They DEFINITELY should try a root beer FLOAT. Scoop vanilla ice cream in a glass, pour COLD root beer over it and serve it with a spoon! Most people who don't like root beer LIKE IT that way.
I am always surprised and a little sad when someone from outside the US tries root beer for the first time and hates it. It is by far my favorite soft drink, but I grew up with it. Sassafras trees grow all over the Ozarks where my family is from, and when my late grandfather was a young boy he used to dig up the roots in the spring and make a sweet tea with it. It was supposedly medicinal, or in the old folks parlance, it “thinned your blood”, whatever that meant. I am truly sorry Mr. Rana was so traumatized by it!
Same in West Virginia as a kid. Grandma made it and you could save the roots and use them for the tea over again. I would go out and dig up some more for her and I knew the bark and the three toed pigeon foot shaped leaves. Even when you dug up the roots you could smell the sasafrass ) Darn it now I'm craving that tea...
I used to get bags of dried sassafras root shavings at an Amish store near where I live. I made a lot of sassafras tea with it. I don't think they sell the root anymore. They have bottles liquid concentrate.. It's good but always liked making t with the root.
It kind of saddens me too, I think they miss the enjoyment of a good, ice cold root beer! But I’m sure they have favorite drinks, too, that American tastebuds don’t like.
pretty much the only two countries in the world that love root beer is US and Canada. everywhere else they say it tastes like medicine or tooth paste. why does the rest of the world have medicine and tooth paste that taste like rootbeer? haha
A & W always had the best root beer, if anyone here is old enough to remember them It didn't matter if you had it plain or put a scoop of vanilla ice cream,,, old memories
Yep! And my A&W once had a hot toddy for a short time in the late 60's, can't find any mention of it ANYWHERE but it surely was made with the classic root beer? The additives are a mystery, but my guess was butter or some type of cream, vanilla maybe? Are you old enough to have heard of anything like that? I'm 73.
I had an A&W shop near me growing up in the 60s. It was an actual drive-thru where the servers came to your car to take your order and came back with the tray to hang on your door. That was back when they still brewed it by the original process and used real cane sugar. It really did come in those iconic huge Frosty glass mugs and there was a local dairy farm that made ice cream so the root beer floats were just the stuff of Legends when we were kids. I also remember a McDonald's that still fried their french fries in lard and a 24-hour Dunkin' Donuts that had a viewing window to the room where they were making the donuts from scratch. All of these businesses have drifted away from their original standards and are poisoning us now with GMOs, pesticides and high fructose corn syrup.
@@decolonizeEverywhere Great memories! My original A&W sits empty, having been used for several cafes throughout the years, but it did have the car hops, trays, etc.
1:43 Yes, many of these classic soda flavors have patent medicine origins (claimed or marketed for illness), including Cola, Dr Pepper type drinks, root beer, etc. So it's not surprising they remind people of medicine.
Many sodas started out as "medicine". Root beer was one. It's a shame you guys don't like it. Here, it's considered a treat, especially when poured over vanilla ice cream.
😂 I did not expect them to dislike this as much as they did. I couldn't help but wonder what brand were they trying? Also I agree with the folks in chat who are suggesting that they try it a root beer float 👍
Root beer really is an acquired taste. I think that we Americans are just used to the taste, especially if we're over 40-ish. I've been drinking root beer since I was a kid, so it's just something I'm used to. I think it also depends on what brand of root beer you try. The taste can differ greatly from one brand to another because of the ingredients that are added to the sarsaparilla and/or sassafras root. In my humble opinion, A&W can't be beat. But, I have friends who swear by MUG root beer and don't care for A&W at all. My daddy loved Hires root beer, but it's not as widely distributed as it once was. (I think it was the first commercial brand of root beer sold in the US?) I also think the root beer floats would be a hit. I think they'd be genuinely surprised that it was made with the same drink they tried today!
Yes it's hard to find here in the UK because most people think it tastes like antiseptic cleaner. Personally I like it but hardly anyone sells it.@@bobbiejojackson9448
It's mainly Americans who like Root Beer. Most of the rest of the world hates it and says it tastes like medicine, but from what I've seen they love Dr. Pepper. Figure that one out.
Root beer floats! Talk, wide topped glass, cold root beer (about 1/2 glass, not full), scoop of good quality vanilla ice cream "on top." Served with a long straw & a long spoon!!
Root beer hasn’t had sassafras root in it for over 50 years, now. Saffrole was banned as a food additive. It’s now mostly used to synthesize recreational amphetamines.
@@kingsizeblues616 not so much childish as it is nationalist, it's because the British drink tea and you know how Americans talk about other countries.
@@necrogenesis1981 It's inherently childish to me. It's like a mother renaming a drink because the child refuses to drink it if its called what it is lol And these are grown men!
@@necrogenesis1981 And "The British drink tea" is such a broad stereotype lol hundreds of countries drink tea, all over the world, and it's way more common in China than the UK. Americans like to assume British people all drink tea every hour and still talk like a general in the army from 1914 🤦♂That's the same as saying "The Americans drink coffee"
@@kingsizeblues616 yes, but remember, America came from the UK, and a lot of Americans especially then were still very anti-British, so it makes sense.
Now put a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it. That is how you make a Float out of a soda. There is root beer and ice cream, root beer float. Then there is a Coke and ice cream and that is a black cow. Orange Soda and ice cream is called Creamsicle Float. there is also a Dr. Pepper Vanilla Float. People wanted to stop drinking alcohol because of prohibition so the Soda Fountain shops were born. My moms uncle in Ohio had a Soda compony before WW2 but the war rationed sugar so he switched to bottled water and that failed. Now only big soda co. exists mostly here in the US. Exeter History Minute - Soda Fountains ua-cam.com/video/ShrYHmxI4c0/v-deo.html
I'm from Detroit & my grandmother made us a Vernor's Ginger Ale float. People out of Michigan called it a Boston Cooler. Love Orange Cream floats! Detroit recently brought back Towne Club pop & I made a float out of their orange soda that was to die for ✨
Root Beer is an acquired taste for people who don't grow up with it. My Uncle had an A&W root beer stand in Danville, IL. First place I wanted to go to when visited family there.
They must try a root beer float, root beer & vanilla ice cream. The A&W restaurant became famous (1923) for burgers, root beer, and Root Beer Floats. 😀🇺🇸
I have a collection of bottles of all the different root beers I have tried. Right now there are 37 bottles. Almost all tasted slightly different. Some I don't care for at all if it has too strong of an anise or licorice or clove flavor. But Sprecher, made here in Milwaukee is one of my favorites. Wisconsin boasts several wonderful root beer brands. I really didn't care for soda at all growing up, I hated the carbonation. But when I was 13, I tried my first root beer and fell in love with it, however I have no idea of the brand. My mother's cousin owned an A&W, back when it was made with sassafras. Had such a good foamy head in an ice cold mug. I currently have 4 different brands of root beer in my refrigerator. Birch beer and Sarsaparilla are excellent also. Sioux City, from Sioux City Iowa make great Birch beer and Sarsaparilla. I wish I could afford to send the gentlemen some really Good root beers. Who knows what brand they were given. Was it an American root beer? I'm very curious. Either way, now I'm thirty. 😊 Cheers 🍻
I am not a fan of root beer however when I was pregnant and had morning sickness it was the only thing I could keep down. I gave it to my kids when they were little and had an upset stomach.
This is an interesting case of global taste differences. Mint is the usual taste for toothpaste in the US, and artificial fruit is the usual medicine taste. Most of Europe has herbal toothpaste and medicine. So there is often a negative connotation when people with herbal medicine and toothpaste try root beer. Many mint candies or dishes in the world aren't enjoyed in the US due to them "tasting like toothpaste" in a similar way to the root beer example.
Makes me wonder if their root beer brand was one we know? Many of my family members order root beer when eating at a fast food restaurant because it typically has no caffeine. I occasionally grab a can when needing something cold!
OH here is something you might have them try. A Root Beer float or a Ginger Ale float. both are good. You take a large glass or mug. Put in one or two scoops of vanilla ice cream. Then pour in Root beer or Ginger Ale till the ice cream floats just a little bit. That is why it's called a ice cream float. Then eat using a tea spoon and drink the mixture. If you eat it slow enough and the ice cream melts you can mix it up and then drink it All good. Maybe they might like root beer more this way. There used to be a lot of drive in restaurant called A & W they served root beer in a frosted mug plus hamburgers fries a couple other things. You ordered and eat in your car. It was brought to your car by young kids ( of legal working age )
They're not the only ones who think Root Beer taste like cough syrup. I'm American and I love Root Beer! But I've had various friends from all over the world try the stuff and over half of them dislike the taste, often saying it reminds them of "cough medicine"
Mom would often make root beer floats for dessert when I was a kid, as we lived in the desert and it was always hot. I like root beer by itself, too. It is an acquired taste.
A safrole-free extract from the sassafras tree root, native to the United States, gives root beer its unique flavor. Historically, Native Americans used sassafras as a medicinal herb.
Root beer is definitely an acquired taste! ❤ The poor faces my brothers made had me laughing!! I wonder what brand of root beer it was! I always thought root beer was too sweet but a lot of people and especially children in America love it.
Very funny reactions, LOL. BTW, many years ago an Australian friend, a regular white English type also tasted American root beer for the first time and hated it as much as these guys do. Turns out they have a cough medicine there that is root beer flavored so to him it tasted like medicine.
I hoped you'd serve it in a chilled glass mug(from the freezer). I know they will think it tastes like cough medicine until they get used to it. Good root been in a chilled mug in summer is very good. It was originally made from the root of the Sassafras tree, but today they no longer use the root but make the flavor synthetically.
There are huge differences in which chemicals taste bitter to different people, and how bitter they taste. Most likely whatever is in root beer that most people identify as bitter does not affect you. I can't taste bitter in much of anything and root beer tastes very bland to me.
I have never heard of rootbeer being described as bitter. If anything, it is very sweet. I wonder how they would react to sarsparilla or sweet sasafras tea.
What brand were they served? Most root beer brands actually have far more sugar than cola drinks. It's the massive amount of dissolved sugar that gives most popular root beer brands a creamy taste. Root beer, along with the other "old west" soda, Sarsaparilla, are usually credited as the original soda pop.
😂😂😂 I expected this reaction because I think root beer is very unique and not like anything else you have tried. In Pennsylvania we have something called “Burch” beer and it is even stronger taste! Thank you for making me laugh! God bless you
haha. root beer is one of those things you either really really love it, or absolutely hate it. so many europeans think it tastes like medicine. i love it. a frosty cold root beer on a hot day is divine.
I remember when McDonald's sold root beer here in the UK in the 80s.. it only lasted about a year because it was so unpopular. Personally I loved it but didn't taste it again for 10 or 15 years because nobody sold it. It's a bit easier to find nowadays though.
Haha! Their expressions were hilarious! I know root beer isnt popular in every part of the world haha! Maybe they would like cream soda better. Or orange crush?
Root beer can be really delicious but it depends on the brand and the temperature. If you can find a place that makes their own you are in for a real treat. Should always be served in a frozen mug and no ice.
What brand are they trying? There is a big difference between say Barq's versus A&W. Is it a brand not from USA? Because they commented on the bitterness lack of sweetness and we put a truckload of sugar in everything.
Root Beer, Birch Beer, and Sarsaparilla are all different; however, there is no Safrole in any of them anymore [Birch Beer never had it]. Each one is flavored differently.
What kind of root beer did they get? It shouldn't be so bitter that it causes that type of reaction. It should be smooth with a hint of vanilla. I love root beer. At least I think I do. I guess I should go buy a bottle and see if I still like it. It's been a while since I've had any.
Their faces when they drank it made me laugh out loud. I have loved Root Beer since I was a child.
Sarsaparilla, is the root it comes from (originally).
used to be called Sarsaparilla floats or the like.
Was a western thing for miners.
Whoa 😮 , so Sunset Sarsaparrilla is root beer
Sassafras root, the leaves from the tree are used as a thickener in sauces., like gumbo.
They DEFINITELY should try a root beer FLOAT. Scoop vanilla ice cream in a glass, pour COLD root beer over it and serve it with a spoon! Most people who don't like root beer LIKE IT that way.
People think I'm crazy but I make mine with chocolate ice cream because I don't like vanilla.It's the only way I drink root beer.
😂 Now I have to get some. Is good if you put ice cream in it. Great reaction guys.
I am always surprised and a little sad when someone from outside the US tries root beer for the first time and hates it. It is by far my favorite soft drink, but I grew up with it. Sassafras trees grow all over the Ozarks where my family is from, and when my late grandfather was a young boy he used to dig up the roots in the spring and make a sweet tea with it. It was supposedly medicinal, or in the old folks parlance, it “thinned your blood”, whatever that meant. I am truly sorry Mr. Rana was so traumatized by it!
Same in West Virginia as a kid. Grandma made it and you could save the roots and use them for the tea over again. I would go out and dig up some more for her and I knew the bark and the three toed pigeon foot shaped leaves. Even when you dug up the roots you could smell the sasafrass ) Darn it now I'm craving that tea...
I used to get bags of dried sassafras root shavings at an Amish store near where I live. I made a lot of sassafras tea with it. I don't think they sell the root anymore. They have bottles liquid concentrate.. It's good but always liked making t with the root.
It kind of saddens me too, I think they miss the enjoyment of a good, ice cold root beer!
But I’m sure they have favorite drinks, too, that American tastebuds don’t like.
pretty much the only two countries in the world that love root beer is US and Canada. everywhere else they say it tastes like medicine or tooth paste. why does the rest of the world have medicine and tooth paste that taste like rootbeer? haha
I have some of that root in my pantry right now. It's hard to come by so I only have some on occasion. Yummy!
Great to see Mr Rana again looking well! Gull Sher finished that root beer like an absolute boss! Haha.. :)
A & W always had the best root beer, if anyone here is old enough to remember them
It didn't matter if you had it plain or put a scoop of vanilla ice cream,,, old memories
Yep! And my A&W once had a hot toddy for a short time in the late 60's, can't find any mention of it ANYWHERE but it surely was made with the classic root beer? The additives are a mystery, but my guess was butter or some type of cream, vanilla maybe? Are you old enough to have heard of anything like that? I'm 73.
I had an A&W shop near me growing up in the 60s. It was an actual drive-thru where the servers came to your car to take your order and came back with the tray to hang on your door. That was back when they still brewed it by the original process and used real cane sugar. It really did come in those iconic huge Frosty glass mugs and there was a local dairy farm that made ice cream so the root beer floats were just the stuff of Legends when we were kids.
I also remember a McDonald's that still fried their french fries in lard and a 24-hour Dunkin' Donuts that had a viewing window to the room where they were making the donuts from scratch. All of these businesses have drifted away from their original standards and are poisoning us now with GMOs, pesticides and high fructose corn syrup.
@@decolonizeEverywhere Great memories! My original A&W sits empty, having been used for several cafes throughout the years, but it did have the car hops, trays, etc.
@@alanatolstad4824 mine's torn down now. For a long time after A&W went out it was my favorite sushi restaurant. Now it's a parking lot for a Walmart
@@decolonizeEverywhere Oh BOO.
1:43 Yes, many of these classic soda flavors have patent medicine origins (claimed or marketed for illness), including Cola, Dr Pepper type drinks, root beer, etc. So it's not surprising they remind people of medicine.
Many were concocted in pharmacies and Coke had cocaine in it initially. Bring it back. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Many sodas started out as "medicine". Root beer was one. It's a shame you guys don't like it. Here, it's considered a treat, especially when poured over vanilla ice cream.
It was original medicine, then we loaded it with sugar 😅
Now it's a treat to cool down with
😂
I did not expect them to dislike this as much as they did.
I couldn't help but wonder what brand were they trying?
Also I agree with the folks in chat who are suggesting that they try it a root beer float 👍
I don't like it either.
Root beer really is an acquired taste. I think that we Americans are just used to the taste, especially if we're over 40-ish. I've been drinking root beer since I was a kid, so it's just something I'm used to. I think it also depends on what brand of root beer you try. The taste can differ greatly from one brand to another because of the ingredients that are added to the sarsaparilla and/or sassafras root. In my humble opinion, A&W can't be beat. But, I have friends who swear by MUG root beer and don't care for A&W at all. My daddy loved Hires root beer, but it's not as widely distributed as it once was. (I think it was the first commercial brand of root beer sold in the US?) I also think the root beer floats would be a hit. I think they'd be genuinely surprised that it was made with the same drink they tried today!
Yes it's hard to find here in the UK because most people think it tastes like antiseptic cleaner. Personally I like it but hardly anyone sells it.@@bobbiejojackson9448
It's mainly Americans who like Root Beer. Most of the rest of the world hates it and says it tastes like medicine, but from what I've seen they love Dr. Pepper. Figure that one out.
@@allengator1914 Dr Pepper doesn’t taste a thing like root beer. I like the Dr but do not like root beer.
Root beer floats! Talk, wide topped glass, cold root beer (about 1/2 glass, not full), scoop of good quality vanilla ice cream "on top."
Served with a long straw & a long spoon!!
You betcha!
Tribal People Try Root Beer for the first time this is going to be awesome.😎👍
Please let Gul Shur know that the root this is made from was used by Native Americans as a medicine.
I had to laugh when he replied "because I was told to drink it"!
Root beer hasn’t had sassafras root in it for over 50 years, now. Saffrole was banned as a food additive.
It’s now mostly used to synthesize recreational amphetamines.
Ain't nothing better than a Frosted Mug of A & W Root Beer !1 Regular or Sugar Free !!!
Root beer was originally going to be named root tea but the miners it was being sold to wouldn't have drunk something named tea.
That's so childish it's ridiculous 😂
@@kingsizeblues616 not so much childish as it is nationalist, it's because the British drink tea and you know how Americans talk about other countries.
@@necrogenesis1981 It's inherently childish to me. It's like a mother renaming a drink because the child refuses to drink it if its called what it is lol And these are grown men!
@@necrogenesis1981 And "The British drink tea" is such a broad stereotype lol hundreds of countries drink tea, all over the world, and it's way more common in China than the UK. Americans like to assume British people all drink tea every hour and still talk like a general in the army from 1914 🤦♂That's the same as saying "The Americans drink coffee"
@@kingsizeblues616 yes, but remember, America came from the UK, and a lot of Americans especially then were still very anti-British, so it makes sense.
I love root beer. Try making a root beer float by putting vanilla ice cream with it.
The best drink in the world.
Sounds like they served it warm. It needs to be served in a chilled glass!
I'm with you guys! I never had the acquired taste for Root Beer either.
As a bartender once said to a tailor if you drink enough of it you start to like it
Now put a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it. That is how you make a Float out of a soda. There is root beer and ice cream, root beer float. Then there is a Coke and ice cream and that is a black cow. Orange Soda and ice cream is called Creamsicle Float. there is also a Dr. Pepper Vanilla Float. People wanted to stop drinking alcohol because of prohibition so the Soda Fountain shops were born. My moms uncle in Ohio had a Soda compony before WW2 but the war rationed sugar so he switched to bottled water and that failed. Now only big soda co. exists mostly here in the US. Exeter History Minute - Soda Fountains ua-cam.com/video/ShrYHmxI4c0/v-deo.html
I'm from Detroit & my grandmother made us a Vernor's Ginger Ale float. People out of Michigan called it a Boston Cooler. Love Orange Cream floats! Detroit recently brought back Towne Club pop & I made a float out of their orange soda that was to die for ✨
Root beer floats are the bomb. Especially with the with a spoon. And of course a bendy straw
Awww... I knew they wouldn't like it. It's definitely an acquired taste. One I've had my whole life...
Love root beer! My cousins in Europe tried it and thinlk it tastes like soap. They all hated it.
Made from the ROOT of the Sassafras Tree and makes a foam like BEER. Said to have great medicinal qualities, along with being a good drink.
Put a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it. You will be in heaven. 😊
Interesting. Root bear tastes sweet and vanilla-y to me. I love it!
Need the “why is it spicy” sound 😂
very brave to try this drink.....its one of my favorites!
Ooh I love root beer. Especially with a scoop of Cornish ice cream in it! 😊
Root Beer is an acquired taste for people who don't grow up with it. My Uncle had an A&W root beer stand in Danville, IL. First place I wanted to go to when visited family there.
These Uncles are wise and funny 🤣
They must try a root beer float, root beer & vanilla ice cream. The A&W restaurant became famous (1923) for burgers, root beer, and Root Beer Floats. 😀🇺🇸
A previous comment was made about having them try a root beer float with vanilla ice cream; I bet they would like that a lot more!
Agreed! Completely different taste with Ice Cream! Should have compared with that. I'll be Mr. Chaudhary would have liked it!!
I have a collection of bottles of all the different root beers I have tried. Right now there are 37 bottles. Almost all tasted slightly different. Some I don't care for at all if it has too strong of an anise or licorice or clove flavor. But Sprecher, made here in Milwaukee is one of my favorites. Wisconsin boasts several wonderful root beer brands. I really didn't care for soda at all growing up, I hated the carbonation. But when I was 13, I tried my first root beer and fell in love with it, however I have no idea of the brand. My mother's cousin owned an A&W, back when it was made with sassafras. Had such a good foamy head in an ice cold mug. I currently have 4 different brands of root beer in my refrigerator. Birch beer and Sarsaparilla are excellent also. Sioux City, from Sioux City Iowa make great Birch beer and Sarsaparilla.
I wish I could afford to send the gentlemen some really Good root beers. Who knows what brand they were given. Was it an American root beer? I'm very curious. Either way, now I'm thirty. 😊 Cheers 🍻
I am not a fan of root beer however when I was pregnant and had morning sickness it was the only thing I could keep down. I gave it to my kids when they were little and had an upset stomach.
Try Root Beer Floats. Just need to add vanilla ice cream to the soda and use a spoon and a drinking straw! Also try one of the many cobblers.
I remember tasting this in 1980 when I was 11 and in Canada. Spat it out. Still remember the repulsive taste. I'm with you 100% Mr Rana!
😂😂😂love these guys! Yep, root beer is definitely a required taste
Imagine what they would think of Moxie!! 😂
This is an interesting case of global taste differences. Mint is the usual taste for toothpaste in the US, and artificial fruit is the usual medicine taste. Most of Europe has herbal toothpaste and medicine. So there is often a negative connotation when people with herbal medicine and toothpaste try root beer. Many mint candies or dishes in the world aren't enjoyed in the US due to them "tasting like toothpaste" in a similar way to the root beer example.
These gentlemen must try a good ginger-ale, if they haven’t already.
They have had Canada Dry Ginger ale, they all thought it was a very good drink to help with digestion.
Ginger beer is even better!
Makes me wonder if their root beer brand was one we know? Many of my family members order root beer when eating at a fast food restaurant because it typically has no caffeine. I occasionally grab a can when needing something cold!
OH here is something you might have them try. A Root Beer float or a Ginger Ale float. both are good. You take a large glass or mug. Put in one or two scoops of vanilla ice cream. Then pour in Root beer or Ginger Ale till the ice cream floats just a little bit. That is why it's called a ice cream float. Then eat using a tea spoon and drink the mixture. If you eat it slow enough and the ice cream melts you can mix it up and then drink it All good.
Maybe they might like root beer more this way. There used to be a lot of drive in restaurant called A & W they served root beer in a frosted mug plus hamburgers fries a couple other things. You ordered and eat in your car. It was brought to your car by young kids ( of legal working age )
One of my favorite sodas! HA HA
They're not the only ones who think Root Beer taste like cough syrup. I'm American and I love Root Beer! But I've had various friends from all over the world try the stuff and over half of them dislike the taste, often saying it reminds them of "cough medicine"
Mom would often make root beer floats for dessert when I was a kid, as we lived in the desert and it was always hot. I like root beer by itself, too. It is an acquired taste.
A safrole-free extract from the sassafras tree root, native to the United States, gives root beer its unique flavor. Historically, Native Americans used sassafras as a medicinal herb.
I am reminded of Quark’s description of root beer.
Definitely should have tried with vanilla bean ice cream
You should try Canada Dry Ginger Ale :)
Beer milkshakes lol not far off we often add vanilla ice cream on top that's is called a float
It's always the wintergreen, sassafrass, and anise flavors that hit wrong.
it's one of those tastes you like or hate. I'd love to see the TPT team try black licorice.
Idk why they would say it's bitter, unless you gave them DIET root beer
People outside the US always say it tastes like medicine.
Root beer is definitely an acquired taste! ❤ The poor faces my brothers made had me laughing!! I wonder what brand of root beer it was! I always thought root beer was too sweet but a lot of people and especially children in America love it.
Root beer float, add some vanilla ice cream. I hate root beer, but I'll drink that!
I wish after trying you had dropped a scoop of vanilla ice cream, they’d love it.
Very funny reactions, LOL. BTW, many years ago an Australian friend, a regular white English type also tasted American root beer for the first time and hated it as much as these guys do. Turns out they have a cough medicine there that is root beer flavored so to him it tasted like medicine.
It’s an American thing I guess. I love root beer. I have since I was a little boy. It’s even better with ice cream…😁
I didn't like root beer as a child... Tasted too much like medicine. Now I love the taste and drink it once in a while 🙂
I hoped you'd serve it in a chilled glass mug(from the freezer). I know they will think it tastes like cough medicine until they get used to it. Good root been in a chilled mug in summer is very good. It was originally made from the root of the Sassafras tree, but today they no longer use the root but make the flavor synthetically.
Funny...even if one doesn't like the taste, I can't see it being classified as "bitter". 🤔
There are huge differences in which chemicals taste bitter to different people, and how bitter they taste. Most likely whatever is in root beer that most people identify as bitter does not affect you. I can't taste bitter in much of anything and root beer tastes very bland to me.
Next do a root beer float. Chilled root beer with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Try them with cream soda and birch beer.
I have never heard of rootbeer being described as bitter. If anything, it is very sweet. I wonder how they would react to sarsparilla or sweet sasafras tea.
Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream.... Root Beer Float
What brand were they served? Most root beer brands actually have far more sugar than cola drinks. It's the massive amount of dissolved sugar that gives most popular root beer brands a creamy taste. Root beer, along with the other "old west" soda, Sarsaparilla, are usually credited as the original soda pop.
😂😂😂 I expected this reaction because I think root beer is very unique and not like anything else you have tried. In Pennsylvania we have something called “Burch” beer and it is even stronger taste! Thank you for making me laugh! God bless you
haha. root beer is one of those things you either really really love it, or absolutely hate it. so many europeans think it tastes like medicine. i love it. a frosty cold root beer on a hot day is divine.
I drink root beer and never thought it's bitter. I do find Coke to be bitter. They should taste A & W root beer! Yummy. 🍺
It’s funny they find it bitter. I find it over sweet.
It's insideous, the more you drink the more you like it.
I love root beer!
I remember when McDonald's sold root beer here in the UK in the 80s.. it only lasted about a year because it was so unpopular. Personally I loved it but didn't taste it again for 10 or 15 years because nobody sold it. It's a bit easier to find nowadays though.
Haha! Their expressions were hilarious! I know root beer isnt popular in every part of the world haha! Maybe they would like cream soda better. Or orange crush?
1:21 😂
They sould try cream soda,,ginger ale soda and Strawberry soda too
Whaaaat? what kind of root beer are they drinking? I love root beer. It's my go to drink. I'm in USA by the way.
I don’t understand why people say it’s bitter or tastes like cough syrup or toothpaste or whatever, it tastes like coke and brown sugar to me.
Dr Pepper is what tasted like cough syrup to me lol. Root Beer is amazing IMO. Lol
Wow, if this is how they react to root beer, I wonder what they’d think about Dr. Pepper! 😄
I wonder what brand they were given. I've never considered root beer as bitter before, but then again, I've been drinking it since I was small.
Root beer can be really delicious but it depends on the brand and the temperature. If you can find a place that makes their own you are in for a real treat. Should always be served in a frozen mug and no ice.
haha Rott Beer - thats a good one to try. I wonder if they have had a can of dandelion and burdock or sarsaparilla drink?
My favorite root beer is Mr.Pibb then Mug rootbeer.
How about trying Dandelion and Burdock soda !
I loved their reaction to this, especially Mr. Rana! I happen to agree with them. Just the smell of root beer makes me sick!
Wonder if they drank moxie instead??
Where is Chaudhary (please excuse the incorrect spelling!)...I miss him from the past two videos.
What brand are they trying?
There is a big difference between say Barq's versus A&W.
Is it a brand not from USA?
Because they commented on the bitterness lack of sweetness and we put a truckload of sugar in everything.
Mmmmmm...root beer float!!! Aka: sasparilla! Lol. Back in the old days it WAS used as a medicine.
Root Beer, Birch Beer, and Sarsaparilla are all different; however, there is no Safrole in any of them anymore [Birch Beer never had it]. Each one is flavored differently.
@@argonwheatbelly637 root beer was originally made by sasparilla root.
What kind of root beer did they get? It shouldn't be so bitter that it causes that type of reaction. It should be smooth with a hint of vanilla. I love root beer. At least I think I do. I guess I should go buy a bottle and see if I still like it. It's been a while since I've had any.
Few folks besides Americans like root beer. Even fewer than like peanut butter, in my experience.
Most people outside of the US and Canada say it taste like medicine 😅😂
I love root beer
It is interesting they call it bitter. Root Beer in the west is high in sugar.
What kind of root beer did you serve them? The ones I've tasted aren't bitter.