What do roots have to do with root beer?

Nooo....Root Beer....is not made out of """ROOTS""".......:l

yes it is made from a root from a tree called beer birtch

There are NO Roots in theingredients in RootBeer. That's a name, it doesn't mean there's roots used in t. Actually, Root Beer was originally made from a variety of roots, one of which was the sassafras root. It is commonly made without roots now although you can find real root beer made from real roots at some health food stores. ...

Root beer is traditionally made with the roots or bark of the sassafras albidum tree (sarsaparilla). ...

no it is not it is only made grown roots that is why they called it root beer ...

it is called root beer because it comes from the sap that is located in the roots of the birch tree hense it other name birch beer, but another reason could be that one major ingredient in root beer is sasafras root. ...

Modern commercial "root beer" is generally not made with yeast at all. In traditional formulations, "root beer" meant exactly what it sounds like: beer made from roots (specifically, the roots of the sassafras plant). The yeast did what yeast does: partially ferment the sugars into ethanol, and also introduce some carbonation into the liquid. ...

it was originally made as a non alcoholic beer. from roots. but then progressed as a soda, and the name was never changed ...

Originally, root beer was beer made from roots. But they changed it to pop. I guess they liked the name and haven't changed it since. Root beer is made from an extract of sarsaparilla root traditionally and good quality root beers still are. To reduce costs some substitute artificial flavors for part or all of this extract or use extracts from other less expensive roots. Before they thought of adding carbonation, the drink was called Root tea. The first carbonated root beers were...

Most root beer is soda pop- contains no useful nutrition, only sugar and maybe caffeine. It is not health food, but small amounts will not hurt you. I think some root beer contains sassafras root and maybe other roots that may possibly cause cancer in rats. ...

Root Beer was originally an alcoholic beverage with about the same alcohol content as beer. ...

No, Root Beer is a type of a caffeine drink.

Root beer smooth is likely to be the "top of the barrel" of root beers. Therefore it is lighter than root beer regular. ...

Yes root beer is brown

root beer was made in 1898

They have root beer available

A root beer float has vanilla ice cream in it. Root beer itself does not contain vanilla. ...

there is only malt in root beer when u order malt root beer. When its in the name there is malt in it. :) ...

Root beer is made from sassafras root by a brewing process similar to the way traditional beer is made. ...

Root beer is known as root beer in Australia. Not a particularly popular drink, it is not to be confused with ginger beer, which is a completely different drink. ...

Root beer is two words.

Root beer is acidic.

There are hundreds of brands of root beer.

Well, I know that it is made from saspirilla roots so that is probably why it is called ROOT beer. Now about the beer, I have no idea. Maybe because it's color makes it look like beer? Maybe you could search it on Wikipedia MSN Google Yahoo! You obviously do have no idea. The first sarsaparilla root drink manufactured and sold was introduced at a state fair. The seller named it "root tea", but was quickly advised that people in the area were unlikely to buy...

It is a simple answer...NO