Top 10 root beer brands to use for root beer floats

Today is national root beer float day. Root beer floats are a great drink to enjoy in the summer time. All you need is your favorite root beer and some vanilla ice cream. Some other sodas try to do what root beer does by making their own floats like the coke float. However, those are just not the same as the original root beer float. While the summer is nearing its end, there is still time to enjoy a root beer float before the end. Want to make your own but don’t know which for root beer to use? There are many different brands of root beer. In the end, they are all root beer and yet they all have their own taste making the float unique from others. Here are the top 10 root beer brands with their websites for more information or other recipes root beer can be used for.

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10. Boylan’s root beer

Boylan’s soda company has been around since 1891. They are proud of their roots and stay true to their company without catchy commercials and celebrity spokes people. While Boylan’s have root beer they also have other soda flavors as well. They claim that their root beer taste delicious with your average burger. Check out their site here and also see where you can find a Boylan’s root beer near you.

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9. GuS dry root beer

GuS’ dry root beer is root beer with a twist. The ingredients used make the root beer stand out from the others. The founders of GuS wanted tasteful sodas that were not very sweet. If you are interested, check out more about GuS, its root beer, and other flavors here.

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8. Mug root beer

Mug root beer is a Pepsi product. So if you favor Pepsi over Coke, here is your root beer! You might recognize this root beer as the one with the bulldog. You can check out Mug’s Facebook to learn more about them.

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7. Bulldog root beer

While on the topic of bulldogs, here is Bulldog’s handcrafted root beer. Bulldog’s root beer has been around since 1997. The two bulldogs that are on each root beer bottle even have names: Barley and Hops. Their website not only has a list of retailers that sell this root beer but also has their history and reviews of their product available.

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6. Dad’s root beer

Dad’s root beer has been around since 1937 and is one of America’s most popular soft drinks to date. They have other products that revolve around their popular root beer. They have popsicles that are root beer flavored with cream. In other words, a root beer float in popsicle form. Read all about Dad’s here.

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5. Fitz’s root beer

Fitz’s is a restaurant in St. Louis at what is called University City. However, Fitz’s sells their root beer witch is their own craft soda. They also have other craft sodas and flavors to check out. Fitz’s is known for their shakes and floats and one of their floats in none other than a root beer float. If you are thinking about planning a trip to the restaurant here are some of their other shake flavors. Also, be sure to check out their menu.

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4. IBC’s root beer

IBC’s root beer has been around since 1919 and has a very smooth and creamy taste. With its already creamy flavor, IBC’s root beer will make an extra creamy float. Their website is a little small but it still includes the ingredients and company history.

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3. Barq’s root beer

Went Coca-Cola root beer? Look no further! Barq’s root beer is part of the Coca-Cola company and has been around since 1898. Barq’s has an old-fashioned taste so if you’re into that Barq’s is a great choice. Read more about Barq’s here.

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2. Stewart’s root beer

Another old-fashion root beer that comes in an old-school glass bottle, Stewart’s has been around since 1924 and is still a very popular root beer. They, like most of the others, has other soda flavors including birch beer which has a similar taste to root beer. On Stewart’s website, the company has a page for recipes including different floats.

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1. A&W root beer

The number one recommended root beer is A&W. A&W has been around since 1919 and they make their root beer with aged vanilla. Like some others that sell root beer, A&W is also a restaurant. If you want a simple, yet super delicious root beer float, be sure to use A&W for one of the best floats you will ever have. Also, check out more about A&W here.