I want to go RAW

[Tim K in DC]

[Rainer]

When I want to assemble a soda, I soak freshly cut ginger chunks in an iced glass of seltzer water and stir in a  few packs of those Sugar in the Raw packets. Much drier than Canada Dry.  And for when I'm sick: a tea made of honey, white vinegar and hot water.

[Sarah]

That is a lovely idea, Rainer.  I'm going to start doing this, although I think I'll make up a batch of simple syrup for the sweetener.  Or perhaps even make the simple syrup with ginger in it.  Either way, you've freed me of the yoke of buying expensive organic ginger ale for my gin bucks, and I thank you.

[Beth]

I'm going to ignore the "now available in diet" part. Best sody I've ever had.

[Omar]

I'm going to ignore the "now available in diet" part. Best sody I've ever had.

Virgil's root beer is top-shelf, although I slightly prefer this:

[JonFromMaplewood]

A former co-worker of mine had a root beer tasting party in 1999.  The results were quite interesting:

http://www.gouldhome.com/events/rootBeerTasting.html

Quote:

"The conclusion to be learned is that price does not equate to taste. The two cheapest root beers ranked first and second. The most expensive brands ranked last."

But Gale's was not in the contest, Omar.

[Gilly]

I wonder if that had anything to do with familiarity to A+W and corn syrup root beers. Maybe, that's what you come to think root beer is supposed to taste like and anything else would taste strange.

[Beth]

I wonder if that had anything to do with familiarity to A+W and corn syrup root beers. Maybe, that's what you come to think root beer is supposed to taste like and anything else would taste strange.

Yeah, I agree Gilly. I like Virgil's because it's not too sweet.