Ithink virtually everyone can agree that root beer is a very specific and acquired taste. Admittedly, I never acquired it. Imagine my surprise to learn that my family actually has a generations-old recipe for homemade root beer. They used to drink it all the time. Wait! What? Really?

THE HISTORY OF ROOT BEER

Where in the heck did root beer come from anyway? And, more importantly, why is it called 'beer'?

Let me get this straight? Before root beer was consumed as a soda, it was an herbal remedy? No wonder I don't like it. That's like shotgunning Robitussin.

But, I'll admit it, there are tons of folks- many of which are limbs on my family tree- who love it.

HOW TO MAKE ROOT BEER AT HOME

My great grandfather apparently had a very popular recipe for root beer. My mom recalls him making i

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