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Thursday, May 17, 2007
By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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"It's like wine," says Mr. Alpern, whose personal favorite is Abita Root Beer from Louisiana. ...
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But then he's never even tried Rollie's root beer, from Holyoke, MA.
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Village Candy, 344 Beaver St., Sewickley, will host a root beer-tasting event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Tony Knipling from Vecenie Distributing will be serving samples of 1919 Classic American Draft Root Beer made at the Schell Brewing Co. in New Ulm, Minn., and someone from Hereford & Hops in Cranberry will be serving its house draft root beer, too.
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The place was packed, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themself. There were about ten brands on the counter for tasting, as well as the open tap of 1919. The 1919 seemed off to me, it had a distinct aftertaste of toasted marshmallow, which I have previously only experienced in Wegman's root beer. I lived in Minnesota for four years and remember 1919 being better than this.
The house brew from Hereford and Hops was pretty good.
I bought a bottle of Red Ribbon for tasting some other time. It is not as sweet as many of the other root beers present, so is difficult to compare without rinsing and spitting, etc.
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