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Where's the birch beer?
« on: January 16, 2011, 02:31:20 AM »
Fact: Birch beer is awesome.

Question: Why isn't it sold everywhere?

Question2: What are the best birch beers? I've had Boylan's, and Pennsylvania Dutch, which was excellent.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2011, 08:50:13 AM »
I love Birch beer as well.

Answer:  I don't know.

Answer2:  I had Boylan's a couple of weeks ago and it was delicious.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_beer lists various commercial manufacturers of Birch beer.  I still like Birch beer from the fair.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2011, 09:48:43 AM »
Foxon Park. (May be regional, available in New England only.)

White Rock isn't bad, either.

Both are "white" birch beer (clear).
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2011, 10:22:56 AM »
I read that as "Where's the Beer Bitch?" and came in here expecting a much more interesting thread  =|
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2011, 01:54:24 PM »
as a Boy Scout I remember brewing Birch tea while camping in upstate NY, I just can't remember how. I loved it though.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2011, 02:01:43 PM »
Here's a crazed Hoosier who has a blog devoted to it:

http://soda-pops.blogspot.com/2006/01/boylans-creamy-red-birch-beer.html
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2011, 02:14:19 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on January 16, 2011, 02:31:20 AM
Fact: Birch beer is awesome.

Question: Why isn't it sold everywhere?

Question2: What are the best birch beers? I've had Boylan's, and Pennsylvania Dutch, which was excellent.

Souix city is damn good
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2011, 02:23:27 PM »
Quote from: Hawkmoon on January 16, 2011, 09:48:43 AM
Foxon Park. (May be regional, available in New England only.)
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2011, 03:04:07 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on January 16, 2011, 02:31:20 AM
Fact: Birch beer is awesome.

Question: Why isn't it sold everywhere?

Question2: What are the best birch beers? I've had Boylan's, and Pennsylvania Dutch, which was excellent.
Probably been outlawed because it contains too much methyl salicylate.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2011, 03:53:23 PM »
Pennsylvania Dutch is all you can find around here.  A friend regularly bribes anyone passing through here from New England to bring her Foxon Park by the pallet load.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2011, 07:02:19 PM »
Weird.  I'm drinking a birch beer and rum right now, with Angostura bitters.  Good stuff.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2011, 07:38:33 PM »
if you're in Galax VA, Yoder's stocks it. =D

speaking of birch beer, i need to drive to VA. :-X

oh, there sammiches are good too.

edit: i left out the producer because i can't remember who it was. :facepalm:
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2011, 08:23:33 PM »


Ohhhh yeaaahh
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2011, 11:47:07 PM »
Drinking a Boylan's Birch right now. It seems our local Big Lots (site of the notorious Monkey Dance) will sometimes have it in stock. Last week was one of those funky times.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2011, 03:58:17 AM »
Quote from: Pharmacology on January 16, 2011, 02:14:19 PM
Souix city is damn good

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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2011, 12:17:33 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on February 27, 2011, 11:47:07 PM
Drinking a Boylan's Birch right now. It seems our local Big Lots (site of the notorious Monkey Dance) will sometimes have it in stock. Last week was one of those funky times.
Yep, that's where I got mine.
I nearly crapped my pants when I saw an ad for those 16oz bottles for $0.75.

Needless to say, I'm making frequent stops and stockpiling it.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2011, 01:06:15 PM »
Quote from: Pharmacology on February 28, 2011, 12:17:33 PM
Yep, that's where I got mine.
I nearly crapped my pants when I saw an ad for those 16oz bottles for $0.75.

Needless to say, I'm making frequent stops and stockpiling it.

Perzactly. Thanks for the reminder that I need to make another stop. You don't live in North St. L county, do you?
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2011, 02:41:00 PM »
Quote from: Fistful on February 28, 2011, 01:06:15 PM
Perzactly. Thanks for the reminder that I need to make another stop. You don't live in North St. L county, do you?

Nope, nope; I'm stuck in the cornhole of Texas while I finish pharm school.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2011, 02:58:29 PM »
Sadly, I can't seem to find a good birch beer around here.

I've been getting by on Virgils root beer
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2011, 04:29:46 PM »
Pappy's pizza used to have it on tap back in the 70's
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2011, 06:18:27 PM »
I've never seen birch beer around here. What's it like?
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2011, 06:56:12 PM »
Quote from: cosine on February 28, 2011, 06:18:27 PM
I've never seen birch beer around here. What's it like?
Imagine Root beer being GI Joe.
Birch Beer is his sexy sister.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #22 on: February 28, 2011, 07:36:35 PM »
I remember powering through the A-treat version when I was a kid at grandmas house. That and the orange. In the 1 liter bottles that you took back to the distributor.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #23 on: February 28, 2011, 10:05:58 PM »
Not sure if I've ever had birch beer.  Are we talking alcoholic stuff or regular?  I never knew that there were alcoholic versions of Root Beer or Birch Beer until reading the Wiki articles.

When I was a little kid, Root Beer tasted like nectar from the Gods to me.  My older Bros. first job was at a Dog and Suds.  We went to pick him up one night after closing and all the teen employees were having a root beer fight.  I was absolutely stunned - I couldn't imagine how people could waste such a rare and delicious substance.
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Re: Where's the birch beer?
« Reply #24 on: February 28, 2011, 10:15:51 PM »
Boylan's and Penn Dutch are non-alcoholic. At least the ones I've had.
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