Sonic's Offering *FREE* Root Beer Floats

#261624

By Cider Jim - June 4th, 2009, 2:06 pm

- June 4th, 2009, 2:06 pm #261624

ATrain wrote:All GMTM was trying to do was take a shot at the board's official short guy.

Better aim low!

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#261625

By rueful - June 4th, 2009, 2:22 pm

- June 4th, 2009, 2:22 pm #261625

Cider Jim wrote:
ALUmnus wrote:Cider, you need to try a two-liter of the Food Lion version.
I may buy some today! Does it come in cans? There's nothing worse than flat root beer.

Did any of you ever live where they have drive-in restaurants where the featured item is root beer? Both A&W and Stewarts have these in West Virginia, in Parkersburg and Huntington.

There are A&W's all over the country, several by where I live on the Illinois-Wisconsin border. Nothing better than their root beer floats and cheese curds

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#261626

By BJWilliams - June 4th, 2009, 2:26 pm

- June 4th, 2009, 2:26 pm #261626

I never much cared for root beer...I found that it tasted a little funny for my liking. I found that Coke makes for a REALLY good ice cream float though.

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#261639

By blwall1416 - June 4th, 2009, 4:22 pm

- June 4th, 2009, 4:22 pm #261639

Root beer is teh suck.

#261661

By El Scorcho - June 4th, 2009, 7:00 pm

- June 4th, 2009, 7:00 pm #261661

I find the flavor of root beer to vary so much that it's hard for me to say I don't like it across the board.

I love Jones Soda Co.'s root beer. I do not care for Barq's. I like Mug okay and could probably same the same for A&W.

I once got some at a place at the Outer Banks called The Weeping Radish. They make their own. They should stop making their own.

#261680

By Cider Jim - June 4th, 2009, 8:23 pm

- June 4th, 2009, 8:23 pm #261680

Agreed, El Scorcho, Barq's is my least favorite brand of root beer.

"If Cider hit the books any harder, they'd press charges"--Lefty
"When you’re right you’re right"--Purple
"I shall not participate in many discussions..."

--Fumble (1961-2009), RIP

#261699

By Sly Fox - June 4th, 2009, 9:32 pm

- June 4th, 2009, 9:32 pm #261699

Barq's has caffeine ... hence their marketing of it having"sparks".

I'm not a huge root beer guy but I like one every now and then. I agree with Frostie being one of my personal faves. I can handle IBC on occassion. My favorite is a house brew at a burger joint in Houston called Prince's. They serve them in frosted mugs and they are awesome. My boy & I can each go through 3-4 mugs before we talke a bite of our burgers.

And for the record, I love RB Floats. Absolutely love them. Wish I had time to sneak over to one of the zillion Sonics around me tonight but the one I passed earlier already had a line waiting for the giveaways to begin.

#261709

By rueful - June 4th, 2009, 10:12 pm

- June 4th, 2009, 10:12 pm #261709

I thought it was just for last night though?

Anyone ever been to culvers? They have pretty good rootbeer for a chain of food resturaunts

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#261710

By ToTheLeft - June 4th, 2009, 10:14 pm

- June 4th, 2009, 10:14 pm #261710

rueful wrote:I thought it was just for last night though?

Anyone ever been to culvers? They have pretty good rootbeer for a chain of food resturaunts

Culver's is amazing. Butter Burgers are legit, the custard is awesome, the cheese curds... yeah. It's good stuff.

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#261762

By Cider Jim - June 5th, 2009, 6:43 am

- June 5th, 2009, 6:43 am #261762

Doesn't Cracker Barrel serve their root beer in a frosted mug, too? I think they probably serve Stewart's.

"If Cider hit the books any harder, they'd press charges"--Lefty
"When you’re right you’re right"--Purple
"I shall not participate in many discussions..."

--Fumble (1961-2009), RIP

#261822

By BJWilliams - June 5th, 2009, 1:28 pm

- June 5th, 2009, 1:28 pm #261822

BJWilliams wrote:I never much cared for root beer...I found that it tasted a little funny for my liking. I found that Coke makes for a REALLY good ice cream float though.

^^^THAT was my 5000th post on this here message board!!!

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#261824

By blwall1416 - June 5th, 2009, 1:43 pm

- June 5th, 2009, 1:43 pm #261824

Soda in general is teh suck..............except for the Mt. Dew Throwback & the Pepsi Throwback. If I had to drink a soda, it would be one of those two.

#261826

By Kolzilla41 - June 5th, 2009, 1:47 pm

- June 5th, 2009, 1:47 pm #261826

blwall1416 wrote:Soda in general is teh suck..............except for the Mt. Dew Throwback & the Pepsi Throwback. If I had to drink a soda, it would be one of those two.

What is this throw back you speak of?

#261828

By blwall1416 - June 5th, 2009, 1:52 pm

- June 5th, 2009, 1:52 pm #261828

flamerbob wrote:What is this throw back you speak of?

Its only available during this summer. They use real sugar instead of the high fructose corn syrup crap. Tastes much better.

http://www.bevreview.com/2009/02/09/pep ... throwback/

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#261836

By rueful - June 5th, 2009, 2:38 pm

- June 5th, 2009, 2:38 pm #261836

Coke trumps all.

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#261847

By Cider Jim - June 5th, 2009, 3:04 pm

- June 5th, 2009, 3:04 pm #261847

BJWilliams wrote:^^^THAT was my 5000th post on this here message board!!!

You should have a root beer float to celebrate!

"If Cider hit the books any harder, they'd press charges"--Lefty
"When you’re right you’re right"--Purple
"I shall not participate in many discussions..."

--Fumble (1961-2009), RIP

#261904

By flamesbball84 - June 5th, 2009, 9:52 pm

- June 5th, 2009, 9:52 pm #261904

rueful wrote:Coke trumps all.

More like Dr. Pepper. I can't stand coke

#261914

By ATrain - June 6th, 2009, 8:16 am

- June 6th, 2009, 8:16 am #261914

My journey through the soda world started with Dr. Pepper being my top, then that got replaced by Pepsi, replaced by Coke, and then Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, and now I drink it so rarely I'm not sure I really have a favorite anymore.

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#261937

By flamesbball84 - June 6th, 2009, 3:24 pm

- June 6th, 2009, 3:24 pm #261937

ATrain wrote:Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, and now I drink it so rarely becuase its awful.

#261938

By RubberMallet - June 6th, 2009, 3:27 pm

- June 6th, 2009, 3:27 pm #261938

blwall1416 wrote:Soda in general is teh suck..............except for the Mt. Dew Throwback & the Pepsi Throwback. If I had to drink a soda, it would be one of those two.

that crap was hideous....

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#261943

By ATrain - June 6th, 2009, 4:09 pm

- June 6th, 2009, 4:09 pm #261943

flamesbball84 wrote:
ATrain wrote:Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, and now I drink it so rarely becuase its awful.

Bite they tongue...Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper was amazing. However, in general, I rarely drink soda. Lots of calories, lots of sugar, lots of high fructose corn syrup, no health benefits other than caffeine, and my stomach is starting to disagree with carbonation.

4:28:2009-RIP Jeff Taylor

PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right

#261944

By ATrain - June 6th, 2009, 4:10 pm

- June 6th, 2009, 4:10 pm #261944

ATrain wrote:
flamesbball84 wrote:
ATrain wrote:Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper, and now I drink it so rarely becuase its awful.
Bite thy tongue...Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper was amazing. However, in general, I rarely drink soda. Lots of calories, lots of sugar, lots of high fructose corn syrup, no health benefits other than caffeine, and my stomach is starting to disagree with carbonation.

Oh-and that was my 5,000th post

4:28:2009-RIP Jeff Taylor

PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right

#261948

By rueful - June 6th, 2009, 4:32 pm

- June 6th, 2009, 4:32 pm #261948

I drink so much coke on a daily basis, that yeah, generally speaking it would probably be healthier to stop, but more specifically to me, I think my body has adjusted so much that it would shut down if it didnt get its daily intake of coke

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#261952

By flamesbball84 - June 6th, 2009, 5:03 pm

- June 6th, 2009, 5:03 pm #261952

i just drink diet soda

#261955

By El Scorcho - June 6th, 2009, 5:31 pm

- June 6th, 2009, 5:31 pm #261955

Only water & unsweet tea for me...

...unless you put ice cream in the soda and give it away for free. Then I'm all over it.