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    What is the difference between root beer and birch beer (because they sure do taste the same)?

    Question #16645. Asked by ThirstyParchedDryThr.

    Brainy Blonde

    Birch Beer: A carbonated soft drink flavored with herb extracts, traditionally
    of birch tree bark. See:
    http://www.bartleby.com/61/31/B0273150.html
    http://brewersclub.safeshopper.com/35/478.htm?231

    The names are derived from how this drinks USED to be made, flavored with the
    roots of trees. no companies really do this anymore, but you can if you really
    want to try. the way I see it is this: birch beer came from birch trees,
    sarsaparilla came from sassafras trees and root beer came from one or more of
    many different trees, most often the sassafras tree. See:
    http://www.annoyances.com/rb/faqs.html

    Root Beer information. See:
    http://www.root-beer.org/

    Root Beer
    Created in the mid-1800s by Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Hires, the original
    root beer was a (very) low-alcohol, naturally effervescent beverage made by
    fermenting a blend of sugar and yeast with various roots, herbs and barks such
    as SARSAPARILLA, SASSAFRAS, wild cherry, WINTERGREEN and GINGER. Today's
    commercial root beer is completely nonalcoholic and generally contains sugar,
    caramel coloring, a combination of artificial and natural flavorings (including
    some of those originally used) and carbonated water for sparkle.

    Birch Beer
    Dating back to the late 1800s, this American carbonated drink (usually
    nonalcoholic) is flavored with an extract from birch bark. It's sweet and
    similar in flavor to root beer.

    Sarsaparilla
    Originally derived from the dried roots of tropical smilax vines, this flavor
    is usually associated with a carbonated drink popular in the mid-1800s. Todays
    sarsaparilla products - including the no-longer-popular soft drink - use
    artificial flavorings. See:
    http://www.epicurious.com/






















    Feb 15 02, 2:40 AM

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