Although root beer is not as popular as Coca-Cola, this unique-tasting drink has its fans. A sweet, carbonated soda, the flavors in root beer are more complex than your typical soft drink.

we settled for the eight brands easily found at local stores. Tasting the root beers was both fun and surprising, as the flavor profiles of the beloved drink can be vastly different. Some are ...

Skidmore professor Christopher Mann compares two brands of root beer on Friday at his home ... devised a system to evaluate and rank different makers of the popular soft drink.

Panel of testers said: Creaminess scored as its best feature though the balance of sweet and spice also stood out over most other brands tasted. It tied for the most votes as a root beer panelists ...