Discontinued Root Beers We'll Probably Never Drink Again

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Discontinued Root Beers We'll Probably Never Drink Again By Brian Boone Nov. 27, 2025 3:40 pm EST

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Everyone knows that the best root beer is perfectly sweet and spicy , ideally, as sweet as its distant cousins in the cola sector, but with a kick, along with a blend of flavors. (And a splash of vanilla certainly doesn't hurt.) Despite the name, root beer never actually contained alcohol , it was just reminiscent of the harder stuff due to its layered taste and the fact that it required many ingredients to be correctly brewed. Today's root beer is missing what was once a signature ingredient , sassafras, banned by the FDA in the mid-20th century for its potential carcinogenic effects.

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