Root Beer Float Blind Tasting (Soda Tasting #209)

The ice cream soda – that is, the mixing of ice cream with carbonated water – is said to have been invented by Robert M. Green of Philadelphia in 1874. The most popular version may be the root beer float, featuring root beer and vanilla ice cream. The first person known to have made it was Frank Wisner, who owned a soda shop in Colorado. He named it Black Cow Mountain, after the Cow Mountain, and it was later shortened to Black Cow.

Thank you to crosenblum (Craig) for the request and for supporting the show.

What is your preferred root beer for root beer floats? Please let me know in the comments.

Here is a run down of the sodas featured in this blind tasting:

A&W Root Beer (see my review)
Company: Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Calories (per 12 oz.): 170
Caffeine (per 12 oz): Free
Sweetener: HFCS

Hank’s Gourmet Philadelphia Recipe Root Beer (see my review)
Company: Hank’s Gourmet Beverages
Calories (per 12 oz.): 180
Caffeine (per 12 oz): Free
Sweetener: Cane Sugar

Henry Weinhard’s Root Beer
Company: SABMiller
Calories (per 12 oz.): 170
Caffeine (per 12 oz): Free
Sweetener: HFCS

IBC Root Beer (see my review)
Company: Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Calories (per 12 oz.): 160
Caffeine (per 12 oz): Free
Sweetener: HFCS

Jones Root Beer (see my review)
Company: Jones Soda Company
Calories (per 12 oz.): 180
Caffeine (per 12 oz): Free
Sweetener: Inverted Cane Sugar

Stewart’s Root Beer (see my review)
Company: Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Calories (per 12 oz.): 160
Caffeine (per 12 oz): Free
Sweetener: HFCS

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