Last weekend we went to a 4th July themed party at a friends house. They are both American and they have a 4th July themed party every year. They had it slightly early this year as they will both be back in the US over the actual 4th July holiday. One of the many drinks that they had on offer was root beer. I do like root beer, and will always have some whilst we are on holiday in the US. Normally in the US I buy the A&W branded root beer, and I always buy the diet version. The root beer on offer at the party was the Mug branded root beer, they had both the normal and the diet versions on offer. I did only try the diet Mug root beer, so can only comment on ...  Read the complete review

Root beer. It’s weird, it’s not available in Britain, it’s classically American...and it’s actually quite nice. While I was in America I stumbled across this (not that it was hard to stumble across it – it’s everywhere) and thought I’d try it. What is root beer? Root beer is a traditional herby drink originally brewed from roots and flavours such as liquorice, aniseed, vanilla and sarsaparilla. It’s most popular in America but you do see variations in England such as dandelion and burdock. Who are Mug? Mug Root Beer was started in San Francisco by the Belfast Beverage Company, which soon changed its name to Mug Old Fashioned Root ...  Read the complete review