats at home.