Taste Showdown #5 - Abita vs Barq's Root Beer
How many of you grew up drinking root beer or enjoying root beer floats? Growing up in northern Louisiana we primarily had access to A&W and Barq’s Root Beer. My parents occasionally treated me and my brother to root beer or root beer floats. I liked the taste of root beer because it wasn’t super sweet, but it had a slightly sharp after taste. When I drank root beer, it had to be very cold and I had to have lots of ice in my glass. When I attended graduate school in New Orleans in the early 2000’s, I was introduced to Abita Root Beer. Abita Root Beer was produced by the Abita Bottled Water Company which was located in Abita Springs, approximately 30 miles north of New Orleans. Barq’s Root Beer on the other hand was produced in New Orleans. Barq’s advertising slogan was “Barq’s has bite.” Both Barq’s and Abita Root Beer are best enjoyed in cold glass bottles. RESULT: Both root beers are very tasty. Barq’s root beer has a crisp taste an