The Minnesota Museum of the Mississippi presents the


Great American Root Beer Showdown

Distribution of Root Beers Sampled

Brands Listed by State

Arizona


Ol' Bob Miller's Red Sas'parilla

Ol' Bob Miller's Ranch
Box 28360
Tempe AZ 85285-8360
(480) 756-0630

Ol' Bob Millers website

availability:
Sonora Root Beer

Sonora Brewing Co.
3601 N 36th Ave
Phoenix AZ 85019
(602) 484-7775

Sonora website

availability:

California


Bulldog Handcrafted Root Beer

Bulldog Brewing
706 West Shaw Avenue
Fresno, CA 93704

Bulldog Brewing website

availability:
  • Fresno-area grocers
Coastal Fog Root Beer

Beverages & More
Concord, CA 94520
1-888-77-BEVMO

Beverages & More website

availability:
Dr. Tima Honey Root Beer

Tima Brand
8570 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
(310) 652-9884

availability:
  • health food stores
Hansen's Signature Sarsaparilla Soda
Hansen's Creamy Root Beer

Hansen Beverage Company
Corona, CA 91720
1-800-739-6200

Hansen's website

availability:
Health Valley Sarsaparilla Root Beer
Health Valley Old Fashioned Root Beer

Health Valley
16100 Foothill Blvd.
Irwindale, CA 91706-7811
1-800-423-4846

availability:
Natural Brew Draft Root Beer

Juice Creations
Chico, CA 95928

availability:
Pearson Bros. Root Beer

Pearson Bros.
San Francisco, CA 94124
1-(888) 99-LIVIN

availability:
Rat Bastard Root Beer

Skeleteens / Eat Me Foods
Los Angeles, CA 98103

Skeleteens website.

availability:
Shasta

Shasta Beverages, Inc.
26901 Industrial Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94545

Shasta website.

availability:
  • nationwide grocers
Sparky's

Knox Brewing Co.
Pacific Grove, CA
(831) 649-0529

Sparky's website.

availability:
Virgil's Microbrewed Root Beer

Original Beverage Corp.
Los Angeles, CA
1-800-997-3337

Virgil's website

availability:
Winchester Homestyle Root Beer

C.T.S.
Fremont, CA

availability:
  • Cost Plus world market

Colorado


Ed McCaffrey's Creamy Root Beer

Big Shot Enterprises
Denver, CO 80210

availability:
  • Denver area grocers
Stewart's Root Beer

Cable Car Beverage Corp.
555 17th Street
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 298-9038

Cable Car Beverages website

availability:
Tommyknockers Original 1859 Root Beer

Tommyknockers Brewery
Vancol Industries Inc.
Denver, CO 80229
1-800-422-6122

Tommyknockers website

availability:

Connecticut


Hosmer Mountain Root Beer

Hosmer Mountain Bottling Works
217 Mountain St.
Willimantic, CT 06226-3211
(860) 423-1555

availability:
Milligan's Island

Milligan's Island LLC
P.O. Box 901
Madison, CT

Milligan's Island website

availability:
Mystic Seaport Root Beer

Original American Beverage Company
Mystic, CT 06355
1-800-625-3767

availability:

Illinois


Clover Classic Root Beer

Clover Club Bottling Co.
356 North Kilbourn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60624
(773) 261-7100

availability:
Cool Mountain Root Beer Soda

Cool Mountain Gourmet Soda
Des Plaines, IL 60017
1-888-759-9330

Cool Mountain Soda website

availability:
Filbert's Draft Root Beer

Filbert's Root Beer Company
3430 S. Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL 60608
(773) 847-1520

availability:
Gale's Root Beer

Dynamic Duo Inc.
Riverwoods, IL 60015

availability:
  • Chicago-area Treasure Island grocery stores
  • Brasserie T restaurant, Northfield, IL
Goose Island Root Beer

Goose Island Brewing
Chicago, Illinois

Goose Island website.

availability:
Myers Avenue Red

Cripple Creek Cow Mountain Brewing Company
30W114 Butterfield Rd.
Warrenville, IL 60555
(630) 393-0540

Cripple Creek Brewing website.

availability:
Roundhouse Root Beer

America's Brewing Company
Aurora, IL

America's Brewing Company website

availability:
  • Roundhouse brewpub, Aurora, IL
Route 66 Root Beer

Route 66 Soda & Bottling
Indian Head Park, IL 60525
(708) 784-0216

availability:
  • Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket restaurant
    645 Joliet Rd, Willowbrook, IL
    (630) 325-0780
  • Berwyn, IL
Samuel's Deli Root Beer

Liquid Impressions Inc.
2850 N. Seminary Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 529-2460

availability:
  • Samuel's Deli, 3463 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL
Wildwood

Wildwood Sales Co.
Chicago, IL 60619
Ottumwa, IA 52501

availability:
  • Chicago convenience stores

Indiana


Dog 'n' Suds Root Beer

Metro Beverage Co. Inc,
Lafayette, IN 47905

Dog 'n' Suds website

availability:
  • OH, IN, IL grocers

Iowa


Millstream Old Time Root Beer

Millstream Brewing Co.
Amana, IA 52203

Millstream Brewing website

availability:

Louisiana


Abita Root Beer

Abita Springs Brewing Co.
P.O. Box 762
Abita Springs, LA 70420

Abita Brewing website.

availability:

Massachusetts


AJ Stephans Olde Style Sarsaparilla

AJ-Stephans
10 DeWitt Road
Stoneham, MA 02180
(781) 438-2221

AJ Stephans website

availability:

Michigan


Faygo Root Beer

3579 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit, MI 48207
(313) 925-1600

Faygo website

availability:
  • nationwide grocers, gas stations

Minnesota


Big Shooter Root Beer

Vine Park Brewery
242 West Seventh Street
St. Paul, MN 55102
(651) 228-1355

Vine Park website

availability:
  • Vine Park brewery
Dorothy's Isle of Pines Root Beer

James Page Brewing Company
1300 Quincy Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
(612) 378-0771

James Page Brewing Co. website.

availability:
  • Minneapolis-area grocers
Frostop Root Beer

Frostop drive-in restaurants started in Columbus, Ohio, but the brand is now owned by

B-N
Hopkins, MN

availability:
  • Minneapolis-area grocers
Iron Horse Root Beer

Iron Horse Products
P.O. Box 24824
Edina, MN 55424

availability:
Spring Grove Root Beer

Spring Grove Bottling Works
Spring Grove, MN 55974

availability:
  • Southeastern MN grocers
  • Northeastern IA grocers

Missouri


Tubz Root Beer

Sav-A-Lot Food Stores
Earth City, MO 63045

Discount Foods website.

availability:
  • Sav-A-Lot food stores (MO, IA, IL, KS)

Montana


Flathead Lake Monster Root Beer
Red Jammer Root Beer

Flathead Lake Monster Brewing Company
P.O. Box 845
Kalispell MT 59903

Flathead Lake Monster Brewing website

availability:

New Hampshire


Cheers Boston Root Beer

Private Label Specialties
Goffstown, NH 03045

Private Label Specialties website

availability:
  • Tourist bar at Faneuil Hall, Boston

New Jersey


Boylan's Root Beer

Boylan Bottleworks
Haledon, NJ
1-800-289-7978

availability:
Briar's Premium Root Beer
Briar's Six Gun Sarsaparilla

Briar’s Old Fashioned Soft DrinksNorth Brunswick, NJ
732-821-7600 x2285

Briar's website

availability:

New Mexico


Blue Sky Ginseng Root Beer
Blue Sky Soda

Blue Sky Natural Beverage Co.
510 Don Gaspar Ave
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 986-8777

Blue Sky Soda website

availability:
  • health food stores

New York


Dr. Brown's Root Beer

Canada Dry Bottling Co. of New York
College Point, NY 11358
(718) 358-2000

availability:
Pirate's Keg Root Beer

Wet Planet Beverages
P.O Box 25107
Rochester, NY 14625

Pirate's Keg website

availability:
Sioux City Root Beer
Sioux City Sarsaparilla

White Rock Products Corporation
Flushing, NY 11357
1-800-969-ROCK

availability:

Oregon


Henry Weinhards Root Beer

Blitz-Weinhard Brewery
Portland, OR

availability:

Pennsylvania


Dave & Buster's Philly Root Beer

R.J. Sparkling Waters Distributors
Philadelphia, PA

Dave and Busters website

availability:
  • Dave & Buster's restaurants
Hank's Premium Root Beer

Hank's Beverage Co.
Philadelphia, PA 19154
1-800-289-4722

Hank's Beverages website

availability:
Levi's Old Original Root Beer Soda

Amazing Beverages Inc.
1921 Wharton Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 886-9356

Elliott's Amazing Beverages website

availability:

Texas


365 All Natural Root Beer Soda

Whole Foods Market, Inc.
601 N. Lamar Suite 300
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 477-4455

Whole Foods website

availability:
  • Whole Foods grocery
Frostie Root Beer

Frostie started in Baltimore in 1939, but the brand is now owned by:

Leading Edge Brands
4001 Industrial Blvd.
Temple, TX 76504
(254) 742-1561 1-800-335-2353

Leading Edge website

availability:
IBC Root Beer

IBC is now owned by Coca-Cola.

IBC Soft Drink Company
Dallas, TX
1-800-696-5891

IBC website

availability:
  • nationwide grocers

Vermont


Journey Shenandoah Sassafras Root Beer

Journey Food and Beverage Company
Route 5 near Town Farm Road
Putney, VT 05346

Journey website

availability:
Mad River Brewhouse Root Beer

Mad River Traders
P.O. Box 567
Stowe, VT 05672

Mad River website

availability:

Virginia


Dominion Root Beer

Old Dominion Brewing Co.
44633 Gilford Dr.
Ashburn, VA 20147

Old Dominion website

availability:
Root 66 Root Beer

Roadside Beverage, LLC
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(540) 832-7442

Root 66 website

availability:

Washington


Americana Root Beer

Orca Beverage, Inc.
Redmond, WA
(425) 881-9344

availability:
Jones Soda

Jones Soda Co.
234 Ninth Ave. N.
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 624-3357

Jones website

availability:
X Root Beer Riot

XTZ Industries, Inc.
P.O. Box 251
Edmonds, WA 98020

XTZ website

availability:
Thomas Kemper Root Beer

Thomas Kemper Soda Co.
91 Royal Brougham Way
Seattle, WA 98134

Thomas Kemper Soda website

availability:

Wisconsin


Baumeister Root Beer

Kewaunee Bottling Company
505 Miller St
Kewaunee, WI 54216
(414) 388-3323

availability:
  • Northeastern Wisconsin grocers
Berghoff Root Beer

Joseph Huber Brewing Co.
1208 14th Ave.
Monroe, WI 53566

availability:
Black Bear Root Beer

Black Bear Bottling Group LLC
Oak Creek, WI 53154

availability:
  • Central Wisconsin cheese shops
Blumer's Root Beer

Joseph Huber Brewing Co.
1208 14th Ave.
Monroe, WI 53566

Joseph Huber Brewing website

availability:
  • Southern Wisconsin grocers
Grandpa Graf's Root Beer

Krier Foods
520 Wolf Road
Random Lake, WI 53075
(920) 994-2469

availability:
  • Eastern Wisconsin grocers
Gray's Root Beer

Gray's Beverage Company
2424 West Court Street
Janesville, WI 53545
(608) 752-3552

Gray's website.

availability:
Jolly Good Root Beer

Krier Foods
520 Wolf Road
Random Lake, WI 53075
(920) 994-2469

availability:
  • Eastern Wisconsin grocers
Point Premium Root Beer

Stevens Point Brewery
Stevens Point, WI 54481
1-800-369-4911

Stevens Point Brewery website

availability:
  • Central Wisconsin grocers
Sprecher's Root Beer

Sprecher Brewing Co.
701 W. Glendale Ave
Glendale, WI 53209

Sprecher's website

availability:
Torpedo Juice Root Beer

Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Manitowoc, WI

Wisconsin Maritime Museum website

availability:
  • Museum giftshop

Place-less National Brands


A & W Root Beer

Company started in Lodi, CA in 1919. Now owned by the Cadbury-Scweppes conglomerate, headquartered in Stamford, CT.

availability:
Barq's Root Beer

Company started in Biloxi, MS. Now owned by Coca-Cola Bottling, Atlanta, GA.

availability:
  • nation-wide mass-market brand
Dad's Root Beer

Company started in Chicago, IL. Now owned by Monarch Company Inc., Atlanta, GA

availability:
Hires Root Beer

Company started by Charles Hires in 1876 in Philadelphia, PA. Now owned by Dr. Pepper / Seven-Up Inc, Plano, TX.

availability:
Mug Root Beer

Company started as Belfast Beverages in San Francisco, CA, originally called "Belfast Mug". Now owned by Pepsico.

availability:
  • nation-wide mass-market brand

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