The Root Beer Book: A Celebration of America's Best-Loved Soft Drink [Paperback]

Laura E. Quarantiello (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0936653787 | ISBN-13: 978-0936653785 | Publication Date: August 1997

If you love root beer you'll order his book immediately! If you simply like root beer, it begs you to buy it. If you haven't tasted root beer in years then don't order it - yet! Have a glass of root beer first. Or a can, or a mug. Then we'll talk.

Here's the story of the little soft drink that could, including the origins of root beer, the ingredients, doing your own taste tests, brewing your own, root beer brands, collecting root beer memorabilia, and a whole bunch of recipes for and including root beer. There's even a list of root beer web sites! The Root Beer Book nothing short of foamy fun!

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Tiare Pubns (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936653787
• ISBN-13: 978-0936653785
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #595,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars good for history, not nearly as good for making the stuff, April 30, 2002

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A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Root Beer Book: A Celebration of America's Best-Loved Soft Drink (Paperback)

I had wanted this book for quite a while, finally got it and was dismayed to see how little actual brewing information I got. The first half of the book seems to consist primarily of a history of Root Beer followed by 15-16 pages of recipes (short, limited in detail)many of which are only vaguely related to the subject. The book also has lists of books, supply outlets and internet sources (this may be the best part of the book)and a few other soft drink subjects. If you really want to make your own root beer or soda pop I'd say buy Stephen Cresswell's Homemade root beer and soad pop instead, I liked it much better.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good summary book for root beer collectibles, February 27, 1999

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[e-mail] (san francisco bay area, california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Root Beer Book: A Celebration of America's Best-Loved Soft Drink (Paperback)

this is a good book for the beginner and experienced collector of root beer collectibles, as well as for those who just love root beer or other sodas and other soft drinks.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for the root beer lover in all of us., September 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Root Beer Book: A Celebration of America's Best-Loved Soft Drink (Paperback)

As a gift for yourself or someone else, this book is sure to put a smile on the reader's face. With information on all kinds of techniques of root beer making and listings of a vast assortment of root beers, you can't go wrong buying this book.