[Dr. Sivana]

when do we get back Triple XXX Root Beer and Hires Root Beer?

The neglect that victimized Hires is inexcusable. For some reason A & W has gotten all the attention, when Hires was the FIRST national root beer brand.

It still exists, but is hard to find. There is a specialty soda shop in Phoenix (35th Ave and Cactus) that has about 20 brands of Root Beer, and ten of Sarsparilla and Birch Beer. They have Hires Root Beer in the fountain at the neighboring Rocket Burger, which is part of the same operation. I dislike Root Beer, or I would have had some.

[ansel12]

As a boy I could take the bus into downtown Houston to hang out and watch all the adult drama of winos, hustlers, the men with no legs on push boards, the men entering almost invisible doors where hookers were, the oyster bars open to the sidewalk, the hustle and bustle, and during that day if I had a dollar I could go to the run down and completely packed James Coney Island and get 4 chili dogs and a Hires Root Beer.

[mware]

My gran made sarsaparilla and root beer from scratch.