When I was growing up, my grandmother would pick my brother and me up from school on Fridays and take us straight to a diner where she and my grandfather had gone on some of their first dates. Our ...

The next time you're drinking a root beer, sift through the list of ingredients on the backside of a bottle of A&W, Dad's, Barq's, Mug, IBC, or Red Arrow. You're most certain to find mentions of ...

Root beer and birch beer might look alike, but they're totally different when it comes to flavor, ingredients, and history.

It was approaching 100 degrees in Hermosillo, the capital of Mexican border state Sonora, in mid-April, and it wasn’t even noon. Tucked in the sparse corridors of an open-air market called Tianguis ...

Skidmore professor Christopher Mann and his children, Clara and Tim, evaluate samples of root beer to rank against other makers of the popular soft drink on Friday at their home in Saratoga Springs.

Welcome back to FTW’s Beverage of the Week series. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage that pairs well with sports. Yes, even cookie dough whiskey ...

It’s party time, and you know what that means! It’s time to get the drinks flowing and have some fun. If you’re looking for a delicious and easy-to-make cocktail, then look no further than this root ...

MUG Root Beer is officially joining the Zero Sugar game. With most soda brands opting to go the Zero Sugar route in comparison to introducing Diet versions, the Pepsi-owned root beer is the latest to ...