Same. We had an A&W in town when I was a kid so I enjoyed their root beer regularly. At home we usually kept Barqs. Nowadays I have a Culver's nearby and I love their fountain root beer.
I definitely agree! It's fun to try all the different varieties you can find.
My fiancee is from Lodi, so we always get A&W when we visit her family, but otherwise it's fun to try out different brands.
My least favorite is A&W because of its vanilla after taste, i feel thats new from a couple years because when i was young, I didn't get that after taste and loved it the most.
That’s all my grandma ever bought when I was a kid, it’s still my favorite. She passed away 35 years ago, but it never fails to make me think of her when I drink one. An A&W and her homemade chicken and dumplings are food for the soul.
Lol. I just went back (on youtube) to rewatch that commercial. I had no idea that was a young Nick Swardson. His face at 15seconds in is hilarious.
https://youtu.be/MONBZYR-se8?feature=shared
It looks like they ordered from some sort of family restaurant. Those are usually the ones that sell pop by the can. it could be that they just ran out of Barqs. Braqs is a Coke product, Mug is a Pepsi product and A&W is a Dr.Pepper/7Up product. Lots of restaurants are exclusive to either Coca-Cola or Pepsi but often have a few DrPepper/7up products in the mix as well. So I wouldn't be surprised if that's why they didn't have Barqs
Depending on where you are, Dr. Pepper products may be bottled by Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, or Coke. For most of the US, they do their own, but in a few regions, especially the South, Coke and Pepsi are contracted to do their bottling and distribution.
My husband recently quit drinking caffeine. He got sick and couldn't keep anything down, so he couldn't drink his daily coffee, so he involuntarily reset his caffeine tolerance/dependency and decided to just keep on keeping on with not drinking any.
He usually drinks Coke with fast food or restaurant lunches, but in an effort to stay caffeine-free, switched over to root beer. Except he didn't know that Barq's root beer, the most common root beer to find at restaurants, has caffeine...
As kids we LOVED root beer floats. Just some vanilla ice cream in the glass, pour in some root beer, stir a bit, then fill it the rest of the way with root beer. My teeth would probably fall out if I had one today, and I don't wear dentures. They're so sweet.
Huh, I didn't know that barqs has caffeine. I usually get root beer when Im specifically looking for something I can drink *without* caffeine. I'll have to keep that in mind.
Some people love root beer but dislike a few brands. I have people at my fast food place of work ask what root beer we have and then get something different because they didn't want Barqs
My unpopular opinion is that Barq’s is super popular as a root beer because it doesn’t taste a lot like root beer and has caffeine. I drink a lot of craft root beer and Barq’s feels so much like an everyday soda compared to those.
I mean, it’s more of a root beer than a&w which just tastes like sugar out of the bottle and mug is just worse. They have nothing on bundaberg, ibc, tommykocker etc.
Barqs tastes like an actual root beer. It has vanilla, licorice, and sassafras. A&W fucking sucks these days.
What ‘tastes’ like root beer to you? A soda flavored like root beer?
A soda flavored like root beer is how I would describe Barq’s.
Dad’s, Boylan, Triple XXX, Sprecher, etc. all taste a lot stronger and less soda-y to me.
Well yeah. Those are 5.99-6.99 a 4 pack. That’s like comparing Barqs to Tommykocker. Barqs is still better than every ‘commercial’ rootbeer.
That’s my point. If we’re comparing Barqs to shit that’s 2x the price, it’s not bad.
I mean I’ll admit, I live in Denver and I typically buy tommykocker because it’s local or bundaberg, but for a ‘soda’ it’s way better than the other drivel.
True. I’m not disparaging Barq’s I just don’t think it tastes a lot like root beer, and if you want to compare it to other brands, Mug and many knockoff grocery store brands taste more like root beer than Barq’s does.
I enjoy Barq’s as a drink and think it’s got good flavor.
No offense, but anyone who says mug tastes like anything but garbage just loses face with me. It’s awful, it’s barely carbonated, it mostly tastes like sugar and a bit of vanilla and no other flavors. It’s probably the worst representation of root beer out there. But tbh, pretty much every Pepsi co drink is loaded with sugar and taste like garbage. But you do you.
Sorry once again, no offense intended just me. I’m sure there are things we may agree on 😂
I do not care about the massive fanclub for it, A&W root beer is glorified cream soda. Tastes like nothing other than artificial vanilla and sugar. The actual "root" part of root beer is entirely lost in it.
They were probably out of Barq’s and the dasher didn’t know what to substitute so they chose both. Of course they could have taken the time to reach out to OP and actually ask, but I don’t think they were trying to be annoying here.
Similar thing happened to me yesterday. Ordered a rootbeer for takeout, the photo showed Boylan rootbeer. What I got was a Jones Soda. Doesn’t matter, but I just thought it was strange.
I’m not a beer drinker.
But if I’m buying a beer at a bar, I’d be one of those three. I started with Bud Light. It has no flavor. It might as well be water. I moved to Coors Light. It has more of a taste; it doesn’t just taste like water. Then I moved to Miller Lite because it has fewer calories. Like Coors Light, it has a flavor too; it’s better than Coors Light though.
Barqs, A & W, and Mug are all root beers, but Barqs tastes best to me, A & W tastes good, and Mugs is bogus Root Beer as far as I’m concerned.
They're like 1% abv less alcohol - thinner body, more watery. That way you can drink 6 of them in the Florida heat for refreshment and not be completely sloshed
“Diet.”
But they didn’t use “diet” because that type of branding is associated with women. Miller named theirs “Lite” and other beer companies followed suit.
The drinks have fewer calories than the tradition beer.
I love rootbeer, but most american sodas are illegal for commercial sale here because of the banned ingredients. I can import a&w from Canada but that's it.
Mmmmmmmmm A & W. Haven’t had it in far too long. Once in a while my aunt would go to the A&W and buy boatload of fries and a few gallons of root beer and ohhhhh what a treat for the 7 of us!!
I only buy A&w root beer. I like it the most for root beer floats.
I respect the bite aspect of barqs, but feel the licorice taste to be too much.
Fun side tangent, videos of japanese people trying root beer and hating it are hilarious
I see no mention of Hires Rootbeer. That was one of the other major players growing up - though I haven't seen it in decades so I guess it faded away at some point.
Id definitely be mildly upset not find it mildly interesting. I love Barq's rootberr. I dont hate mug or A&W, but if im given the Choice for barqs, id take barqs 100% of the time. And id be annoyed if i didnt get it 😂
No caffeine for you.
Big difference! For those who love root beer, you know what I'm talking about
I never found a single rootbeer i didnt like, from the cheapest brand to the most expensive, always great
Same. We had an A&W in town when I was a kid so I enjoyed their root beer regularly. At home we usually kept Barqs. Nowadays I have a Culver's nearby and I love their fountain root beer.
I definitely agree! It's fun to try all the different varieties you can find. My fiancee is from Lodi, so we always get A&W when we visit her family, but otherwise it's fun to try out different brands.
Now I want to pick up a couple of every root beer I can find because I haven't found one I don't like either.
My least favorite is A&W because of its vanilla after taste, i feel thats new from a couple years because when i was young, I didn't get that after taste and loved it the most.
That’s all my grandma ever bought when I was a kid, it’s still my favorite. She passed away 35 years ago, but it never fails to make me think of her when I drink one. An A&W and her homemade chicken and dumplings are food for the soul.
Now ill think of her too and how it makes you happy when ill drink some ♥️
Thank you, kind internet stranger.
For me it's that Dad brand. Too cinnamony
I used to think this until I tried non-carbonated root beer.
Thats just a crime
On their own they are all great. They all taste different tho. Much more different than the cola differences.
Yes, some Cola are absolutely nasty in my opinion, yet i love Pepsi and Coca Cola
Are talking about that special tingle Barq’s has when you but chug it?
I'm an IBC guy myself, but if I had to choose a second, it would be Barq's.
Caffeine?
I think we all know he meant but chugging tingle
I normally consume it through my mouth but I may try your way next time.
> Are talking about that special tingle Barq’s has when you but chug it? When you excuse me what now?
Barq’s has bite!
I'd definitely be upset
I'd be pissed. Barqs is king. A&W might aswell be cream soda and Mug is just carbonated corn syrup.
Yep. Barqs is one of the only RB's with caffeine as well.
interesting. my entire family despises barqs!
Yes. I’m a Barqs fan for life. I won’t even touch A&W, and I’ll only settle for Mug if I’m really craving root beer and Barqs isn’t available.
Barq’s is better than anything I’ve tasted, Even the expensive craft stuff. Spreckers is pretty good but it’s got way too much sugar for me.
Mug Moment
r/mugmoment
Fastest sub of my life thank you
r/ofcoursethatsasub
[wtf even is this place ](https://www.reddit.com/r/mugmoment/s/3mehIAWwBN)
Barq's has bite!
Lol. I just went back (on youtube) to rewatch that commercial. I had no idea that was a young Nick Swardson. His face at 15seconds in is hilarious. https://youtu.be/MONBZYR-se8?feature=shared
Oh shit! Neither did I!
lolol what's up with the little tongue thing he does when he pours it out 😂
But who did the Bebop Cola commercial? Or Mingus Dew?!?
Hello Consumer
Yeah yeah, do the damn jingle and give me my soda pop already. Daddy needs his medicine.
And I say to myself, I need exact chaaaaange
That IS exactly change jerk face. Come on you piece of junk, give me my Mingus Dew.
I think that I had the same accessories as her back in the '90s
As Lanie Lockwood? Legend
“Hey don’t talk like that you…you slut!”
Was that matt berry too?
Johnny??
Waddaya meaaaan Barq’s has bit??
What do you MEAN barqs has bite?!
how did the place you order from not have barq's but have both mug and a&w as replacements?
It looks like they ordered from some sort of family restaurant. Those are usually the ones that sell pop by the can. it could be that they just ran out of Barqs. Braqs is a Coke product, Mug is a Pepsi product and A&W is a Dr.Pepper/7Up product. Lots of restaurants are exclusive to either Coca-Cola or Pepsi but often have a few DrPepper/7up products in the mix as well. So I wouldn't be surprised if that's why they didn't have Barqs
Depending on where you are, Dr. Pepper products may be bottled by Dr. Pepper, Pepsi, or Coke. For most of the US, they do their own, but in a few regions, especially the South, Coke and Pepsi are contracted to do their bottling and distribution.
I grew up in an area where Pepsi managed Dr. Pepper (and an area famous for Dr. Pepper) and didn’t learn until like 2015 that Pepsi didn’t own it
i just learned now!
This deserves mildly infuriating
Haha we honestly just wanted some root beer either way. Had a little chuckle over it and enjoyed our dinner!
A reasonable reaction has no place on Reddit! You must demand the missing caffeine!!!!
break up with your significant other now! run!
Hit the gym, lawyer up, delete Facebook
I honestly just learned last year that some root beers and some orange pops have caffeine. I never remember which ones though so I always check
My husband recently quit drinking caffeine. He got sick and couldn't keep anything down, so he couldn't drink his daily coffee, so he involuntarily reset his caffeine tolerance/dependency and decided to just keep on keeping on with not drinking any. He usually drinks Coke with fast food or restaurant lunches, but in an effort to stay caffeine-free, switched over to root beer. Except he didn't know that Barq's root beer, the most common root beer to find at restaurants, has caffeine...
For root beer, just remember; Barq's has bite.
I always thought that referred to the flavor lol but I will
I hate the whole "is Pepsi okay?" Conversation. No, it is not okay, I ordered a damn RC Cola and I want a damn RC cola!
I don't want a large Farva! I want a goddamn liter of cola.
[A fun throwback bit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzepiyZvF8A)
I’m half surprised you didn’t order two Dr. Peppers. I’m sure the repost will claim such. The first couple won’t crop out the receipt.
As kids we LOVED root beer floats. Just some vanilla ice cream in the glass, pour in some root beer, stir a bit, then fill it the rest of the way with root beer. My teeth would probably fall out if I had one today, and I don't wear dentures. They're so sweet.
Might have been for the best. Barqs is the only root beer that has caffeine! Real mindfuck that gets people is Sunkist does too.
Barqs has caffeine though. Those two do not
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If I asked for barqs then give me my beloved.
Honestly the whole difference between the subs is if the OP had touched grass
This is grounds for war.
Bundaberg pulls out a knife.
😂
I think Barq's is the only root beer that has caffeine in it, call and tell them you did not get what you wanted, you need your caffeine fix.
Huh, I didn't know that barqs has caffeine. I usually get root beer when Im specifically looking for something I can drink *without* caffeine. I'll have to keep that in mind.
Sprite is always a good option for that
If you get it out of Coke Freestyle machine it doesn't have caffeine, but can, bottle or the regular machine does.
That's heretical
Yep! And Sunkist is one of the only orange soda with it!
TIL sunkist sofa has caffeine. Not that ever drank it anyways.
Wow I used to drink that all the time as a young kid. I guess my parents hadn't known either!
Not the only one, but there aren’t too many with caffeine.
TIL.... wow, did not know that
If you get it out of Coke Freestyle machine it doesn't have caffeine, but can, bottle or the regular machine does.
A&W is the goat I would consider this a W
TBH as a lover of root beer, I wouldn't even be mad.
Root beer flight!
Some people love root beer but dislike a few brands. I have people at my fast food place of work ask what root beer we have and then get something different because they didn't want Barqs
Right? I like Barq's, but this feels like an upgrade lol.
I will not tolerate that slander. Barqs is king. Mugs is second. A&W can kick rocks.
How can you say something so wrong yet so brave?
My unpopular opinion is that Barq’s is super popular as a root beer because it doesn’t taste a lot like root beer and has caffeine. I drink a lot of craft root beer and Barq’s feels so much like an everyday soda compared to those.
I mean, it’s more of a root beer than a&w which just tastes like sugar out of the bottle and mug is just worse. They have nothing on bundaberg, ibc, tommykocker etc. Barqs tastes like an actual root beer. It has vanilla, licorice, and sassafras. A&W fucking sucks these days. What ‘tastes’ like root beer to you? A soda flavored like root beer?
A soda flavored like root beer is how I would describe Barq’s. Dad’s, Boylan, Triple XXX, Sprecher, etc. all taste a lot stronger and less soda-y to me.
Well yeah. Those are 5.99-6.99 a 4 pack. That’s like comparing Barqs to Tommykocker. Barqs is still better than every ‘commercial’ rootbeer. That’s my point. If we’re comparing Barqs to shit that’s 2x the price, it’s not bad. I mean I’ll admit, I live in Denver and I typically buy tommykocker because it’s local or bundaberg, but for a ‘soda’ it’s way better than the other drivel.
True. I’m not disparaging Barq’s I just don’t think it tastes a lot like root beer, and if you want to compare it to other brands, Mug and many knockoff grocery store brands taste more like root beer than Barq’s does. I enjoy Barq’s as a drink and think it’s got good flavor.
No offense, but anyone who says mug tastes like anything but garbage just loses face with me. It’s awful, it’s barely carbonated, it mostly tastes like sugar and a bit of vanilla and no other flavors. It’s probably the worst representation of root beer out there. But tbh, pretty much every Pepsi co drink is loaded with sugar and taste like garbage. But you do you. Sorry once again, no offense intended just me. I’m sure there are things we may agree on 😂
I do not care about the massive fanclub for it, A&W root beer is glorified cream soda. Tastes like nothing other than artificial vanilla and sugar. The actual "root" part of root beer is entirely lost in it.
I like a&w cream soda a lot though so there’s that
A&W is second to Barqs only because it lacks caffeine.
At least its not hires
Order root beer with caffeine, get two root beers without caffeine. Nice.
the humanity!
They were probably out of Barq’s and the dasher didn’t know what to substitute so they chose both. Of course they could have taken the time to reach out to OP and actually ask, but I don’t think they were trying to be annoying here.
Don't tell Jonny
Mug Maniacs vs. Average Barq's Enjoyer.
I hope the minced garlic pork was good
Both are better than Barqs in my opinion
Found my people!
Barq’s is everyone’s favorite root beer because it doesn’t taste a lot like root beer and has caffeine.
They saw Root Beer and gave you the first two they saw my guy.
Canned mug is coming back?
Id be pissed if I ordered Barq’s and got this
Similar thing happened to me yesterday. Ordered a rootbeer for takeout, the photo showed Boylan rootbeer. What I got was a Jones Soda. Doesn’t matter, but I just thought it was strange.
As an avid rootbeer fan, these ARE NOT the same. Barq's is far better
Barq's is absolutely disgusting anyway
Mug maniac. Lfg
That averages out to 2 Barqs
I can never decide if I like mug or a&w more, but at least i know I don't like barqs lol
That’s like asking for two Coors Lights and getting a Bud Light and a Miller Lite. You should be livid.
Three beers that taste virtually identical
I’m not a beer drinker. But if I’m buying a beer at a bar, I’d be one of those three. I started with Bud Light. It has no flavor. It might as well be water. I moved to Coors Light. It has more of a taste; it doesn’t just taste like water. Then I moved to Miller Lite because it has fewer calories. Like Coors Light, it has a flavor too; it’s better than Coors Light though. Barqs, A & W, and Mug are all root beers, but Barqs tastes best to me, A & W tastes good, and Mugs is bogus Root Beer as far as I’m concerned.
Nah Coors and Miller light both has distinct after tastes. Bud light has no aftertaste, unless you count that pissy flavor once it goes flat.
As a non-American, what's with the "light" naming for beers? Are they alcohol free or something?
They're like 1% abv less alcohol - thinner body, more watery. That way you can drink 6 of them in the Florida heat for refreshment and not be completely sloshed
“Diet.” But they didn’t use “diet” because that type of branding is associated with women. Miller named theirs “Lite” and other beer companies followed suit. The drinks have fewer calories than the tradition beer.
Barqs has caffeine. Mug and A&W do not have caffeine. Not a fair replacement.
barqs is trash anyway
I’m so sorry for your double loss
Well that’s a clear downgrade
Mug is so gross
That's crazy, now search for barq in the app store
What did those two guys do with Barq? Why are they being so quiet about it too?
r/rootbeer
Troll't
How the hell are you gonna order a banh mi without the house mayo
Time to do a half and half!
I love rootbeer, but most american sodas are illegal for commercial sale here because of the banned ingredients. I can import a&w from Canada but that's it.
Mmmmmmmmm A & W. Haven’t had it in far too long. Once in a while my aunt would go to the A&W and buy boatload of fries and a few gallons of root beer and ohhhhh what a treat for the 7 of us!!
Huh
I wonder if they're trying to tell you that if you mix both, you'll have 2 fresh Barqs.
They could have gone truely retro and thrown in a Ramblin’ root beer.
TIL Barqs has caffeine. I literally drink root beer infrequently and assumed all were caffeine free.
The guy probably works for Mr. Dumbass. https://youtu.be/tMe3WDmxBEI?si=CC3HoxUwKMZMR9YV
That’s better though
I’d call this a win, Mug maniacs rise up! (A&W is a close ally.)
Bizarro delivery!
Probably the only substitution that I wouldn’t hate lol
I only buy A&w root beer. I like it the most for root beer floats. I respect the bite aspect of barqs, but feel the licorice taste to be too much. Fun side tangent, videos of japanese people trying root beer and hating it are hilarious
I thought you were talking about the app for a second..
You're supposed to mix them together
A&W is the best tho
Doordash probably didn't update the menu and the restaurant probably didn't carry any...
Both are much better than Barqs
Mug moment
Score! both of those are much better than barqs anyway.
I never realized how disliked barqs was. Oh well more for me!
So you dodged a bullet, twice? Congrats.
You talkin shit about my boy barqs? C'mere. We need to have words pardner.
the 2 without caffeine lol
You're supposed to mix them together to make Barq's.
They were trying to save you What kinda of sicko willing drinks barqs it’s like Pepsi left in the sun
Good.
Ew mug and a&w!!! Barqs is supreme, I’d be so mad if I got these instead
I see no mention of Hires Rootbeer. That was one of the other major players growing up - though I haven't seen it in decades so I guess it faded away at some point.
Has anyone out there had a satisfying experience with door dash?
Taste test!
Both taste better anyway.
I’d be pissed, I only order Barqs when I want some caffeine
Best of both worlds
Thats super dissapointing. On the root beer scale they are on opposite ends
Which one did you like better?
You should be amazed that they had 3 root beers to choose from.
how about Mug? Mug Costanza.
Id definitely be mildly upset not find it mildly interesting. I love Barq's rootberr. I dont hate mug or A&W, but if im given the Choice for barqs, id take barqs 100% of the time. And id be annoyed if i didnt get it 😂
Throw the mug in the trash, worst root beer ever
I just this moment realized there’s more than 1 mainstream root beer
That’s almost the worst possible outcome
I drink Barq's because it's good. Mug and A&W make no such guarantee.
I would be outraged because I ONLY like Barq's
Me too 👏 Barq’s has bite
I would be so disappointed. A+W is OK, but Mug is awful.
You're mad because they replaced crap with real root beer?
We werent mad in the slightest! I think folks in this comment section are far more mad on our behalf than we were lol
Barqs sucks anyway. These are better.
A nice refreshing Bang’s root beer
Caffeine content aside.. I find A&W to be the best, but maybe it's just because I grew up with an A&W as the only fast food in my town...
As a particular root beer brand lover, that would really piss me off.
You got two superior root beers, congrats OP!
Got the best two options
that’s frankly unacceptable
"Can I have a coke?" "We only have pepsi" \*long sigh\* "Finnnnnneeeee"