it is as old as the company makes it (right off the shelf, etc.)
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Hires introduced root beer to the public in 1876 at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. In no time, it became a popular drink of its day. By 1893, the Hires family sold bottled versions of their well-known brew, sealing their place in rootbeer history.
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From what I can find online Reed and Bell was a francise of A&W that was bought back by A&W in 1945. Check out this website - http://www.answers.com/topic/a-w-brands-inc?cat=biz-fin
No, in short it is a soda just like root beer.
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In Detroit,Michigan they do not sell hires root beer brand but the have old town root beer sold there as a delicacy! They also have many other brands!
No.Root beer was at one time made in essentially the same way as beer (mash up a bunch of stuff, let it ferment), but it has never been made out of beer.Modern root beer is made like all other sodas: by adding flavoring and sweeteners to carbonated water. Under the old method, root beer could be (very mildly) alcoholic; under the new method, it's completely non-alcoholic.
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